AMERICA'S ECONOMIC MIGRANTS: Why residents like John O’Shea are fleeing New York & other expensive states at a record rate. Stephen Aikin of Biloxi, Mississippi, says his hometown is a hot magnet.

Residents in expensive and high-tax states like New York are fleeing in droves. Thousands are moving to places like Florida, South Carolina, Delaware, Mississippi, anywhere to escape the choking personal and business costs in places like New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. In the latest census data, New York's net population loss to other US states was an astonishing 181,000 for 2018-2019. Factor in arrivals and foreign immigration, that means New York's population plunged by almost 50,000 -- the fourth consecutive year of population decline.  The departures includes the rich, poor and middle class -- a broad swath of former New York residents. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support