Americans Flee The Northeast Because It's The Northeast

Posted: 11/01/2013 6:28 pm EDT  |  Updated: 11/01/2013 6:32 pm EDT

It's true that the Northeast is home to some of the priciest zip codes in the countryand some of the harshest winters ever, but the question of why Americans are abandoning the area specifically for places like Virginia, North Dakota and Texas, leaves some experts perplexed.

According to the New York Post, the exodus is not puzzling at all. In fact, it's been going on for decades.

The movement from high-tax, high-housing-cost states to low-tax, low-housing-cost states has been going on for more than 40 years ... From 1970 to 2010, the population of New York state rose from 18 million to 19 million. In that same period, the population of Texas grew from 11 million to 25 million.