Fuck Yeah Texas

austinkleon:

Map: Where Americans Are Moving

More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines indicate net inward movement, red lines net outward movement.

Three maps, three stories.

The top map is Cleveland, where I used to live. Everybody’s leaving. It looks like an explosion.

The middle map is Austin, where I live now. Everybody’s moving here. It looks like a black hole.

The bottom map is Pickaway County, Ohio, where I grew up. Hardly anyone leaves. Hardly anyone moves in. It looks like a puddle.

I don’t think people realize yet how big the triangle between Austin, Dallas, and Houston is going to be in 40 years do to this shift in demographics.  Texas is booming, and with it will come more diverse culture.