Charlotte only NC city on "Top 10 Moving Destinations" list (Raleigh: leasing, unemployment rate)

[Francois]

Many would have expected to see Raleigh here as well? Perhaps the national attention to the situation in Wake county schools is directing people elsewhere?

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by Francois

Many would have expected to see Raleigh here as well?

Are any of them on this other list?
Ten cities with the lowest unemployment rates

[J. Pederman]

I wonder if there's something wrong with not wanting to live in any of those places.

[arbyunc]

A bit misleading. I did a little googling and found that this study is based solely on Penske's reservations data. So the list should properly be called "Top Ten Moving Destinations for Those Who Rent Penske Trucks to Move Themselves". I have no idea how this compares to reality.

[urbancharlotte]

Originally Posted by Francois

Many would have expected to see Raleigh here as well? Perhaps the national attention to the situation in Wake county schools is directing people elsewhere?

The link you provided is info from Penske Truck Leasing. United Van Lines did a similar list last year.
Charlotte makes list for most popular cities to move to | www.wsoctv.com

IMO, this is nothing more than continued growth from last decade. Only time will tell whether this growth is good or bad, but the growth is certainly still here in Charlotte and the Triangle. The following link shows that Charlotte and Raleigh were the two fastest growing urbanized areas between 2000 and 2010. Austin was the 2nd fastest growing with a population of more than 1 million. Raleigh however was the 2nd fastest behind Charlotte.
U.S. Census Bureau releases data on growth in U.S. urban population centers | Dilemma X

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by urbancharlotte

Only time will tell whether this growth is good or bad, but the growth is certainly still here...

It'll be both. The question (and it's presented every day here) is to what degree of each it will be.

More specifically... to what degree the relocating are people who will/can bring good with them.
Good educations. Good job skills. Good financial situations. Good prospects for success.

Conversely... the question presented every day in the forums is whether encouraging people
without those educations, skills, financial situations and prospects is objectively good for them
or for the other XX million's of people already living in the places they will ask about...
or even just for the roughly 9-15% of that number who are un or under employed there.