We are so inundated by talk of immigration reform that we tend to think that the influx of Latin Americans coming north is the only story about moving.
The Huffington Post just did a story, based on data from the Migration Policy Institute, about where people move from and to. There are some surprises.
For example, the #1 place that U.S. citizens move to is Mexico: 849,000 of us now live in Mexico. According to the New York Times,
the migration direction between U. S. and Mexico is north to south:
i.e. more people have moved from the U.S. to Mexico than the other way
around.
Rounding out the rest of the top 10 emigration spots for U.S. citizens are: Canada, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Germany, Australia, Israel, South Korea, Japan and Italy.
But what about
Costa Rico and the Cayman Islands? Isn't that where they all go?
Perhaps I'm thinking of retirees looking for cheap cost of living.
These stats may be more about younger people living abroad for business
or career purposes.
Ralph
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