EMIGRATION'S A PROBLEM TOO?

I first saw this on Whiskey & Gunpowder and had to go to the source, Barron's.

• 1.6 million U.S. households have already made the decision to relocate. That figure has remained stable over the year and a half during which seven surveys were conducted.

• Another 1.8 million households are seriously considering relocation and are likely to do it.

• 7.7 million households are "somewhat seriously" considering relocation and "may" do it.

• Nearly 3 million households are seriously considering the purchase of a vacation home or other property outside the U.S., and another 10 million are "somewhat" seriously considering it.

I'm not sure, but I have to believe that these numbers are inflated. But if these numbers are close, our discussions on migration trends need to move in another direction.

- Mark