Staying close to home
A Pew Research Center survey shows that family ties are one of the most important factors in decisions about whether to move out of state.
People move for economic opportunity and they stay put to be near their families. But when you balance the two, family wins out over money in the decision about where to live. Of those who didn't move, 74 percent cited family as the reason.
At 69 percent, the desire to remain in the town where they grew up was the second most important reason for not moving.
Except for college or military service, 56 percent of Americans have not lived outside their birth state and 37 percent have stayed in their hometown, mainly because they want to be near family.
About 27 percent of Americans have lived in two or three states and 15 percent have lived in four or more. Government data for 2008 show graphic mobility to be at its lowest point since 1948.
A Pew Research Center survey shows that family ties are one of the most important factors in decisions about whether to move out of state.
People move for economic opportunity and they stay put to be near their families. But when you balance the two, family wins out over money in the decision about where to live. Of those who didn't move, 74 percent cited family as the reason.
At 69 percent, the desire to remain in the town where they grew up was the second most important reason for not moving.
Except for college or military service, 56 percent of Americans have not lived outside their birth state and 37 percent have stayed in their hometown, mainly because they want to be near family.
About 27 percent of Americans have lived in two or three states and 15 percent have lived in four or more. Government data for 2008 show graphic mobility to be at its lowest point since 1948.
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