These Southern cities are the most popular moving destinations in America
A new report on moving trends has found a sur♐prising sℱhift in where Americans are relocating.
According to r🔜esearch by the moving and storage compa♔ny PODS, the most popular US destinations have significantly changed in recent years.
Based on information from PODS’ moviಞng data, the company determined that there has been💙 a big increase in movement to southern Appalachia, a region which includes the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
Indeed, that the Carolinas had the highest number of move-ins in the US this year, with Myrtle Beach, Soutඣh Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, sharing the crown for the “mo💃st moved-to city for the second year in a row.”
T꧙he cities, in separate states but not fa🧸r from one another, offer residents a low cost of living, outdoor access and “a solid quality of life,” making them highly desirable in a real estate climate defined by unaffordable houses and mortgages.
The central Florida ♏city of Ocala, meanwhile, took second place, but thꦑe Sunshine State as a whole fell in terms of move-ins this year.
In 2023, the Sunshine State dominated PODS’ list of top 20 most moved-to US cities, with six locations there making the cut. This year, however,꧟ th꧂at number went down to three.
As for the cities with the highest numbers of move-outs, PODS found that, as was the case last year, Los Angeles is losing more locals than anywhere else — followed by the San Francisco area in second place.
The whole Golden State, in fact, has continued its trend of seeing more move-outs 🍌than the rest of ജthe nation. Last year, six California cities made it on PODS’ top 20 move-out list. This year, that number rose to seven.
“Currently, according to our lates💞t PODS data set, the vast majority of moves PODS is facilitating i♔n and out of the top 20 cities on our lists are not job-related moves,” it noted.
