America is shifting south and west—or at least America’s population is.

In a longstanding trend, as documented by moving company United Van Lines, people have been choosing to relocate from the snowy Northeast and Midwest for sunnier climes. Add to that the impact of the federal tax overhaul that took effect last year, which increased the burden on higher-income people in many of the same states, and 2018 should have seen people fleeing New Jersey, New York, Illinois and Connecticut.

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