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So many young adults flocked to the area while the rest of the nation struggled with mounting job losses and foreclosures that Washington soared in the census rankings for that age group from 45th before the recession to No. 1.
During that period, almost 7,000 more people 55 and older left the area than moved in, a number surpassed only by New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The Post reports that America’s elderly are headed to recovering housing bust towns like Phoenix and “small town” cities like Austin.
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