Massachusetts – Outbound Moves: 54.8%

Home to the Mayflower and legacy institutions like ‘Harvard University’ and the Boston Tea Party, Massachusetts has plenty of things to make it a special region. But the one thing that lets the place down is affordability! The MERIC’s cost-of-living index places the state at 6th out of the overall 50, which suggests that the residents are shelling out a premium for their address.

Even those who choose to continue living in Massachusetts concur with the fact that rentals and construction is an expensive affair in the state. With union issues and labor expenses, only luxury buildings are able to break even, in general.