What states are people moving to and from - the results may SHOCK you

[Mook]

Who would have thought Idaho would be desirable

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[Chet Donnelly]

I'm just glad to see IL at the top of the move out list!

 

[boostedguy05]

I'm just glad to see IL at the top of the move out list!

why is that?

 

[boostedguy05]

more shocking is the states around IL are the same or down as well. those should all be up.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I'd be interested to know a broad consensus on why people are coming/going. Like Maine. The fuck? What's in Maine? Trees and logging? Yet it had an ingress of people? ALASKA? Don't get me wrong I'd totally move there too but... wat?

 

[Chet Donnelly]

why is that?

I still have a glimmer of hope that one day the massive out flow of folks will force IL to have a wakeup call and change course....

 

[Mook]

I'd be interested to know a broad consensus on why people are leaving. Like Maine. The fuck? What's in Maine? Trees and logging? Yet it had an ingress of people? ALASKA? Don't get me wrong I'd totally move there too but... wat?

Well the graphic isnt really saying how MANY are going or coming, so maybe high inbound to alaska is like...100 people

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Well the graphic isnt really saying how MANY are going or coming, so maybe high inbound to alaska is like...100 people

I get that and percentage of the population could be 100 for Alaska but 40,000 for IL. I'm just interested in the "why".

 

[Mook]

Oh I totally agree.

 

[boostedguy05]

I still have a glimmer of hope that one day the massive out flow of folks will force IL to have a wakeup call and change course....

it wont. they will try to raise taxes again, wont agree on a budget, go into another shutdown, ect.

 

[Rent Free]

Real questions is whos moving out of blue states and moving into RED states?

 

[Rent Free]

I still have a glimmer of hope that one day the massive out flow of folks will force IL to have a wakeup call and change course....

Punt the elected officials 1st......

 

[FESTER665]

I still have a glimmer of hope that one day the massive out flow of folks will force IL to have a wakeup call and change course....

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I'd be interested to know a broad consensus on why people are coming/going. Like Maine. The fuck? What's in Maine? Trees and logging? Yet it had an ingress of people? ALASKA? Don't get me wrong I'd totally move there too but... wat?

Well, come May/June, my mother is retiring and I am moving her out to Portland, Maine. My Sister and her family live out there. My sister is a Registered Nurse, they have a spare home out there where she can live (next door basically), and her being an RN, she can take care of my mother as she ages. I just cannot do it with the hours I work and neither can my Wife. We basically just went through this a couple of years ago with my Grandmother in her final years and it flat out wore us out both physically and emotionally. My Wife WAS a tremendous help as she is in the medical field also, but I'm the one that had to make the necessary decisions.

So there is one reason people are moving out and going to... Maine...

 

[syP]

I’m out of here in a couple years as well. Can’t wait

 

[boostedguy05]

i'd like to be as well. but it's much farther away than i can think of, unless something drastic changes.

 

[Mike K]

After leaving Illinois I can't think of one compelling reason to return. The people are nice but the taxes are shit, the roads are shit, the scenery is shit, the weather is shit, the bugs are shit, even when it's nice in the summer it's still miserable because of the humidity. And that's a bit unsettling because it's where all of my family and most of my friends are. So if I ever want to return to my friends and family I'll be miserable for a litany of reasons or I can live some place nice and be separated from them.

What were the origins of Chicago as a business hub? Was it the railroad? Just the fact that it was in the center of the country?

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Don't forget tolls...

Yes, rail hub, central location, etc...

 

[ragingclue]

Proximity to The Lakes too.

Surprised to see MI is listed as "Balanced". First one of these I've seen where it wasn't listed as bleeding people profusely in a long time.

 

[willizm]

more shocking is the states around IL are the same or down as well. those should all be up.

Yeah I question the list because you also have TX and FL that has no significant change and it seems like that would be the states that should be in the move in list.

 

[Mook]

Full article

https://www.atlasvanlines.com/migration-patterns

How is a state classified?
Each state's or province's status is determined by its threshold value, which is the total number of shipments multiplied by 0.55 (i.e., in a state with 100 moves, at least 55 must be outgoing to be considered outbound). All other states or provinces in which outbound or inbound numbers don't exceed the threshold are classified as balanced. Canadian interprovincial and cross-border (from the U.S. to Canada) shipments are both referenced in the study. International moves indicate both states and countries that Atlas World Group International sent the most shipments to from international origin countries in 2017.

 

[willizm]

Full article

https://www.atlasvanlines.com/migration-patterns

Fuck Canada.....am I right?

 

[Mook]

If you click the link, the interactive map lets you choose a state and see inbound outbound. [MENTION=2616]Chester Copperpot[/MENTION]

 

[willizm]

The more important thing is not just the individuals that are leaving or coming to a state, but the salaries and wealth that are leaving. In Illinois you do have more people leaving than coming into the state but when you actually look at the people coming and going it's the earners that are leaving the state of Illinois while the ones coming in are lower income. Thats going to have a huge effect on property values on expensive houses and overall tax revenue for the state. Just looking at the numbers of people is only part of the story

 

[Blownbyyou]

After leaving Illinois I can't think of one compelling reason to return. The people are nice but the taxes are shit, the roads are shit, the scenery is shit, the weather is shit, the bugs are shit, even when it's nice in the summer it's still miserable because of the humidity. And that's a bit unsettling because it's where all of my family and most of my friends are. So if I ever want to return to my friends and family I'll be miserable for a litany of reasons or I can live some place nice and be separated from them.

What were the origins of Chicago as a business hub? Was it the railroad? Just the fact that it was in the center of the country?

The one thing you are missing that makes Chicago/Illinois great (i agree about why Illinois sucks..)... We have freshwater that we can drink... and a fuck ton of it!