In 2020, Americans fled from big blue blob cities to escape the COVID-19 pandemic, the strict mandates of governors and mayors gone wild, and the rioting and looting that took the cities by storm in the summer. Now CoreLogic has determined which cities gained the most refugees, and which lost the most residents. The top 15 destination metro areas were:
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Port St. Lucie, FL
- Jacksonville, FL
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Stockton, CA
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
- North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
- Greeley, CO
The 15 places Americans were most eager to leave were:
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
Of the most popular destinations, 13 of the 15 were located in America’s Growth Corridors. Of the cities Americans were escaping, only four were in growth corridors.
Action Line: America’s small business owners and Liberty Retirees know what they want in their hometowns. They want low costs, low taxes, and to be left alone. That’s why they’re looking for a better America. If you want to move somewhere safe, look at my Top 10 Best States for Survival.
Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.
