Urban Flight: How Will It Impact Election?
Could the trend toward greater suburbanization – and migration among states – have an impact on next month’s election in the United States? An analysis released Tuesday by realtor.com finds that the majority of out-of-town searches for homes in the battleground states of Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – all of which voted for President Trump in 2016 – come from blue states and counties. But that doesn’t mean it will tip an election – at least not yet. “For years homebuyers have looked from urban areas to more suburban and rural areas to find the affordability that makes buying a home possible. The additional time at home and flexibility to work remotely as a result of the pandemic have…