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Old 09-11-2007, 02:00 PM
 
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Harris Interactive | The Harris Poll - The Coasts Are Tops as California and New York City Are Most Popular Places People Would Choose to Live
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:36 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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That is one of the goofiest polls Ive ever seen.
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Old 09-11-2007, 04:01 PM
 
Location: So. Dak.
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Wow, it is kind of odd. I was under the impression people were refraining from moving to Fla. because of the issues there with housing, insurance, taxes, employment, overcrowding, etc. Guess Hawaii would be nice, but not many of us can afford to live there.

I was curious about their category of 18-30 year olds being called "echo boomers". I have never heard that before.
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Old 09-11-2007, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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Wow #8, pretty good ranking out of the thousand's of cities in the US.
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Old 09-11-2007, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Oxygen Ln. AZ
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Florida puzzles me as well. It was our first choice before moving to AZ, but the wind and insurance issues scared us away. It would be a paradise if it were not for those two things....and bugs.
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Old 09-11-2007, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Wow, it is kind of odd. I was under the impression people were refraining from moving to Fla. because of the issues there with housing, insurance, taxes, employment, overcrowding, etc. Guess Hawaii would be nice, but not many of us can afford to live there.

I was curious about their category of 18-30 year olds being called "echo boomers". I have never heard that before.
It doesn't say people actually move to these places, just that they would like to. As such, it is a measure of perception. Perception and reality may be different. People are leaving California in large numbers, for example, even though the "California dream" seems alive and well. Overall, its seems that people prefer to live where the weather is warm or on a coast - that should not be news to anyone.
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Old 09-11-2007, 06:57 PM
 
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Maybe I am retarded!
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Old 09-12-2007, 09:23 AM
 
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It doesn't say people actually move to these places, just that they would like to. As such, it is a measure of perception. Perception and reality may be different. People are leaving California in large numbers, for example, even though the "California dream" seems alive and well. Overall, its seems that people prefer to live where the weather is warm or on a coast - that should not be news to anyone.
True. However, I'm under the impression that fewer people are moving out of Cali now that the real estate has risen so much in places that were once considered "affordable" such as, Phoenix, Orlando, Denver, Las Vegas.
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Old 09-12-2007, 03:15 PM
 
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True. However, I'm under the impression that fewer people are moving out of Cali now that the real estate has risen so much in places that were once considered "affordable" such as, Phoenix, Orlando, Denver, Las Vegas.
Yes, you have to remember that Phoenix's housing boom (along with Nevada, Florida etc) was because the low cost of living was attractive. The housing boom has stopped because it's no longer cheaper to move to Phoenix compared with most places including Cali so people have stopped moving. When you factor in the now-high housing costs in metro Phoenix, Cali and other places are a better deal overall.

I don't trust any poll, they're so easily manipulated and heavily skewed, an opinion poll of the Republicans would be 0% in San Francisco and 100% in the Deep South so anyone can make any poll say what they want.
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Old 09-12-2007, 03:31 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth/Dallas
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Doesn't it say Arizona and not specify Phoenix?
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