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Monday, November 21, 2011

Portland Multnomah's Comings and Goings

Posted by Alex Zielinski on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:44 PM

At least once a week, I meet a Portlander from a different state. Granted, I fall within that category, but it's always wild how many folks come from so far away to be a part of the Portland experience. How many, you ask? Lucky for us, Forbes has made a fun interactive map showing how many people migrate to and out of a specific county and where they originate from or end up.

Since 2006, Multnomah County's inbound migration has outnumbered its outbounders — with transplants arriving from all 50 states (mostly the Northeast and, strangely, a large portion of Arizona). Not a big surprise.

The more interesting info is where Portland natives flee to. Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina (and, again Arizona...what's with this trade route?) appear to be the reigning magnets for Portland locals who escape. What does this mean? I expect you to provide the answers.

Check out the entire map, split up by year, here.

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It means if Portlanders flee in large numbers, they are headed somewhere conservative.
Posted by cluff on November 21, 2011 at 2:10 PM · Report
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the colors of the graphic provide the answer: blue to red.
Posted by eric cantona on November 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM · Report
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I've found that a lot of Portlanders are into banjos. I think that they feel that the banjos in Portland are just rich white hipster versions and they want to experience true banjos. So they move to the South.
Posted by Chris Freeman on November 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM · Report
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My guess is that anywhere is sunnier than Portland, so there's that. Also, people move back to their home state to live with their parents cuz they didn't couldn't stab their own face to death.
Posted by Tom [______] . on November 21, 2011 at 9:04 PM · Report
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Detroit, Boston, Philly and DC are no big surprise, but I don't think I've met anybody from Dallas yet...
Posted by Tommy on November 21, 2011 at 11:49 PM · Report
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I have actually been contemplating a move to Texas. Need some sunnies
Posted by baileyy on November 22, 2011 at 12:34 AM · Report
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I'm confused as to where you got the data saying that "Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina (and, again Arizona...what's with this trade route?) appear to be the reigning magnets for Portland locals who escape". Red lines/red counties mean that those places take more Portlanders than they send, but that doesn't mean that they take the most-- just that they happen to have more intake than output. Los Angeles county takes half as many Portlanders as it sends, but at 432, it takes many more than all of North Carolina.
What I think is interesting is that more people move to the Oregon Coast from than to Portland-- interesting statistic!

Also, I agree re: the banjos. :)
Posted by missingportland on November 22, 2011 at 12:49 PM · Report
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Oregon Trail FUCK THE WORLD
Posted by HandsomeStarheim on November 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM · Report

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