http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-interactive-counties-map.html?preload=37183

That's why I'm staying for at least ten years. I've started to reap the benefits of the migration.

Less crowded streets, less crime.

Usually a lot of the less skilled people stay because they can't move, but if they wanted to, they could. Look at what happened during the Dust Bowl days: the people moved until they found new territory.

We have lost the pioneer spirit and replaced it with the entitlement spirit.

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
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1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

People did not move during the Dust Bowl days because they wanted to. The only choice they had to was move or die.

Interesting indeed. Click on any county in my state (NJ) and it shows a net outflow, most going to So FL. Many retirees are leaving the state to avoid NJ estate tax, which kicks in at 675,000.

Red lines seem to equate, roughly, to the "red ink" financial condition of the departed locale. Lest we forget, population migration affects congressional representation.