America's Young Adults Flocking To These Seven Cities: Brookings (metropolitan, people, moving)

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Young Americans have moved around less since the start of the recession. But when they do, they're choosing different cities to move to than before, according to a recent analysis.

Indeed, though migration among young adults -- designated as those between 25 and 34 years old -- has declined as a whole in recent years, many young Americans every year continue to take the plunge into a new city. More often, however, they're moving to what Brookings Institution senior fellow William Frey in a recent blog post labels "cool cities," rather than cities like Riverside, California that benefitted from the housing boom.

Frey finds that In the years directly preceding the Great Recession, 2005 to 2007, young people were more inclined toward cities like Phoenix, Arizona and the aforementioned Riverside. Between 2008 to 2010, though, they chose cities "which are known to have a certain vibe -- college towns, high-tech centers, and so-called 'cool cities,'" Frey writes.................................

America's Young Adults Flocking To These Seven Cities: Brookings

[ForYourLungsOnly]

well...there is no #3. *disregard*

[Neworleansisprettygood]

Originally Posted by ForYourLungsOnly

well...there is no #3. *disregard*

Houston and Dallas are both #2. Pretty sure Dallas is in the third spot by the way it's set up.

[blkgiraffe]

Random list I have to admit.

[phillies2011]

Originally Posted by Neworleansisprettygood

Houston and Dallas are both #2. Pretty sure Dallas is in the third spot by the way it's set up.

I would imagine that Houston and Dallas are both number two because they tied. Thus no number 3.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by phillies2011

I would imagine that Houston and Dallas are both number two because they tied. Thus no number 3.

No

1. Denver - 10,429
2. Houston - 9,366
3. Dallas - 8,731
4. Seattle - 7,451
5. Austin - 7,099
6. Washington DC - 7,044
7. Portland - 6,656

Dallas being number 2 is clearly a typo. Btw, this is for metropolitan areas.

[bentstrider]

Well, looks like I'm not the only one with my sights set on the Front Range.

[Drewcifer]

I bet Williston, North Dakota has numbers that are almost as high as some of these cities. People don't move there for the vibe though.

[nowincal11]

Phoenix and Las Vegas were rapidly growing from 1990ish-2007, but a lot of jobs were in blue collar work, light manufacturing, or some financial support services (excluding Las Vegas casino industry---which is dependent on all else). Those all took hard hits in the recession and now high tech is big, hence why Denver, Seattle, DC, Dallas are all on the list.

[AK123]

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

1. Denver - 10,429
2. Houston - 9,366
3. Dallas - 8,731
4. Seattle - 7,451
5. Austin - 7,099
6. Washington DC - 7,044
7. Portland - 6,656

Thanks for posting the actual list (hate those slide shows.)

And here's the link to the Brookings article: Young Adults Choose "Cool Cities" During Recession - Up Front Blog - Brookings Institution