Working From Home Could Lead People To Relocate

With the potential for remote working to become more the norm, the pandemic has Americans considering packing up and move to a new city or state.

A survey conducted by Morning Consult found that more than one in four workers say they would consider moving to a new state if their employer allows them to work remotely going forward.

The survey found:

12 percent said it is very likely they would move to a new state.
16 percent said it is somewhat likely.
36 percent said it is very unlikely.
17 percent said it is somewhat unlikely.
19 percent said they didn’t know or don’t have an opinion.

This is a phenomenon some are noticing and others are openly musing about:

I live in what is considered the southside of San Francisco. I have never seen so many moving trucks and people moving out at the same time.
— Kimmie Tee (@ReallyKimmieTee) July 4, 2020

It's logical. A lot of the people here work at companies that are letting them work from home. They can take their SF salary and move to ANYWHERE and live like hogs.
— Kimmie Tee (@ReallyKimmieTee) July 4, 2020

Same here. Cost of living in Austin is insane. Since I can work from home now I am ready to move back to the country.
— Garden Variety Woman (@Stephamaybe) July 5, 2020

Can’t speak to 3 car garages but there seems to be a clear shift to more space, detached houses with a backyard. In Vancouver the idea is sell the City condo and move to a house in the burbs and work from home
— Steve Saretsky (@SteveSaretsky) July 5, 2020

See the full report here.

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