Where Americans Are Moving, And Why

Chicago Skyline From BP
The BP Whiting Refinery is located in northwest Indiana on the shore of Lake Michigan, 20 miles southeast of Chicago, Ill. A portion of a tank at the BP waste water treatment plant is shown at the bottom with the Chicago skyline in the background Tuesday Nov. 13, 2007 in Whiting, Ind. Joe Raymond / Associated Press
Chicago Skyline From BP
The BP Whiting Refinery is located in northwest Indiana on the shore of Lake Michigan, 20 miles southeast of Chicago, Ill. A portion of a tank at the BP waste water treatment plant is shown at the bottom with the Chicago skyline in the background Tuesday Nov. 13, 2007 in Whiting, Ind. Joe Raymond / Associated Press

Where Americans Are Moving, And Why

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Americans continue to move south and west, according to the latest Census figures, in a pattern that The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) says marks a continuation of a trend that started before the Great Recession.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Thompson about other patterns in the ways Americans are moving.

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