Portlanders, it's time to quit complaining about traffic, at least to your pals in Dallas and Seattle.

According to the 2017 Summer Movers Study released Tuesday by United Van Lines, Portland was the third most popular metro area to relocate to this summer in the United States during "peak moving season."

"To capture the city-to-city migration patterns in the U.S.," reads a press release put out by the company, "United analyzed domestic moves during peak moving season, May 1 to Aug. 31. During this time, 40 percent of all domestic household goods moves take place."

That analysis revealed that while Portland is still getting a lot of new people, it isn't getting the most. That would be Seattle, where the Space Needle is and Kurt Cobain was. Followed by Dallas, home to the grassy knoll and the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

Third is Portland, but everyone knows that third place is really just second loser.

This study only represents the summer months of course, so it's possible that Portland will make up some ground in the other available months, when our weather is much, much better than that of Dallas or Seattle.

In 2015, Oregon was ranked the top moving destination in the country. In 2016, we fell to second.

The rankings for the whole year of 2017 will be available in January of 2018.

-- Lizzy Acker

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lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker