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Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 04:45 PM Jul 2020

Our country is going through massive shifts due to COVID-19

About a fifth of U.S. adults moved due to COVID-19 or know someone who did
Millions of Americans relocated this year because of the COVID-19 outbreak, moving out of college dorms that abruptly closed, communities they perceive as unsafe or housing they can no longer afford. Overall, around one-in-five U.S. adults (22%) say they either changed their residence due to the pandemic or know someone who did, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Among those surveyed in early June, 3% say they themselves moved permanently or temporarily due to the coronavirus pandemic, and 6% say someone moved into their household because of it. (Some had more than one of these things happen.) An additional 14% of those who did not personally experience relocation say they know someone else who moved.

Experiences with coronavirus-related relocations vary by demographic characteristics. The age group most likely to have had at least one of these things happen to them are the nation’s young adults: Overall, 37% of those ages 18 to 29 say they moved, someone moved into their home or they know someone who moved because of the outbreak. By race and ethnicity, 28% of Hispanics have had one of these experiences, compared with 20% of white adults, 19% of Black adults and 24% of Asian Americans.


https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/07/06/about-a-fifth-of-u-s-adults-moved-due-to-covid-19-or-know-someone-who-did/
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Our country is going through massive shifts due to COVID-19 (Original Post) Miigwech Jul 2020 OP
But did any of them change their voter registration? LiberalArkie Jul 2020 #1
Good question! Miigwech Jul 2020 #2
That was my first thought as well central scrutinizer Jul 2020 #4
And we haven't seen anything yet customerserviceguy Jul 2020 #3
COVID has turned our whole way of life upside down and inside out. Initech Jul 2020 #5

central scrutinizer

(11,617 posts)
4. That was my first thought as well
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jul 2020

Seems trivial when dealing with everything else, but it’s literally life and death.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
3. And we haven't seen anything yet
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 05:14 PM
Jul 2020

Evictions and foreclosures are still suspended for a lot of areas, for now.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
5. COVID has turned our whole way of life upside down and inside out.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 06:07 PM
Jul 2020

It's going to take a long time to repair all the damage that's been caused by this thing. Decades even.

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