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Originally Posted by mhays
Quality of life is a huge part of it. That might be a mix of weather, cheap housing, strong inner cities, great scenery, etc.
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"quality of life" probably does play a part, but if americans were actually interested in strong inner cities, then the northeast would be blowing all other regions out of the water. nothing comes close to the bos-wash when it comes to strong inner cities. the vast majority of americans still seem to want cheap large homes in the suburbs, that's part of the reason why states where that type of arrangement predominates (even within the city propers through most of the sunbelt) are seeing the largest amount of growth. texas, for a state its size, has precious little of what i would classify as "city" in the traditional sense, and yet it's exploding.