As people move away from the midwest, and the midwest economies lag, their housing costs should have cratered. Instead, they had the same 2008-2009 bubble poppi

As people move away from the midwest, and the midwest economies lag, their housing costs should have cratered. Instead, they had the same 2008-2009 bubble popping everyone else saw, then continued to drift up. Source: bought and sold homes in 3 regions in the last 10 years. Also, you can marinate yourself in the trend lines on trulia.