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Clicking randomly around the midwest is sort of amazing. I'm not sure if it's a lack of data for those areas, but almost no one migrates in or out.
I'm wondering if anyone here has moved out to Seattle from somewhere similar to NC, and could tell me what their reaction was?
Very interesting data but not a great interactive graphic. Instead of color to indicate direction maybe they could have used curved lines and arching over the strait line could be in and under could be out. They don't even try to graph per capita income -- which naturally lends itself to red/black. Are poor people moving in or out? Are high wage earners? or everyone? It is not possible to tell unless you start clicki…
I think the Southern cities are doing a good job attracting a more youthful demographic. Click on Harris County in Texas, (Houston). I think it is probably the 'blackest' on the map. Most of the people moving there have lower incomes. Yet at the same time they just elected an openly lesbian woman, with an adopted black daughter as mayor. I think there is a lot of evidence like this that massive numbers of young, hungry and educated people are probably moving in to Houston.
And yet.
I think the best places to move to, are probably the ones that everyone else is moving from. For instance, I would wager that the blacks and whites moving in to the Detroit area are of a higher economic quality than the blacks and whites moving out of the Detroit area.
Your material point is correct however. We need more information to make any determinations about whether what the map tells us is promising or troubling in economic terms. I would just expand the information you cited to include more than just income. In fact, I think it is more important to know age and educational level.
Guess that means I wasn't counted in this data.
Clicking randomly around the midwest is sort of amazing. I'm not sure if it's a lack of data for those areas, but almost no one migrates in or out.
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Nice one! Detroiters should get the reference. Ahh, not surprised one bit. That place is where I was raised, but alas, I was a part of that mass exodus. Besides family (and some awesome Mexican food), I don't miss the city one bit. There is NOTHING in Detroit. NOTHING! It's as depressing as it is telling. I feel this exodus is a vicious cycle that won't stop anytime soon. No one is there, hence no new money is being…
I'm from Michgan as well, and have a lot of family in the greater Detroit area. The sense of despair that most people in the area feel is just awful. After the auto plants started to close up, people just started packing up in hopes of finding work elsewhere. Some moved in-state, but most make the flight south and west (warmer weather, more jobs). I was recently in Dearborn for a wedding, and the number of empty & fo…
You know, someone with a little money in their pocket come buy up half of the Detroit area; however, what would they do with it?
I noticed that about 200 people have moved from the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area where I live to Seattle. I often dream of that move. I spent ten days out there sailing and backpacking one summer. Nine sunny days, and it only rained on then tenth. I'm wondering if anyone here has moved out to Seattle from somewhere similar to NC, and could tell me what their reaction was?
Of course, they are loving it anyways, they are both employed by a publisher of roleplaying books, and they are both huge roleplaying nerds. I would have moved out there if I had the chance, but instead I got relocated to Montreal and I'm quite liking it here.
Seems like everyone is moving to Austin and no one is leaving.
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Here's a question: how the hell did you get awesome Mexican food that far away from Mexico? I hear people from Texas and California talk about awesome Mexican food, but never Detroit.
Haha, yeah, it seems surprising at first, but Detroit has a HUGE Mexican and Hispanic population. Also (and due to) we have Mexican Town -- check your English at the door! Whatever you're in the mood for (flautas, tostadas, chorizo), you can find it there. Note: I've been in Japan for 3 years now, and it's nigh impossible to find decent Mexican/Tex-Mex :-( ...