NYT OPINION: Why People Are Fleeing Blue Cities for Red States
By David Brooks
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 13, 2023 at 03:00AM
Between 2010 and 2020, the fastest-growing states were mostly red — places like Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina. During the pandemic that trend accelerated, and once again, most of the big population-gaining states are governed by Republicans.
If you go back further, you see decade after decade of migration toward the more conservative South. The Brookings Institution demographer William Frey has noted that in 1920, the Northeast and the Midwest accounted for 60 percent of America’s population. A century later, the Sunbelt accounts for 62 percent of the nation’s population. These days we are mostly a Sunbelt nation.
Why are these red states growing so rapidly? The short answer is that they are more pro-business. In a study for the American Enterprise Institute, Mark J. Perry compared the top 10 states people were flocking to in 2021 with the top 10 states people were flocking from.
On Saturday's "America Right Now," Paul Chabot reacts to the phenomenon of Americans fleeing blue cities for red states in droves.
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By David Brooks
Section: Opinion
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 13, 2023 at 03:00AM
Pro-business policies are behind boom towns.
There are a lot of us in the Northeastern media who properly spend a lot of time slamming the Republican Party for what a mess it’s become. I have only one question: If we’re right, why are so many people leaving blue states so they can live in red ones?Between 2010 and 2020, the fastest-growing states were mostly red — places like Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina. During the pandemic that trend accelerated, and once again, most of the big population-gaining states are governed by Republicans.
If you go back further, you see decade after decade of migration toward the more conservative South. The Brookings Institution demographer William Frey has noted that in 1920, the Northeast and the Midwest accounted for 60 percent of America’s population. A century later, the Sunbelt accounts for 62 percent of the nation’s population. These days we are mostly a Sunbelt nation.
Why are these red states growing so rapidly? The short answer is that they are more pro-business. In a study for the American Enterprise Institute, Mark J. Perry compared the top 10 states people were flocking to in 2021 with the top 10 states people were flocking from.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/opinion/sun-belt-migration.html
Americans fleeing blue cities for red states in drovesOn Saturday's "America Right Now," Paul Chabot reacts to the phenomenon of Americans fleeing blue cities for red states in droves.
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