host: joining us from california is joel kotkin. a presidential fellow in urban futures at chapman university in orange, california. guest: good morning to you. researchhe type of that you conduct and the writing that you do. tell us more about what you specialize in. >> what i look at is the impact relations andlass taking a look at that over time. i do a lot of work on the changing urban form. this has been an interesting time to observe both. >> you recently wrote an op-ed in the hill where you talk about the new geography of america post coronavirus. how are cities likely to change in the future based on this pandemic? i havet of the trends talked about were already happening. we already saw the populations of chicago, new york, and l.a. dropped before this happened. this is very important. were, people were beginning to move to the suburbs. not just to big sunbelt cities, but cities with under one million people, many of which were losing population for 50 or 60 years and are now beginning to gain. ishink what is happening tech

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