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USA. Eg: Seattle has lots of out-of-state migrants, as does SFBay, Boston and NY.

Hamuko 4y ago
What's the source for that? Doesn't sound right when I've seen claims such as "nearly 72% of Americans live in or close to the city where they grew up" [1] and "the typical adult lives only 18 miles from his or her mother" [2]. [1] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-percentage-of-americans-currently-live-in-the-town-or-city-where-they-grew-up-300952249.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-percentage-of-... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-f...
- chucksmash 4y ago
  The irony of having this discussion on a site run by people who pay potential founders to move across the continent for a couple of months.
  - mardifoufs 4y ago
    Where's the irony? Do you think HN is a good representation of the US population as a whole?
    - chucksmash 4y ago
      Assuming you are posting in good faith, the irony to me is that this whole discussion is even happening, stemming from the post: > Where the hell are people "moving across the continent every few years"? Because the answer is right here, on this very website. They are asking us* to prove our existence. Perhaps it'd be more correct to call it incongruity. Perhaps also more correct to have replied directly to the "Where the hell...?" comment as opposed to this one. I hope this isn't a segue into an "Alanis Morrissette isn't ironic" internet conversation. * - some of us
      - mardifoufs 4y ago
        Yeah sorry I was asking in good faith, though I see how my comment could come off as snarky. But I understand what you mean now :)
      - Hamuko 4y ago
        >They are asking us* to prove our existence. This is a strawman.
sacnoradhq 4y ago
Seems a Good Thing(tm) signaling economic activity and a draw that more people want to be in proximity of said activity.
vonmoltke 4y ago
First, "out of state" doesn't mean "across the continent" (though that is more likely in Seattle or SF, since they're rather isolated from out of state population centers). Second, that is not evidence in the slightest of people doing this "every few years". Hell, most people don't want to move locally that often, let alone an expensive and very disruptive long distance move.

What's the source for that? Doesn't sound right when I've seen claims such as "nearly 72% of Americans live in or close to the city where they grew up" [1] and "the typical adult lives only 18 miles from his or her mother" [2]. [1] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-percentage-of-americans-currently-live-in-the-town-or-city-where-they-grew-up-300952249.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-percentage-of-... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-f...

chucksmash 4y ago
The irony of having this discussion on a site run by people who pay potential founders to move across the continent for a couple of months.
- mardifoufs 4y ago
  Where's the irony? Do you think HN is a good representation of the US population as a whole?
  - chucksmash 4y ago
    Assuming you are posting in good faith, the irony to me is that this whole discussion is even happening, stemming from the post: > Where the hell are people "moving across the continent every few years"? Because the answer is right here, on this very website. They are asking us* to prove our existence. Perhaps it'd be more correct to call it incongruity. Perhaps also more correct to have replied directly to the "Where the hell...?" comment as opposed to this one. I hope this isn't a segue into an "Alanis Morrissette isn't ironic" internet conversation. * - some of us
    - mardifoufs 4y ago
      Yeah sorry I was asking in good faith, though I see how my comment could come off as snarky. But I understand what you mean now :)
    - Hamuko 4y ago
      >They are asking us* to prove our existence. This is a strawman.

sacnoradhq 4y ago

Seems a Good Thing(tm) signaling economic activity and a draw that more people want to be in proximity of said activity.

vonmoltke 4y ago

First, "out of state" doesn't mean "across the continent" (though that is more likely in Seattle or SF, since they're rather isolated from out of state population centers). Second, that is not evidence in the slightest of people doing this "every few years". Hell, most people don't want to move locally that often, let alone an expensive and very disruptive long distance move.