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Last year, three states in the Northeast — New Jersey, New York and Connecticut — landed in the top five places people were moving out of fastest, according to 2017 data from United Van Lines. (The other two states on the list were Illinois and Kansas.) And data from Pew Charitable Trusts found that while people are all about moving to the South (their population grew by nearly 1.4 million people from 2014 to 2015) and the West (866,000 more people), the population growth in the Northeast is “sluggish.”
The Northeastern exodus is particularly acute in many big cities like New York City. Since 2010, more than 1 million people have moved from the New York area — which includes parts of New Jersey, Connecticut and Long Island — to other parts of the country.
These are the three main reasons they use on the article as to why people are moving:
- The insanely high cost
- The horrendous weather
- The jobs
Those reasons do make sense but another one is that people are fleeing/moving to areas they consider to be safer and more protected in the event something horrible happens. Rural areas are usually the best as they're far away from big cities.
Is this people just being hysterical and overreacting or looking out for their safety? Safety.
Good on them.