Manhattanites Reach Bronx as Americans Stay Near Home
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Fallout from the longest economic slump since the Great Depression made Americans less likely to move and more likely to go shorter distances when they did.
Hampered by an inability to find new jobs or sell their homes, people moving from Manhattan made the Bronx their single-biggest destination. Washington, D.C., residents were most likely to relocate to neighboring Prince George’s County, Maryland, and Los Angelenos decamped for adjacent San Bernardino County, data released yesterday by the Census Bureau show.