San Diego #11 in 2009 top UHaul Destinations

[desmond]

“The ranking reflects destinations for movers traveling more than 50 miles, and considers every city in the country, regardless of size. However, the data is not stated as a percentage of population and is not reflective of overall growth.

The 2009 Top 50 U.S. Destination Cities Report was compiled from more than 1 million U-Haul truck transactions occurring during a recent 12 month period”

Ok, 30,000 or so cities in the USA, 1 million moves, this amounts to nothing. Just a U-Haul advertisement. I am not a math expert but you could be #1 with 100 moves?

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=desmond]

Ok, 30,000 or so cities in the USA, 1 million moves, this amounts to nothing. Just a U-Haul advertisement. I am not a math expert but you could be #1 with 100 moves?[/quote]

I agree with you on the following points.
1. It’s probably just an advertisement
and
2. You are no math expert.

Even #49 on the list had at least 5,000 moves.

In a separate article where they list top “growth” cities, they limit their list to cities that have at least 5000 moves. (see link below)

Victorville, at #49 of the top 50 destinations was listed as last on the growth list (#24, with 0.33% “growth). Since Victorvilee at #49 had at least 5000 moves. It is safe to say that the cities near the top of the list had a signifcantly larger number of moves.

http://www.uhaul.com/about/publication.ashx?id=23360

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=desmond]

Ok, 30,000 or so cities in the USA, 1 million moves, this amounts to nothing. Just a U-Haul advertisement. I am not a math expert but you could be #1 with 100 moves?[/quote]

I agree with you on the following points.
1. It’s probably just an advertisement
and
2. You are no math expert.

Even #49 on the list had at least 5,000 moves.

In a separate article where they list top “growth” cities, they limit their list to cities that have at least 5000 moves. (see link below)

Victorville, at #49 of the top 50 destinations was listed as last on the growth list (#24, with 0.33% “growth). Since Victorvilee at #49 had at least 5000 moves. It is safe to say that the cities near the top of the list had a signifcantly larger number of moves.

http://www.uhaul.com/about/publication.ashx?id=23360

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=desmond]

Ok, 30,000 or so cities in the USA, 1 million moves, this amounts to nothing. Just a U-Haul advertisement. I am not a math expert but you could be #1 with 100 moves?[/quote]

I agree with you on the following points.
1. It’s probably just an advertisement
and
2. You are no math expert.

Even #49 on the list had at least 5,000 moves.

In a separate article where they list top “growth” cities, they limit their list to cities that have at least 5000 moves. (see link below)

Victorville, at #49 of the top 50 destinations was listed as last on the growth list (#24, with 0.33% “growth). Since Victorvilee at #49 had at least 5000 moves. It is safe to say that the cities near the top of the list had a signifcantly larger number of moves.

http://www.uhaul.com/about/publication.ashx?id=23360

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=desmond]

Ok, 30,000 or so cities in the USA, 1 million moves, this amounts to nothing. Just a U-Haul advertisement. I am not a math expert but you could be #1 with 100 moves?[/quote]

I agree with you on the following points.
1. It’s probably just an advertisement
and
2. You are no math expert.

Even #49 on the list had at least 5,000 moves.

In a separate article where they list top “growth” cities, they limit their list to cities that have at least 5000 moves. (see link below)

Victorville, at #49 of the top 50 destinations was listed as last on the growth list (#24, with 0.33% “growth). Since Victorvilee at #49 had at least 5000 moves. It is safe to say that the cities near the top of the list had a signifcantly larger number of moves.

http://www.uhaul.com/about/publication.ashx?id=23360

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=desmond]

Ok, 30,000 or so cities in the USA, 1 million moves, this amounts to nothing. Just a U-Haul advertisement. I am not a math expert but you could be #1 with 100 moves?[/quote]

I agree with you on the following points.
1. It’s probably just an advertisement
and
2. You are no math expert.

Even #49 on the list had at least 5,000 moves.

In a separate article where they list top “growth” cities, they limit their list to cities that have at least 5000 moves. (see link below)

Victorville, at #49 of the top 50 destinations was listed as last on the growth list (#24, with 0.33% “growth). Since Victorvilee at #49 had at least 5000 moves. It is safe to say that the cities near the top of the list had a signifcantly larger number of moves.

http://www.uhaul.com/about/publication.ashx?id=23360

[EconProf]

Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?

[EconProf]

Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?

[EconProf]

Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?

[EconProf]

Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?

[EconProf]

Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=EconProf]Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?[/quote]

Yes, I agree those numbers would definitely be more telling. But, I have not found a source, other than some anecdotal articles that are typically several years old.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=EconProf]Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?[/quote]

Yes, I agree those numbers would definitely be more telling. But, I have not found a source, other than some anecdotal articles that are typically several years old.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=EconProf]Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?[/quote]

Yes, I agree those numbers would definitely be more telling. But, I have not found a source, other than some anecdotal articles that are typically several years old.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=EconProf]Not sure this indicator means much about a city’s growth or decline. After all, Las Vegas was the #2 destination, but it was recently reported that Clark County (Las Vegas) had its first population decline in decades last year. It’s ranking as #2 is just a lot of churning as many people are coming and going, but mostly going.
The better indicator is the occassionally published ratio of the cost of U-haul trucks into a city compared to the cost of a U-haul out. Since the U-haul company varies the price depending on demand, we get a valuable peek into the apparent desirability of a city. By this measure cities in Texas, Idaho, Utah and other economically healthy areas were gaining at the expense of CA, according to data I saw some time ago.
Anybody have the latest figures?[/quote]

Yes, I agree those numbers would definitely be more telling. But, I have not found a source, other than some anecdotal articles that are typically several years old.

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