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Seeking affordability, ‘domestic migrants’ are moving to the Midwest. Just not to Iowa
Holly Edgell
Of the 12 states counted as the Midwest by the U.S. Census Bureau, eight are seeing modest growth from domestic migration. Four are seeing a decline in the number of people moving in from other parts of the country.
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