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| Families Fleeing New Jersey, Illinois, Connecticut, New York, Study Finds |
| 2019-02-11 |
| [PJ] What would compel you to move to a different state? A better job? Family? Lower taxes? Better weather? A new study conducted by United Van Lines reveals that those are the main reasons that prompted many Americans to pack up and move across state lines. The study also provides data about which states people are fleeing and to which states people are moving. Unsurprisingly, New Jersey tops the list of states from which people are moving. According to the study, 66.8 percent of the moves in New Jersey were by people moving to a different state. Surprisingly, to me at least, Vermont is at the top of the other list. 72.6 percent of moves in Vermont are from people moving from another state. The study is interesting and informative, and United Van Lines is in a unique position to collect and analyze the data. According to Eily Cummings, who serves as United Van Lines' director of corporate communication, "As the nation’s largest household goods mover, our study allows us to identify the most and least popular states for residential relocation throughout the country, year after year. These findings accurately reflect not only where Americans are moving to and from, but also the reasons why." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 #1 yes, I knew an elderly man who purchased the entire contents of George Patton's home except for the organ and one other item. The desk required six men to move it. The desk made the trip but nearly everything else was lost in the move. He had been a security body guard for FDR. He was a very intelligent fellow. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-02-11 11:52 |
| #3 OTOH, I was one of the voters who kept Gillum out of office in Florida, so maybe I'm wrong... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-02-11 08:13 |
| #2 The basic problem remains the same. People flee high taxes and regulation and promptly vote for the same exact thing wherever they flee too. I think a three year hiatus on voting when you move might help. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-02-11 08:11 |
| #1 The only time my family ever used a van line to move was in 1963. Van company sent our stuff to a town 1000 miles off target which just happened to have the same name as the town we actually were moving to. Their people apparently thought their orders were too long to read. Or maybe they didn't know how to read. After that fiasco, we either rented our own moving truck or hired a freelancer to help us move. I imagine the vast majority of families who move don't use van lines like United. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2019-02-11 06:01 |