• What we have is a decade of a roller coaster in terms of migra­tion. If you look at the mid­dle part of this decade, Florida led the coun­try in net domes­tic migra­tion. Now it’s in the neg­a­tive part of the ledger.
• Brook­ings Insti­tu­tion demog­ra­pher William H. Frey • Dis­cussing how states expe­ri­enc­ing huge growth dur­ing the hous­ing boom – specif­i­cally Florida, but a few oth­ers too – have had peo­ple leav­ing en masse after the finan­cial cri­sis dried up hous­ing. Despite this, there is some sil­ver lin­ing to be found – the num­bers mean that these states will be eli­gi­ble for more polit­i­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tion after the 2010 cen­sus. source

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