WSJ says Seattle and DC buck the trend and are retaining families

The Wall Street Journal--the best way to access it is through your local library system, which probably provides access, my registration evaders no longer really work on it--writes in "Seattle and D.C. Are Bucking the Trend by Attracting Families With Kids" that most cities are losing families but not DC and Seattle.

This family lives in DC's Mount Pleasant neighborhood--which is great.  And the daughter goes to the local Spanish-English immersion elementary school.

More households with six figure salaries are staying as they add children.

It comes down to amenities, schooling options--DC has a plethora of charter schools plus Pre-K education/child care for 3-5 year olds), cheaper housing compared to the suburbs--sadly we can thank Trump's evisceration of the federal workforce and the impact on the DC housing market ("A housing market on the precipice: New insights from the DMV Monitor," Brookings, "Did DOGE Cripple Northern Virginia’s Housing Market?," Arlington Magazine) and incomes.  

Interestingly, both cities are losing population of lower income families.  But this makes sense economically, as the cities are increasingly expensive, and job income growth and job growth are slowing as the effects of the Trump economy trickle throughout DC's microeconomy.