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August 16, 2023

D.C. is Losing Jobs to Virginia

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D.C. is Losing Jobs to Virginia

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The pandemic changed where you work — and where the people who sell you stuff want to set up shop. In the D.C. area, this has meant jobs, and people, moving from the city to the suburbs. Will it last? And what comes next? Tristan Navarra from the Washington Business Journal is here to explain. 

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