America: Where Are You Moving From?
Posted By Barry Ritholtz On June 16, 2010 @ 11:47 am In Economy,Travel | Comments Disabled
Cool interactive map from Forbes.com [1], looking at the cities Americans are moving to- — and from.
Forbes doesn’t go into the qualitative factors, but one would imagine it includes things like employment opportunities, social options, housing costs, taxes, etc.
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Manhattan: Young people move in, older marrieds move out
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click thru for Detroit, LA and Seattle
Detroit: (Everyone Out of the Pool!)
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Seattle: So that’s Where everyone else went!
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Los Angeles: Last person out of Cali please turn off the lights!
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And for those of you who blame high California taxes for their exodus, how do you explain Miami ?
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[1] Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-interactive-counties-map.html
[2] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/NYC.png
[3] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/detroit.png
[4] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Seattle.png
[5] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/LA.png
[6] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Miami.png
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