People are leaving S.F. USPS data shows where they went

sfchronicle.com

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Main take-away: “the postal service report doesn’t support the common narrative that the bulk of those leaving the city are decamping for cheaper and more business-friendly states like Texas and Florida. Instead, the majority of those escaping the city during the pandemic relocated to other Bay Area counties.”

Skimming the article I didn’t see a percentage breakdown for people moving within the Bay Area vs. non-Bay-Area California vs. out-of-state...

Only 239 households relocated from SF to Austin in the March-November 2020 time period - that’s a lot less than I would have thought?

Change of address forms are a scam, it is “free” because USPS sells the data to advertisers and your new mailbox gets stuffed with junk mail.

I never use the service, only naive or desperate people would. It’s easy to login to all important accounts and change your address today, there is no practical need for a COA form.

So USPS hasn’t any idea about my fleeing of Silicon Valley last year, and that’s fine with me !

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