Comments on: WSJ: U.S. Migration Drops Sharply

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:54 +0000

The change is a return to normalcy. Domestic migration had increased greatly during the housing bubble because it was easier to sell and buy houses. No longer.

http://www.newgeography.com/content/00690-special-report-domestic-migration-bubble-and-widening-dispersion-new-metropolitan-area

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:33:17 +0000

I would love to see what the impact would be if we allowed full labor mobility between the US and Canada. I personally think it would help some of the Sun Belt states get out of their real estate death spiral with Snowbirds buying up homes… I wonder why Obama hasn’t thought of that yet?

By: Swordsman

Swordsman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:53:11 +0000

EVERYTHING has been getting out of control since the 80s…

By: Buzzcut

Buzzcut — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:23:48 +0000

but that was sometime back in 2005-2007, when the real estate market was getting out of control.

Getting? It’s been out of control since the ’80s!

What’s it like raising 4 kids in a 1BR? How do you GET 4 kids when you’re living in a 1BR?!? Kind of hard to be… intimate.

By: Liza Sabater

Liza Sabater — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:13:35 +0000

LOL! that should have been EAST Village, not easy!

By: Liza Sabater

Liza Sabater — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:12:11 +0000

Btw, part of me wonders if less people are leaving the cities because they are trapped under high priced urban real estate?

i can tell you anecdotally that for people living in rent-stabilized apartments in the city it is almost impossible to move out unless we leave the whole region. i have a two bedroom, but have neighbors who have raised 2-4 kids in RS 1BRs –and we’re all in gray/white collar jobs. barely any working class folks left here in the Easy Village of NYC.

somewhere in my NYC politics blog, The Daily Gotham [ http://dailygotham.com ] I posted a study about this particular issue, but that was sometime back in 2005-2007, when the real estate market was getting out of control.

By: Steven Savage

Steven Savage — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:00:26 +0000

I’d add one factor in staying in the urban areas is that there’s a few factors:
1) Conveniences to decrease expenditure such as public transportation.
2) More job availability (depending on area).
3) More access to many services.

These may be factors. I know when I moved to a semi-urban area, we found that despite an increase in rent, the overall gains far outstripped this (for a change, three people could be in a one-car household)