People in CT and IL want to move: Gallop

[WillBrink]

CT is a total mess these days, so no surprise to me. I have no doubt the recent gun related anti 2A behavior of CT adds something to that. IL, well, again, interesting they have high crime rates and terrible gun laws. Would be interesting to know what, if any, their gun laws are a factor to that, and it would be interesting to overlay those who wish to move with level of restriction to 2A Rights.

Half in Illinois and Connecticut Want to Move Elsewhere
Montana, Hawaii, Maine boast lowest rate of residents wanting to leave

PRINCETON, NJ -- Every state has at least some residents who are looking for greener pastures, but nowhere is the desire to move more prevalent than in Illinois and Connecticut. In both of these states, about half of residents say that if given the chance to move to a different state, they would like to do so. Maryland is a close third, at 47%. By contrast, in Montana, Hawaii, and Maine, just 23% say they would like to relocate. Nearly as few -- 24% -- feel this way in Oregon, New Hampshire, and Texas.

These findings are from a 50-state Gallup poll, conducted June-December 2013, which includes at least 600 representative interviews with residents aged 18 and older in each state. Gallup measured residents' interest in moving out of state by asking, "Regardless of whether you will move, if you had the opportunity, would you like to move to another state, or would you rather remain in your current state?"

Thirty-three percent of residents want to move to another state, according to the average of the 50 state responses. Seventeen states come close to that 50-state average. Another 16 are above the average range, including three showing an especially high desire to move. In fact, in these three -- Illinois, Connecticut, and Maryland -- roughly as many residents want to leave as want to stay.

At the other end of the spectrum, 17 states are home to a below-average percentage of residents wanting to leave. This includes the previously mentioned six states -- Montana, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, New Hampshire, and Texas -- where fewer than one in four want to move, the lowest level recorded. The detailed results for all 50 states are shown on page 2.

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/168770/ha...sewhere.aspx#2

[montanadave]

Makes sense to me. I'm here to stay and, if we take a vacation, we go to Maui.

[MountainRaven]

Makes sense to me. I'm here to stay and, if we take a vacation, we go to Maui.

Shh! Not so loud, someone will hear you!

I don't know who they asked those questions... Montana sucks. Everyone I know here wants to leave ASAP.

[montanadave]

Shh! Not so loud, someone will hear you!

I don't know who they asked those questions... Montana sucks. Everyone I know here wants to leave ASAP.

Well, truth be told, we stick around just cuz we's too poor and stupid to pack up and leave. Besides, we like freezin' our ass of all winter dreaming about those triple-digit summers when it's drier than a popcorn fart.

MONTANA: Where men are men, women are men, too . . . and sheep are scared!

[TAZ]

I just wish that those who choose to leave their POS locales leave their POS political views behind as well. In a lot of cases people leaving those areas are like viruses. They destroy one place with their idiotic policies then move to someplace better and **** it up.


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[Eurodriver]

Hawaii shouldn't even be on that list. Its such an anomale. Their gun laws are in the top 5 strictest in the nation but their violent crime is wayyyy down. (Property crime is not, however) They are like their own little country out there.

[No.6]

I just wish that those who choose to leave their POS locales leave their POS political views behind as well. In a lot of cases people leaving those areas are like viruses. They destroy one place with their idiotic policies then move to someplace better and **** it up.


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+1 Exactly. Unfortunately most who flee their mess, don't seem to learn from it. Kind of like an immigrant who comes to the US and expects to keep their native language and customs.

[skydivr]

I just wish that those who choose to leave their POS locales leave their POS political views behind as well. In a lot of cases people leaving those areas are like viruses. They destroy one place with their idiotic policies then move to someplace better and **** it up.


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AMEN.

That's exactly what happened to Colorado, Washington and several other states. Like a virus...move to a new host, destroy it, then move to another healthy host...

[WillBrink]

AMEN.

That's exactly what happened to Colorado, Washington and several other states. Like a virus...move to a new host, destroy it, then move to another healthy host...

Exactly what's happening to NH (from the Mass-holes moving there mostly) and VT (from the NY transplants) who bring their BS views with them. Southern NH is now essentially annexed by MA and the people of NH not too happy about it as you'd expect. The Mass-holes move to the NH border towns to avoid the MA taxes mostly, and then push to make it more like MA.

[decodeddiesel]

Exactly what's happening to NH (from the Mass-holes moving there mostly) and VT (from the NY transplants) who bring their BS views with them. Southern NH is now essentially annexed by MA and the people of NH not too happy about it as you'd expect. The Mass-holes move to the NH border towns to avoid the MA taxes mostly, and then push to make it more like MA.

This is essentially what happened with Colorado over the past 10 years or so. Here it was transplants from California, Blue-Texas, and Chicago that did it. God damn granola eating city folks who wanted to move away from the cesspools like Chiraq, LA, and DFW to the "fresh mountain air" where they could hike, smoke dope, eat granola, and ride their ****ing bikes while feeling closer to nature and more "green".

When I was stationed here initially in 2000, if you told me that they were going to legalize pot and implement a magazine ban (hell even if you told me that in 2010) I would have told you that you were f'ing insane.