I’ve heard anecdotally of remote workers moving to places like Florida due to tax policies. That makes sense to me, since it isn’t clear what the high taxes of CA actually get you. Other politically-similar states like WA are also raising taxes - in their case it is illegal to levy a graduated income tax per state law, but they’re nevertheless trying to do so and hoping the courts rule in the state’s favor (<a href="https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/capital-gains-income-tax-quotes-who-said-it" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/capital...</a>). Then there’s also the mandate-oriented approach to COVID in many states, which removes individual agency and replaces it with authoritarian approaches. Then there’s huge surges in crime (shoplifting, catalytic converter theft, burglaries, etc) brought on by defunding and soft-on-crime restorative justice policies.<p>Add it all up, and it really does feel like many states are practicing hostile governance under the banners of being progressive or following the science or whatever. Florida is not for me, but I can see its attractiveness - good weather, low taxes, higher liberty, and handling basic governance like crime. I’m not surprised that many are seeking out something like it.
If you want to see if a pair of cities are net gainers or net losers of population, you can use their site to compare them since U-Haul uses dynamic pricing based on demand and availability.<p>Oakland CA to Dallas TX is $7013 for a 26' truck. The reverse move is only $850
I'm surprised to see Madison, WI in 5th place. What's attracting people to Madison ? I assume it's not the weather, is the job market booming there ?
For comparison, 2019 and 2020 results. Seems Florida was also #1 in 2019 (Tennessee was #1 in 2020):<p><a href="https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/U-Haul-Names-Top-Growth-States-Of-2019-Florida-Is-New-No-1-19965/" rel="nofollow">https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/U-Haul-Names-Top-Growth...</a><p><a href="https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/2020-Migration-Trends-U-Haul-Ranks-50-States-By-Migration-Growth-22746/" rel="nofollow">https://www.uhaul.com/Articles/About/2020-Migration-Trends-U...</a>
I'm surprised Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater didn't make it in there. I guess people moving there are either using other companies trucks to move in, or are just hiring people to move them in.
The census bureau also publishes information: <a href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/geographic-mobility/historic.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/geograph...</a>
People are fleeing the lockdowns on the coasts. Also, Pelosi and Obama just bought ocean front/an island for 10s of millions, so even they don't believe the seas rising is a threat anytime soon.