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Take a closer look at the map you posted? Do you see all the migration nextdoor to the Inland Empire? It’s always near the top of MSAs with the largest population increases. I doubt this is coming from people moving into California to live in a exurb of Los Angeles? Don’t confuse affordability with desirability
And lots of people coming to Taos are leaving Austin / Dallas - looking for a little more natural pace, less corporate grind, commoditization, and freedom for living life however they want to - getting out of the overlordship of their corporate republican masters.
I think the thing lots of people are missing is there's lots of people looking for something more human scale than a big metro - and those places aren't generally on these lists (though Eugene and Savannah could count). Even within the metros, the push has been the local town center, not downtown.
I certainly believe your experience, but Austin has fallen quite a bit in USNWRs Places to Live Ranking---I think it has to do with rising COL--hopefully COL will go down there(and really everywhere else tbh)
Yeah COL is high in Austin. But it's funny how much that city just came up out of the blue and like everyone wants to be there.
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Eh, a popular city at the moment, but "most people" is quite the generalization...
Lived in the Twin Cities for 20+ years and still have roots there. No doubt in my mind the city is going downhill. They stepped too far into the woke category and people are taking notice. Then you have the high taxes and above average crime.
No doubt the city is highly educated, generally healthy, and amazing parks and trails that are underrated IMHO.
Lived in the Twin Cities for 20+ years and still have roots there. No doubt in my mind the city is going downhill. They stepped too far into the woke category and people are taking notice. Then you have the high taxes and above average crime.
No doubt the city is highly educated, generally healthy, and amazing parks and trails that are underrated IMHO.
How is the city going downhill if the crime is improving dramatically year over year since 2020?
How is the city going downhill if the crime is improving dramatically year over year since 2020?
The politics, regardless of ones own politics, have become increasingly one sided, which is always a recipe for alienating a good portion of the population. Meaning Minneapolis is increasingly being thrown in with the Seattles and Portlands of the world.
It's also becoming known for being a high tax state/city/region. There has been a general pattern in the US of people migrating away from high tax areas in favor of lower tax regions.
We have seven pages of conversation based on a clickbait title referencing a bogus list. That is how this works. USNWR has gained a lot of attention and discussion and more site visits than it would otherwise. That means more advertising creeping into the public forum and that translates to more $ for them. They did not provide a service or anything useful but generated controversy.
Besides the top two (ludicrous choices) we have Honolulu as #3 and Los Angeles at #4 and San Diego as #6. Four are in California. Seven in Florida. The only place in Texas is San Antonio. Fourteen are beach locations. This is a list of places to visit.
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- getting out of the overlordship of their corporate republican masters. 