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Census: Americans Fleeing Big Cities

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Posted on Apr 20, 2006

Nearly every large metropolitan city lost more people than it gained from 2000 to 2004, as people of all demographics sought out the exurbs for cheaper housing.

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By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer

Americans are leaving the nation’s big cities in search of cheaper homes and open spaces farther out.

Nearly every large metropolitan area had more people move out than move in from 2000 to 2004, with a few exceptions in the South and Southwest, according to a report being released Thursday by the Census Bureau.

Northeasterners are moving South and West. West Coast residents are moving inland. Midwesterners are chasing better job markets. And just about everywhere, people are escaping to the outer suburbs, also known as exurbs.

“It’s a case of middle class flight, a flight for housing affordability,” said William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. “But it’s not just white middle class flight, it’s Hispanics and blacks, too.”

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By Susan Vornov, April 21, 2006 at 7:43 am #
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One rational reason:  Wynton Marsalis doesn’t play (Whatever)sville.

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By R. A. Earl, April 20, 2006 at 7:18 pm #
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Go ahead. Someone provide a rational argument that will convince me that human beings are sociologically, psychologically and physiologically better suited to living crammed together in concrete caves piled high upon one another, than in a peaceful, gracious country or small town setting where the cacophony and chaos that is city living is considered obnoxious and abhorrent.

City living has, admittedly, a FEW real benefits… comprehensive and immediate assistance in medical emergencies, for example.

However, at some point, many of us come to understand that even those benefits don’t outweigh the Quality of Life (QOL) that is found ONLY in rural living. QOL is not measured in decibels or money or power. We, for instance, left big city living 10 years ago and will never return. We’d have to be out of our minds to swap fresh air and water, privacy, peace and quiet, and wide-open spaces with nary another soul in sight, for the soot-filled, siren-infested, crime-ridden disgrace that our cities have become.

No more living like rats in a race to nowhere for us… but if that’s your bag, you’re welcome to it. In fact, STAY THERE in BIG CITY. We in the countryside would prefer if you do.

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By candide, April 20, 2006 at 10:41 am #
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It’s a desire for rural idiocy.

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By JP, April 20, 2006 at 3:48 am #
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Supports my case that America is not “addicted to oil”—America is addicted to Real Estate.

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