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A Little Less Creative

Burnt out on the Richard Florida wars yet? Wait! There's more! The Census Bureau just released some data on domestic migration. By this gauge, the ...

Burnt out on the Richard Florida wars yet? Wait! There's more! The Census Bureau just released some data on domestic migration. By this gauge, the top hotspots, as ranked by the Guru of the Creative Class, are looking pretty cold.

"Most Creative" Regions        Avg. Annual Domestic

                                        Net Migration, 2000-04

1. San Francisco                   - 60,984

2. Austin                              N/A

3. Boston                             - 41,851

4. San Diego                        -14,797

5. Seattle                            - 7,793

6. Raleigh-Durham                N/A

7. Houston                           + 12,212

8. Washington, DC               - 4,124

9. New York                         - 211,014

10. Minneapolis                   - 3,053

10. Dallas                            + 17,119                  

What's going on? Is Joel Kotkin right when he says that Florida is full of it?

Christopher Swope was GOVERNING's executive editor.