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cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/politics/p/1819063/americans-are-leaving-the-u-s-in-record-numbers

Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus—negative net migration—as the fulfillment of its promise to ramp up deportations and restrict new visas. Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.

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[–] smeg@infosec.pub 18 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

🙋‍♂️ I left in 2025. It's great! Walkable and bikeable cities, affordable groceries, my health insurance actually pays for stuff, there's public transit, the food is safer, and not absolutely every I do funnels into only 12 companies.

I moved my family. When my kid needs higher education, it won't cost more than our home. I can send him out in the streets without worrying he'll be hit by a truck going 80. Active shooter or intruder drills aren't a phenomenon in his school.

I only wish we could have done it sooner.

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 30 minutes ago

Us too! High five! We're still getting our sea legs, but it's way nicer to live in a modern city instead of a US-designed one.

[–] Klingo@fedia.io 7 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] smeg@infosec.pub 4 points 1 hour ago
[–] rezz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Indeed. Why hide it!