{"id":1000953,"date":"2017-05-25T23:13:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T03:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/?p=1000953"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:13:37","slug":"dr-yang-yang-commented-on-philadelphias-population-ranking-shift-on-cbs-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/2017\/05\/25\/dr-yang-yang-commented-on-philadelphias-population-ranking-shift-on-cbs-philly\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Yang Yang Commented on Philadelphia\u2019s Population Ranking Shift on CBS Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. <strong data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"107\">Yang Yang<\/strong> was featured in a <em data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"165\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">CBS Philly<\/span><\/span><\/em> news segment discussing Philadelphia\u2019s shift from the fifth to the sixth largest city in the United States following the release of new census data. Responding to comparisons with Phoenix, Dr. Yang emphasized that population rankings alone are not an \u201capple-to-apple\u201d measure of a city\u2019s economic vitality or tourism appeal, noting that geographic size, history, and cultural assets matter far more for long-term competitiveness. He underscored that Philadelphia\u2019s rich heritage, urban character, and tourism offerings remain strong fundamentals that cannot be easily replaced, and that a marginal change in population rank is unlikely to have meaningful economic or tourism consequences for the city.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/philly-bumped-top-5-biggest-cities\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1000954\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/2017\/05\/25\/dr-yang-yang-commented-on-philadelphias-population-ranking-shift-on-cbs-philly\/picture1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1.png\" data-orig-size=\"624,347\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Picture1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1-300x167.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1000954\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1.png 624w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Yang Yang was featured in a CBS Philly news segment discussing Philadelphia\u2019s shift from the fifth to the sixth largest city in the United States following the release of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4944,"featured_media":1000954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/files\/2026\/01\/Picture1.png","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1000978,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/yangyang\/2024\/08\/06\/dr-yang-yang-elected-to-the-executive-council-of-the-international-association-for-tourism-economics\/","url_meta":{"origin":1000953,"position":0},"title":"Dr. Yang Yang Elected to the Executive Council of the International Association for Tourism Economics","author":"Yang Yang","date":"August 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Yang Yang has been elected as an Executive Council Member of the International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE). 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