Exodus from Large Cities, CA, IL, MA, NY

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Exodus from Large Cities, CA, IL, MA, NY

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 | Population |

A new census report shows population losses in most large urban areas, and overall losses for California and most Northeastern states. The people fleeing those areas are of all ethnic makeups, leading some people to say this isn’t white flight but middle class flight.

The states gaining population are mostly in the South in the non-coastal Western states. The large cities that gained were Riverside, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL, Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth.

Those same emigrants are also moving to states with fewer gun control laws, as Uncle notes, but as his commentors suggest I think that’s a coincidence. The states that are more economically free also happen to have more second amendment freedom.

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