Posted on 04/20/2006 10:14:31 AM PDT by Fedupwithit
Massachusetts lost more residents than it attracted in recent years, at a greater rate than any other state but New York, according to Census Bureau estimates released today.
The estimates show that between 2000 and 2004, more residents left Massachusetts than moved to the Bay State -- with an average annual exodus of 42,402 people. That amounts to a rate of 6.6 people leaving the state per 1,000, second only to New York's rate of 9.6 residents per 1,000 during that period.
The US Census Bureau report measured how many people are moving in and out of states, and it found that the migration from most of the New England states has slowed in recent years. More people moved into Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont than moved out from 2000 to 2004, while the number of people moving into Connecticut dropped slightly. Nationally, the South remained the primary destination.
The estimates are the latest to document flagging population in Massachusetts, which has become an issue among candidates for governor in this year's campaign. Demographers pointed to the region's precipitous loss of high-tech jobs and the continued high cost of housing as factors driving Massachusetts residents elsewhere.
''I think that's plaguing a lot of the country -- these go-go places of the late '90s, especially those with the high-tech components and persistent high housing costs," said William H. Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
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I recently spoke with a guy who moved from the Binghamton area to the Mid-Hudson Valley because he lost his job. In Binghamton, he and his wife rented a four bedroom/two bath house for about $650 a month. Here, they are paying $1400 for a two bedroom/1.5 bath condo. While his rent has more than doubled, his wages have gone up by only 50%, and he now works two jobs to make ends meet.
"Does that make any sense whatsoever?"
Yep! The new experiment in the new place allows them to put off facing up to the fact that most of what they believe is utter crap.
You know, our taxes really aren't that high. We're in the middle of the pack, and as a share of our per capita income, below states like Georgia, North Carolina, Utah, and Idaho.
But as for the rest of it... yeah.
I did the same, and said the same to a recruiter for a Khaliforniastan job.
Yes, and don't forget that "Clean Jeane" Shaheen was the governor who vetoed the Voter Picture ID bill
The libs always say that the only reason the socialism/marxism didn't work was that we didn't spend enough money on it.
Wait, wait...
Are we there yet?
I believe the state will get bluer, as most of the emigrants will be entrepreneurs and other capable people seeking to escape the suffocating business climate and third highest tax burden, by state, in the country. After four four year terms of RINO governors and republican legislative dominance.
We may go blue in 2008, but at least will lose another 'rat seat or two in Congress after 2010.
All too often, such migrants are usually exactly the kind of people they're moving to get away from.
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