Actually at this point just about any decent sized urban area is getting expensive (or have you not checked recently). Yes some more than others of course, but it seems widespread.
I suspect the economic situation might be bad enough many places that people leave to anywhere they think they might be able to land a decent job though ... and place expensiveness way second to that, rightly or wrongly.
Trees don't grow on money
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
One is income you've earned. The other is what someone else, now dead, earned and is giving to you, what you're getting because you happened to be born into a family with assets to pass on.
It might be interesting to compare how red and blue states tax and spend revenues. Here the growth and housing prices have been amazing the last few years. We have light rail, a newer airport, nice parks, bike lanes, and a huge open space program for hiking, biking and other recreation. My county has had a one-half percent sales tax voted in years ago that is dedicated to developing and managing recreational open spaces, so there are vast natural areas around the city. It's a nice place to live to start, but investments in amenities has helped. No doubt legal recreational pot has attracted some young people, but the polls have indicated not as many as some claim. I could fall into the if you build it they will come theory. I can't even speculate on how red states or red cities tax and spend, but would guess it is more conservative.
My city is vying for the second Amazon headquarters, which I understand could add 50,000 jobs. Because of some of these things, they say we are near the top of consideration. There is even a growing opposition to this because of already crowded highway and escalating home prices.
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