The City of Brotherly Love is making a comeback. A recent Forbes magazine article showed that more taxpaying households are moving back into the area to both live and work. While many American cities are suffering in these economic times, Philadelphia’s recent rating speaks of the possible prosperity the city has to offer.
With more people coming to the area, the chances of personal injury are heightened. More people means more vehicles on the roadway, as well as increased crime figures. One could only hope that is not the case, and that a more prominent population means overall prosperity for all who call Philadelphia home.
According to Forbes, nearly 40 million people moved from one region to another within the United States in 2011 and “as recently as 2005, Allegheny County lost nearly 10,000 members of taxpaying households, according to IRS data. But in 2009, the losses turned to gain: after several years of both growing in-migration and falling out-migration, more taxpayers moved to Allegheny County than moved out that year.”
Pittsburgh joined Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania resurgence, recovering from its struggles in the 1980’s due to the closure of steel plants. Like Philadelphia and Rocky Balboa, the city is making a comeback. The other places that made the top ten list were New Orleans, Denver, Boston, Washington, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Texas and Virginia.
Philadelphia has seen a 35,145 person spike in population from 2005 through 2010, meaning that men and women are seeing a better Philadelphia.
With the prospect of more people coming into the area comes an increased risk to human safety.
A Tri-City news report revealed how a population increase in a Canadian City resulted in more harm through fires. The Coquitlam Fire Chief Tony Delmonico stated that calls to his department annually could nearly double in the next several decades. “We attribute it mainly to population increases. Our role hasn’t changed. We have been identified as a high-growth community and we are going to see added pressures because of that,’’ he said.
The fact more people are likely to be in destruction’s way in urban populations than in the suburbs is cause for action. It is important that when one moves into a new area, they become familiar with all emergency service contacts just in case of a fire, crime or accident. It is also important to have the number of a Pennsylvania personal injury attorney at hand.
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