Jan 13, 2017
Are you ‘innie’ or ‘outie’? Relocation hotbed
TEXAS – For almost a decade, Texas was classified as an 'inbound state,' meaning that more than 55 percent of the moves recorded in Texas were people coming into the...
TEXAS – For almost a decade, Texas was classified as an ‘inbound state,’ meaning that more than 55 percent of the moves recorded in Texas were people coming into the stat.
However, in 2016, Texas was classified as a ‘balanced state’ for the first time. Data are from Atlas Van Lines.
The top reasons for people leaving Texas are the traffic and the scorching summers.
But the pros for moving to Texas—gun-friendly laws, strong job growth, cheap land and lower taxes, to name a few—outweigh the cons, the company said.
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