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Why Millennials Are Following Boomers to the South
It wasn't just the pandemic that made Texas and Florida more appealing to Americans, it’s a different time of life.
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Americans picked up and moved south in droves during the pandemic, presumably motivated by remote work and a desire for cheaper housing and more wide-open spaces. So why, two years after the Covid crisis began, did the number of people moving to the South keep setting records in 2022?
While remote work trends have persisted, recent data released by the US Census Bureau showed that more people were going back to the office in 2022 than in 2021 — yet the great southern migration hasn't slowed. So we need to think bigger.