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It's fascinating how the cities with the biggest domestic out-migration have the biggest international in-migration. I wonder what about these places is attractive to immigrants but unattractive to native Americans, and likewise what is interesting about the in-migration cities to Americans that is not as interesting to immigrants.
Likely just due to the sheer size of those cities which makes more jobs available. As the U.S. (to my knowledge) has always been attractive to foreigners, all cities have a net gain of them. The most highly populous regions just receive the most because that's where most immigrants get their first jobs. I believe climate is responsible for the movement within the country, as most Americans seem to want to move south (based on the data) where it is warmer. A lot of L.A. residents must be be migrating to Phoenix, which could become the next L.A. if population growth there continues.
We will see how long that list lasts. Most of the cities with a positive gain are experiencing very hard times due to the economy. Way more so than the ones with a negative gain.
Outdated means its 20 years behind most of the US in every category.
How so? I have heard that tossed around for, well, every state in the country. As someone who has never been to So Carolina, I am curious about how you got to that conclusion.
How so? I have heard that tossed around for, well, every state in the country. As someone who has never been to So Carolina, I am curious about how you got to that conclusion.
It's fascinating how the cities with the biggest domestic out-migration have the biggest international in-migration. I wonder what about these places is attractive to immigrants but unattractive to native Americans, and likewise what is interesting about the in-migration cities to Americans that is not as interesting to immigrants.
Just my guess:
Reason #1
If you were moving to a totally different country, wouldn't you move to a place where you could find some of your native people?
It's fascinating how the cities with the biggest domestic out-migration have the biggest international in-migration. I wonder what about these places is attractive to immigrants but unattractive to native Americans, and likewise what is interesting about the in-migration cities to Americans that is not as interesting to immigrants.
Notice that this observation is not true in every case...there are 6 cities that rank in the top 20 for both domestic and international in-migration:
Phoenix...#1 domestic, #10 international
Dallas.....#2 domestic, #5 international
Atlanta...#3 domestic, #9 international
Houston..#4 domestic, #6 international
Denver...#11 domestic, #17 international
Seattle..#14 domestic, #14 international
I hate to be "that guy", but could you post your sources? I would like to pour over them as well.
Yeah sorry about that, I should've posted the web site from census.gov. It's fun reading!
Population Estimates (http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/metro.html - broken link)
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They're behind in decline.
