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After reading a thread earlier today on BITOG about Parents in Michigan whose adult children moved to Colorado and Florida, it made me think about" Brain Drain" and five states that likely have major symptoms of it. The five states are Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Pennsylvania. I am sure other states may qualify as brain drain states, but I used states with large populations and losing or at risk of loosing congressional seats because of loss of population. I understand New York has NYC which is not at risk of brain drain, but on a macro basis New York state likely is.
Brain Drain is informally defined as the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country. I was first exposed to brain drain working in Lithuania. After Lithuania joined the European Union (EO), seemed the vast majority of young adults with highly desirable skills moved to EU countries like England and Germany. Lithuania struggles to progress in its post Soviet Union era, with the vast majority of young people with promise moving out of Lithuania to Western European Countries.
So what will become of states like Illinois, Michigan, etc...... losing its young people to states like Texas, Arizona, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Tennessee, etc....?
Brain Drain is informally defined as the emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country. I was first exposed to brain drain working in Lithuania. After Lithuania joined the European Union (EO), seemed the vast majority of young adults with highly desirable skills moved to EU countries like England and Germany. Lithuania struggles to progress in its post Soviet Union era, with the vast majority of young people with promise moving out of Lithuania to Western European Countries.
So what will become of states like Illinois, Michigan, etc...... losing its young people to states like Texas, Arizona, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, Tennessee, etc....?
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