"Economy Alters How Americans Are Moving"

     While going through articles in NewYorkTimes.com , one caught my eye which is "Economy Alters How Are Moving" by Jennifer Medina and Sabrina Tavernise. The following article is mainly how the downfall of the economy has recently affected where Americans are now choosing to live. In the past, many economic drops that have happened have always affected the migration patterns of hundreds of American citizens. This is no different, except that researchers are now saying that homeowners are stuck in situations where they cannot sell their houses and are worried that they would not be able to find jobs in other cities. According to new research by Census Bureau and the Internal Revenue Service by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire has shown that although migration is slowing down, there has been a shift from the Northern states to Southern states.

     This and other new data by the I.R.S also show that there has been a migration from states, such as Arizona, Florida, and Nevada. Majority states such as this have been hit with the recession and are now losing population. It's also mentioned in the article during economic hardships, it gets extremely difficult for the population to move towards states whose own economy and employee rates are increasing and in the number of residents as well. I find this article important because for one it shows how every few years when there is a downfall in economy, Americans tend to migrate towards more favoring states. This article also shows us that migration in America goes along side with the economy and is especially common in American history. With the recent drop in economy, many people are moving more to the South, where there are more jobs available and maybe in the future they will once again migrate somewhere else.