Americans are
moving to places with affordable costs of living and strong labor markets (or
good retirement communities). The top
destination states of 2015 could hardly be more different geographically
and culturally: Oregon and South Carolina. What they have in common is that
both states are relatively affordable places to live.
The data on
moving comes from United Van Lines, which ranks the states based on the
proportion of interstate moves that were inbound or outbound.
In Oregon, 69
percent of moves were inbound. The state with the worst ratio was New Jersey,
from which 67 percent of moves were outbound.
The top five outbound
states of 2015 were:
