That's not true actually - migration between states is lower than it used to be and still falling. I can't remember where I first read about this, but here's a

That's not true actually - migration between states is lower than it used to be and still falling. I can't remember where I first read about this, but here's a random paper on the overall decline of movement [0] and an NYT article specifically about declining migration to the Sun Belt [1]. [0] http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/wp/wp697.pdf http://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/wp/wp697.pdf [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/us/americans-migration-patterns-shifting.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/us/americans-migration-pat...