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Where Gen Z Is Movin To And Which States They're Leaving (lemmy.zip)
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[โ€“] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Economic migration. Young people fleeing high-CoL areas and moving to lower-CoL areas with lots of jobs.

California is just way too expensive!

[โ€“] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like expense is only one part of it, because WA is also very expensive to live in and it gained.