Rhode Island Passes Michigan in Percent of People Leaving the state (& otherdata

[Person Man]

Wow...look how New Jersey is growing.

[Person Man]

The political question thus becomes who are these people that moving. If democrats are moving to republican areas, then more of the country will come up for grabs. If they are republicans fleeing from liberal places, then the democrats will grow isolated. ...but why aren't people like me in the middle of Hicktown, WY moving to Chic, California?

[Person Man]

Ok, looking at the map we can see they went south ........why is is this such a shock?

And west. And mostly into Republican states. Actually, looking just at intra-US-migration, 9 of the 10 most popular destinations include Republican states, while 9 of the 10 states where most people "flee" are Democratic states.

Hard to imagine that California grew below 1%. Emigration to other US states outweighed international immigration in 2006-07, while there were 330.000 more Births than Deaths.

Their Dept. of Finance meanwhile estimated the 2006-07 growth at 1.2% ...

Its very simple, California has become a high tax/high regulation state, and those seeking a better life are fleeing it.

So, as the population increases in those other states, will those states become less attractive?