More people are moving to Miami than most major metro areas in the U.S.

What's happening: Miami experienced the largest increase in people moving in from before the pandemic.

• We saw gains of nearly 60% in 2022 compared with 2019, per a new report from the National Association of Realtors.

The big picture: People aren't moving to big city centers like they used to, even as employers ramp up calls to return to the office, Axios' Sami Sparber writes.

Why it matters: Affordability is still drawing folks to less dense and cheaper areas, particularly those in the booming Sun Belt.

Driving the news: The report showed that major metro areas like New York, San Francisco and Chicago saw more people leaving than moving in.

• Instead, people fled to cities in Florida, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina.

What they're saying: "Pre-pandemic, we had a different trend. People wanted to move to big city centers," Nadia Evangelou, senior economist and director of real estate research at the National Association of Realtors, tells Axios.

• More people are moving to those cities compared with 2021, but "we're not there yet," Evangelou says of metro areas regaining the population that fled.

Between the lines: Across the board, the report found, fewer people moved last year, continuing a trend from 2021.

• The report analyzed the U.S. Postal Service's change-of-address data to spot migration trends.
• Nearly 70% of U.S. ZIP codes posted fewer inbound moves in 2022 compared with 2021, according to the data.
• The slowdown has persisted as droves of people sought more space and cheaper cost of living during the pandemic.

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A new docuseries about the rich history of Richmond Heights in southwest Miami-Dade debuts next week.

What's happening: "Miami's Richmond Heights: The Black Shangri-La" chronicles the origins of the neighborhood key to Miami-Dade's civil rights movement through interviews with the grandchildren of its first residents.

Background: In the late 1940s during the Jim Crow era, Frank C. Martin, a white developer and former Pan American Airways pilot, turned rural farmland into a housing community geared toward Black World War II veterans, per the Richmond Heights Community Development Corporation.

• The neighborhood, called Richmond Heights, provided a pathway to homeownership and a middle-class lifestyle.
• It's now grown to more than 9,000 residents, and its descendants — which include inventors, NASA scientists and NFL players — are working to preserve the neighborhood's legacy.

If you watch: The series will stream starting Feb. 15 on Crackle, LG and PLEX TV.

⚖️ Families of teens killed in a 2021 car crash in Homestead announced yesterday that they're suing the city's police department, alleging that officers illegally chased the car, causing it to careen into a canal. (Local 10)

💸 Some residents of the Palm Bay Yacht Club are fighting a special assessment asking each condo owner to pay $175,000 for repairs and upgrades. (Biscayne Times)

🏀 "Lebron's Miami era": Former Heat player Shane Battier shared memories about his time playing for Miami with LeBron James, who's poised to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer. (AP)

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