US Migration -- Random Update -- November 1, 2020

It will be interesting to compare the years following WWII when there were huge migrations in the US and the migrations that will result from Chinese flu. 

From CNBC yesterday, October 30, 2020:

• Now that more Americans can work and attend school from anywhere, they are increasingly looking to leave large urban centers for smaller, less dense cities with cheaper housing.
• “Remote work has opened up a whole new world of possibilities when it comes to buying a home,” said Redfin’s chief economist, Daryl Fairweather.

From the linked article, based on analysis by Redfin which started tracking this migration three years ago:

• certain cities are standout destinations
• Santa Barbara, California; Louisville, Kentucky; and Buffalo, New York, are seeing big net inflows.
• Santa Barbara’s net inflow increased by 124% in the third quarter compared with the same period a year earlier;
• Louisville saw a 113% increase; and,
• Buffalo a 107% gain
• top 10 list includes El Paso, Texas; Burlington, Vermont; and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Tulsa has a program, Tulsa Remote, which actually pays people to move to the city and work remotely. 
• most of the destination cities have relatively low housing costs compared with larger metropolitan areas. 
• Santa Barbara is the exception. Its draw is that it is less dense than Los Angeles but close enough to commute if necessary. 
• at the larger state picture, Florida appears to be the biggest recipient of flight from New York. 
• nearly twice as many Redfin searchers as last year, or 22,000 more, looked to move into Florida than out in the third quarter. That is the highest net inflow since Redfin began tracking migration three years ago. 
• Florida, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina and Nevada saw the biggest net inflow increases since last year. 
• another analysis from moveBuddha, a moving company search site, found the top three larger cities people were moving into in 2020 were Denver, Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon.
• the top cities people moved out of: New York, San Francisco and Chicago.

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Some Interesting Story Lines For Budding Writers

Speaking of Portland, Oregon and Antifa:

• for the most part, the demonstrations were peaceful;

WWII:

• for the most part, bombing did not include nuclear weapons;

April 15, 1865 (where death and taxes really did intersect):

• for the most part, the play was uneventful;
  

Chicxulub crater:

• for the most part, dinosaurs were unaffected by meteors;
  

Dinner:

• for the most part, Jeffrey Dahmer's diet was just like that of most Americans;