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Migration Data: Where the Left Governs, Citizens Flee

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, March 16 2017

"People Moving from New York Outnumber Arrivals by Nearly Two-to-One, Report Says." That was a recent Albany Times Union headline highlighting the ongoing mass exodus from deep-blue New York: United Van Lines reported Tuesday that nearly two-thirds of the moves involving New York households were outbound, a higher proportion than any other state except New Jersey and Illinois. The 2016 National Movers Study by Fenton, Missouri-based United also found that almost 59 percent of the moves within the eastern United States were outbound. Where were people moving? …

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