Hollywood has long had a vision of what a great American town looks like. From It’s a Wonderful Life to Pleasantville, the cities emblazoned in our minds as nurturing spots to settle down and raise families all have a triad of things in common: single-family homes, low crime, and great schools. With the median home […]
Home costs are at record highs, with mortgages costing double what they did in 2020. Building new housing could help minimize the price crunch that’s ballooned median home prices to $419,300 and make housing accessible to more Americans. Where is it already happening? It’s a simple case of supply versus demand: if you want […]
It’s moving season. Which roads are being traveled between America’s biggest cities the most in 2024? It turns out that often depends on where you’re starting from. For example, more Philadelphians head to New York City than anywhere else, but Phoenicians look to the Windy City when the sun gets too hot to handle. However, […]
Dust off your casserole recipes; the Rust Belt isn’t out of the game just yet. With ⅓ of Americans saying climate change is a reason they’ll consider moving this year, the relative safety of cities from New York through the Upper Midwest from hurricanes and wildfires (along with their millennial and Gen-Z-friendly prices) has reenergized […]
We crunched the data to uncover travel patterns of snowbirds around the globe. Canadians prefer Mexico. Chicagoans flock to Scottsdale. What are other interesting travel patterns from cold cities to warm snowbird destinations? Which should you go to, to be with your people? We wanted to know which temperate cities are the preferred winter destinations […]
As COVID-era “Zoomtowns” and the urban exodus fade into history, which city in every state is most popular for Americans who want to move now? Between 2020 and 2023, the fastest-growing cities exploded with incoming remote workers who wanted to live larger and cheaper. And many sought homeownership — buying a home is a key […]
Green for growth, these metros are abundant in jobs, wages, and new moves. Some cities are all about the hustle. We wanted to know where job seekers are flocking based on four core factors: job growth, unemployment, salaries, and moveBuddha’s own in-move vs. out-move ratio. Out of the 51 U.S. metro areas with over a […]
It’s the old machine-replacing-people story we know all too well. But while some types of job descriptions may take a hit, the surge in generative AI has actually doubled global AI-related job postings from July 2021 to July 2023, according to LinkedIn data. And, where to find those jobs is changing. As AI companies make […]
Are people leaving San Francisco? Or are people moving back to San Francisco now in 2023? The question is as old as time – ever since San Francisco became an early boomtown in the 1800s. It’s maintained that boomtown status ever since. In 2023 we’ve seen scores of people who fled the city during the […]
