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All kinds of media sites list the top 10 cities people moved to -- the south always comes up the dominant region.....hmmm wonder if that is influenced by the weather ....
The weather in the South has been good for decades, so why the current exodus?
Here's why....it started with horrendously authoritarian Lib covid policies & poor results, & it just grew from there. Work from home also fueled the exodus. People didn't want to be forced to mask up all the time, & they wanted their kids to remain in school.
Runaway crime in Northern population centers, due to defund the police, also chased people away.
Millions are fleeing Liberal policies...mostly center-right Northerners from what I can tell looking at the FLA voter registrations swinging hard right.
The hard left will go down with the ship like they did in Detroit & Cleveland, during the last exodus out of Blue areas.
Interesting that in most of the states --- red states --- the economic engines are found to be in blue communities.
Funny how that happens.
Funny how people think that an Economy (GDP) is produced by Cities. Cities are not the Economic Engine.
Texas is #2 in GDP With a 2 TRILLION dollar economy and yet ….
The big Metro areas come in at #6 for Dallas/Fort worth Metro. #7 for Houston Metro, #26 for Austin Metro $ #32 for San Antonio Metro.
The “Economic Engine” of Texas is very diverse.
The Texas economy today relies largely on information technology, oil and natural gas, aerospace, defense, biomedical research, fuel processing, electric power, agriculture, and manufacturing. Texas has also been the largest exporter in the USA for 19 years. We actually PRODUCE stuff here.
Texas export trade, as of June 2021, exceeds the $165.2 billion sum of the next three largest states combined . California came in second with export trade of $86.1 billion; New York had $42.7 billion; and Louisiana had $36.3 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis in a report released Aug. 5.
What drives Texas’ historical success in export trade?
The answer could be a combination of unique factors that other states simply cannot replicate.
These factors include Texas’ 16 seaports, including 11 deep water ports with channels at least 30 feet deep, 33 Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ), its location at the U.S. border with Mexico, its proximity to the Panama Canal and more miles of public roads and freight rail than any other state,. Add to that our explosive population growth over the past decade, and you have a recipe for tremendous trade success.
Texas undoubtedly has many business-friendly attributes that other states can’t replicate through mere shifts in their tax, regulatory and other economic development-related policies. But the state’s most valuable asset is its workforce, its entrepreneurs and business leaders, and the dedicated Economic Development Organizations across the state working hard to bring like minds together. Texans work together to leverage a diversity of ideas and perspectives to innovate and adapt to the world’s changing markets.
Interesting that in most of the states --- red states --- the economic engines are found to be in blue communities.
Funny how that happens.
That was then, and this is now. People are fleeing the major population centers, except for Atlanta. They used to be trapped there in manufacturing jobs, or service sector jobs that required them to show up to an office. Well, manufacturung has been largely offshored, and work-from-home is killing the big cities where the jobs are drying up.
Dem controlled cities have been dying en masse since 1950, like: Detroit, Cleveland, Philly, Chicago, NYC, & Baltimore:
Looks like they are trying to turn Texas and Georgia into blue states. I do agree why would you move to another state and vote for the party that ruined your home state.
Well that depends on why you moved.
Was it because of politics or was it because of some other reason.
The weather in the South has been good for decades, so why the current exodus?
Here's why....it started with horrendously authoritarian Lib covid policies & poor results, & it just grew from there. Work from home also fueled the exodus. People didn't want to be forced to mask up all the time, & they wanted their kids to remain in school.
Runaway crime in Northern population centers, due to defund the police, also chased people away.
Millions are fleeing Liberal policies...mostly center-right Northerners from what I can tell looking at the FLA voter registrations swinging hard right.
The hard left will go down with the ship like they did in Detroit & Cleveland, during the last exodus out of Blue areas.
Well there was a time when people from the North avoided moving South because the job salaries were much lower. Even with a lower cost of living, their was still a decline in lifestyle. I knew several people who years ago moved from the North to Florida only to move back due to stagnant wages.
Now a days I would imagine southern Florida is pretty comparable as far as jobs/wages are concerned.
Pretty telling how "hard blue" cities are ones people are fleeing, while cities in red states are primarily where they are moving to. And of the two CA cities on the winning side, at least San Diego is noted for often being red.
Can you blame them?? Who the hell wants to live in a democratic place!! Look at how they are! That is not living
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