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I'd be curious how many of Gen Zers moving to Columbia SC are college students. How many from other parts of SC, Fla, TX, NC, rest of south and north or elsewhere. Male / female, black / white, college educated / not.
I might look into it later, but maybe not. Anyone who knows more, I'd be interested in hearing more
A new, early version of a future Charlotte, Research Triangle, Nashville, Austin type metro?? Or different future?
Movers appear not influenced by the extremely high crime rates, in all zip codes of metro. Where are the safer pockets?
Columbia has been something of a secret for a while and is finally coming into its own. The economy is fairly diverse beyond the university and state government (and as such recession-proof), plenty of social/recreational amenities, has a cost of living at or below the national average and a favorable geographic location. Ages 25+ probably eliminates much in the way of college student relocations.
Boston has always been super popular with recent college grads especially those who work in tech or medical science field so it’s high ranking on the list isn’t surprising. Similar to DC, the real question is how many are staying once they get the experience they need or do they leave to go to cheaper metro areas.
Do many conflicting reports on that though some list a Boston constantly losing recent college grads and always have it like once people graduate they leave and then you’ll be other list to say oh it does a good job retaining is young people but the consensus around the state and the city is that it needs to do a better job and Regina young people and keeping it’s competitive workforce anecdotally when I have it back up there to visit just now I really didn’t see a whole 18-25 you actually be quite a lot of Gen X inside 128 and boomers abound outside of 138. Doesn’t seem as youthful as purported. Which is how I felt even when I lived there full time.
But actually now that I think of it the #1 demo Boston was losing during the pandemic was 26-36… so maybe this is accurate
The list would be more interesting if it filtered out college students.
Would also be interesting to see how much of the migration is regional vs. national, Austin I'm guessing is national while some other places might be pulling mostly from their own regions.
The list would be more interesting if it filtered out college students.
Would also be interesting to see how much of the migration is regional vs. national, Austin I'm guessing is national while some other places might be pulling mostly from their own regions.
Well the first big call out that needs to be made is this list says it is measuring out of state moves to the metro counties. What city is uniquely set up to benefit from that measurement? A city without a state. But cities with lots of colleges do benefit from a consistent influx of thousands of young people every single year.
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