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Originally Posted by whell
One survey doesn't mean much. It's a snapshot in time, and is often more meaning full when compared to other data.
The results you get are obviously dependent on the questions that are asked. For example, for the 5 items surveyed, I'd wager that most folks don't spend most of their time thinking about the "quality and availability of childcare" or "inclusiveness in state laws such as reproductive rights, protections against discrimination, and voting rights". Not that any of these things are unimportant, but most folks' thinking starts a lot closer to their wallet and their immediate family needs.
For example, states that have the greatest number of folks leaving happen to be:
1. Illinois
2. New Jersey
3. New York
Note, all blue.
The states folks are moving to?
1) Vermont
2) Oregon
3) Idaho
Not all red.
Must this difference be driven by each state's legislative inclusiveness or availability of childcare? Seems pretty unlikely to me. Personally, I think the population migrations were driven by folks fleeing the authoritarian and boneheaded regimes of those states, particularly the larger cities in those states, and COVID may have been a factor as well.
Finally, in terms of what really matters to people, as the US population gets demographically older over time, people will continue to vote with their wallets and support policies and move to states that treat retirement income in a friendlier manner. Most of those states that you list are not only higher growth (increasing population due to migration) states, but also retirement tax-friendly states. Again, not many of these folks are worried about childcare or "inclusive" legislation. |
Are all California schools at the 35th ranking?
We used to live in an East Bay suburb of about 58K population considered one of the best towns to live in the US. 90%+ of graduating seniors went to four year colleges.
Or how do you explain some of the world class universities, just about every UC is in the top 50 or better with Berkley and UCLA leading the way, closely followed by UCSD, UC Davis with UC SF, Santa Cruz not much of a downgrade from the top four.
Then we have Stanford, Cal Poly, USC, Cal Tech.
There are other private schools that most people do not even exist but are highly sought after. Granted these schools attract world class students but also attracts top students from California.