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The Light: As Remote Work Continues, So Does Migration

by Eric Finnigan & Scott Wild & Annie Radecki & Bryan Lawrence & Christi Lagasse & Rob Flint & Reid Randall April 1, 2022

As COVID restrictions ease and the great resignation continues (and perhaps even accelerates), more companies are opting to allow permanent work from home in order to keep their talented people. As a result, buyers and renters will continue to move to desirable areas where they can get more house for their money.

Older Millennials Leaving the City

by Annie Radecki July 25, 2017

  The top-grossing restaurant in the Philadelphia metro used to be a French bistro in ritzy Rittenhouse Square, but a suburban mini-chain is now hot on its heels. Philadelphia restauranteurs scoff at its success because City Works lies 20 miles …

Americans Are Leaving Big Cities for More Affordable Cities in the South and Northwest

by Annie Radecki February 5, 2016

U-Haul moving truck price disparities usually indicate domestic migration trends long before official migration does. In light of that, we compared the costs of renting a truck each direction to and from 16 cities and learned that: People are leaving …