Money Unemployment: Cities have permanently lost 400,000 jobs during COVID-19 pandemic as many shift to suburbs February 17, 2021February 17, 2021Paul Davidson, USA TODAYComments Off on Unemployment: Cities have permanently lost 400,000 jobs during COVID-19 pandemic as many shift to suburbs Cities have lost 400,000 jobs during the pandemic, and it could be a long time before they return; many of those jobs have shifted to the suburbs.