Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking Their Jobs with Them

Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by rossdavidh on Saturday September 07, 2019 @10:56AM (#20904102)

While I don't disagree with your fundamental point, the fact that these places are smaller (hence less crowded/expensive) than Los Angeles and New York City, is a big part of the appeal. Even Boise and Austin are more similar in size to each other than they are to L.A. Austin metro area is about 3x the population of Boise, but L.A. metro area is about 8x the population of Austin, for example.

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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by ajmurmann on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:09AM (#20904201)

I'd love to see a survey on what actually went into the decision making progress. I know for myself larger city equaled more desirable, but there also is a correlation between size and affordability, especially if a short commute is desired.

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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by Aloha on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:07AM (#20904190)

I think you might have that backwards

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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by HillaryBriss on Saturday September 07, 2019 @12:37PM (#20904847)

per Wikipedia, the difference is even larger:

LA Metro area: about 13 million

Austin: about 1 million.

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Re:Workers Are Fleeing Big Cities for Small Ones, and Taking... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday September 07, 2019 @03:23PM (#20905915)

Austin metro area: 2 million. Let’s compares apples to apples at least.

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