Multnomah's Comings and Goings

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It means if Portlanders flee in large numbers, they are headed somewhere conservative.

on November 21, 2011 at 2:10 PM

the colors of the graphic provide the answer: blue to red.

eric cantona on November 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM

I've found that a lot of Portlanders are into banjos. I think that they feel that the banjos in Portland are just rich white hipster versions and they want to experience true banjos. So they move to the South.

Chris Freeman on November 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM

My guess is that anywhere is sunnier than Portland, so there's that. Also, people move back to their home state to live with their parents cuz they didn't couldn't stab their own face to death.

Tom [______] . on November 21, 2011 at 9:04 PM

Detroit, Boston, Philly and DC are no big surprise, but I don't think I've met anybody from Dallas yet...

Tommy on November 21, 2011 at 11:49 PM

I have actually been contemplating a move to Texas. Need some sunnies

baileyy on November 22, 2011 at 12:34 AM

I'm confused as to where you got the data saying that "Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina (and, again Arizona...what's with this trade route?) appear to be the reigning magnets for Portland locals who escape". Red lines/red counties mean that those places take more Portlanders than they send, but that doesn't mean that they take the most-- just that they happen to have more intake than output. Los Angeles county takes half as many Portlanders as it sends, but at 432, it takes many more than all of North Carolina.
What I think is interesting is that more people move to the Oregon Coast from than to Portland-- interesting statistic!

Also, I agree re: the banjos. :)

on November 22, 2011 at 12:49 PM