The article notes that Philly and also NY underperformed in last few years so really they are catching up to baseline. As a resident of the philly suburbs this

The article notes that Philly and also NY underperformed in last few years so really they are catching up to baseline. As a resident of the philly suburbs this matches my lived experience - there has been something of a jobs bubble (at least for some demographics, in some industries) since covid ended but for the decade before that the areas was economically stagnant.