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https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/..
by ajsnigrutin 4y ago
https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/calculating-migration-expectancy.html https://www.census.gov/topics/population/migration/guidance/...
This is geoblocked in slovenia, but the google summary says:
> Using 2007 ACS data, it is estimated that a person in the United States can expect to move 11.7 times in their lifetime
If we neglect the student ages for those without student housing or living nearby, most people here move from their parents to their own place, maybe again if they're renting, and then to a "better place" if they can afford one later on. 11.7 times is way above what most people here do.
80 years of life, 11.7 movings, 6.8 years between moving. Realistically more often than that during younger years, since I'd guess retired people move less often.
- nonethewiser 4y agoYou didn’t address the “across the continent every few years” part. Moving frequently on average in no way indicates they are moving across the country every few years.
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoEven if they don't move half a continent away, they'd still need to buy a house, furnish it, fix a bunch of stuff, then live in it for <7 years, fix it up again (atleast cosmetically), sell it, buy a new one, all the hassle of moving and new furniture because not all of the old stuff fits, new fixes of stuff that was just cosmetically fixed, and in <7 years again.
- wil421 4y agoI’ve probably moved 12 times including when I was a student and none of the times were out of state.