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LtTx

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10. Texas has 4 out of the top 10

Reply to Munu (Original post)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 09:21 AM

Nov 23

Texas cities are generally blue- and as a lifelong Texan (with stints in Ireland, England) one of those four cities are the only places I would live in Texas. But if WA had a comparable cost of living- I would be there tomorrow!

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Ranked: The Cities Americans Are Moving To [View all] Munu Nov 23 OP

Interesting, but the increases pretty much parallel the size of the city. TheRickles Nov 23 #1

That was my thought also (weight by population). Strelnikov_ Nov 23 #5

If That ProfessorGAC Nov 23 #21

Not a single Florida city Sanity Claws Nov 23 #2

Jacksonville and Orlando sop Nov 23 #3

Thanks for finding them Sanity Claws Nov 23 #15

If they included non-Americans, Miami and Tampa would likely be on that list. sop Nov 23 #16

But not as high as they would have been 3-5 years ago. NCDem47 Nov 23 #17

Also bugs. mr715 Nov 23 #18

Jacksonville is a big FL city!! It's #12 to my regret. lark Nov 23 #9

People gravtate to jobs Old Crank Nov 23 #4

The top 10 are all Democratic cities, even those in Texas. Lonestarblue Nov 23 #6

Of course. Aristus Nov 23 #7

So they're not fleeing liberals cities to escape socialism IronLionZion Nov 23 #8

Texas has 4 out of the top 10 LtTx Nov 23 #10

Austin has been overcrowded for years. ananda Nov 23 #11

Any data on where they're moving from?? WinstonSmith4740 Nov 23 #12

That's where the opportunity is. That's where the jobs are. paleotn Nov 23 #13

I treasured my 35 years in New Haven, CT CTyankee Nov 23 #14

My children moved away to big cities... hunter Nov 23 #19

Ha! Fresno on the bottom. Nickname for Fresno is Fresneck. Nixie Nov 23 #20

I would love to live in Chicago duckworth969 Nov 23 #22