The morning survey of news items yielded a find that inspired me to revisit all the recent articles I've collected about migration. Albeit pre-Great Recession, deconstructing
the rush to Atlanta:
This week the Atlanta Regional Commission released one of its periodic Regional Snapshots -- the topic was "Domestic Migration: Who's Moving In and Where Are They Coming From?" The snapshot looked at the 20-county greater metro area that includes Coweta County from 2000 through 2007. The source of the report was IRS tax records. That makes the report somewhat skewed because everyone does not file a tax return, but the report is a good indicator of where people are coming and going.The first revelation is that most moves are local. In fact, 52.1 percent of the people on the move in metro Atlanta moved from one of the 20 counties within the region. Slightly more than 37 percent of those moving to the region came from a different state. And 7.5 percent moved from another county in Georgia outside the 20-county region. Other migration made up slightly more than 3 percent of the incoming population.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Burgh Diaspora - Economic Development From Geographic Mobility
Author: Jim Russell
