PODS survey - Where Are People Moving to in 2024? Hint: There’s Been a Shift!

[DCReid]

Austin joins the list of top move out cities in 2023. TX and FL cities plummet in popularity of move-ins, with Miami among the top move outs...CA still the top move-out state. Carolinas, TN and GA are most popular for move-ins...

https://www.pods.com/blog/moving-trends

[The North One]

Will never understand why anybody would willingly move to an inferno like Phoenix. You have to be crazy.

[photoLith]

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Or Texas for that matter now. I'm from Houston and my parents live in San Antonio pretty much. Every year I go there its well above 100 during the summer. Last year when we visited it was above 100 every day and one day it got to 107. No thanks.

Its 93 here in Pittsburgh right now and thats plenty hot for me now.

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by DCReid

Austin joins the list of top move out cities in 2023. TX and FL cities plummet in popularity of move-ins, with Miami among the top move outs...CA still the top move-out state. Carolinas, TN and GA are most popular for move-ins...

https://www.pods.com/blog/moving-trends

Austin is a bit odd. It's hard to imagine people leaving with all these new residential towers coming online soon. Jobs are still being announced and construction is still booming in the metro area.

[SteveD]

I read thru that article. Are they talking absolute numbers, or some kind of percentage rate or per capita number. I find it very hard to believe that Myrtle Beach is No. 1 in absolute numbers.

[llamaorama]

Tech employment is in a downturn phase so Austin may be in a slowdown, Florida is a HCOL state now but is full of low income people who probably want to leave.

[TWAK]

Originally Posted by JoninATX

Austin is a bit odd. It's hard to imagine people leaving with all these new residential towers coming online soon. Jobs are still being announced and construction is still booming in the metro area.

As for CA, the apartment or house that individual is leaving is filled up almost right away.... at least from what I have seen.

it was still at a net loss of over 91,000 people in 2023.

In a state with almost 40 million? Seems fine, now everybody else needs to hurry up and leave so I can get that condo in SF for 100k-200k.

[bilbao58]

Originally Posted by SteveD

I read thru that article. Are they talking absolute numbers, or some kind of percentage rate or per capita number. I find it very hard to believe that Myrtle Beach is No. 1 in absolute numbers.

It says it's based on "PODS customer moving data." So it's completely anecdotal based on one company's experience.

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by bilbao58

It says it's based on "PODS customer moving data." So it's completely anecdotal based on one company's experience.

possibly correlated with where they have the best sales office...

[mhays]

True, this isn't a cross section of the general population. It's limited to their distinct customer base.

For example the person moving to college might just take suitcases. The person leaving college might just borrow a friend's car. Rich people will hire full-service movers with trucks. The idea of a semi-secure pod in the front yard might not work in an urban district with no place to put it, or in a high-crime area.

That said, their trends are interesting. A big drop or a big rise means something.

[SIGSEGV]

the only time I've ever seen PODS was on a college campus...

[sopas ej]

It's been a while, but in the last 2 or 3 years, I've seen maybe a total of 2 PODS (not at the same time) on my street, which is a street of apartments and condos. The pod was on the street at the curb, taking up two parking spaces I think. Apparently that's legal; I'm sure they needed permission/a permit from the city. They were each on the street maybe 2 or three days.

[Steely Dan]

PODS' whole business model seems to rely on suburban houses with driveways.

Being that Chicago is a driveway-free city due to our alleys, I never see their storage boxes in the city, as there is no where to put them.

[wwmiv]

These types of lists are lies. The economy used to punish people for lies. It now rewards them, and in the process allows the ruin of the millions of people.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by SteveD

I read thru that article. Are they talking absolute numbers, or some kind of percentage rate or per capita number. I find it very hard to believe that Myrtle Beach is No. 1 in absolute numbers.

I don't. Lots of people still leaving the NE and opting for the Carolinas and Northerners who moved further south (FL, GA, TX, etc) want to be closer to family but still live in a milder climate (halfbacks).

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by JManc

I don't. Lots of people still leaving the NE and opting for the Carolinas and Northerners who moved further south (FL, GA, TX, etc) want to be closer to family but still live in a milder climate (halfbacks).

Myrtle Beach is tiny. It's unlikely to even have the largest numbers of move-ins in its own state, let alone the country.

[SIGSEGV]

I bet some subset of college students is sending kegs to Myrtle Beach via PODS

[JManc]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Myrtle Beach is tiny. It's unlikely to even have the largest numbers of move-ins in its own state, let alone the country.

But it's indicative of just how popular the Carolinas are. Perhaps POD people prefer Myrtle Beach but Charlotte, Greenville and the Research Triangle are also booming.

[Busy Bee]

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[Centropolis]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

PODS' whole business model seems to rely on suburban houses with driveways.

Being that Chicago is a driveway-free city due to our alleys, I never see their storage boxes in the city, as there is no where to put them.

I see them dropped on the street - but yeah, really need a driveway.