Analyzing the 'Stayers'

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Popular wisdom says Americans are always moving from place to place. However true this has ever been, it obscures a significant fact: Many Americans live their whole lives in one community. A Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends Report examines this often-overlooked population.

Polling for the study, fielded in October, found 37 percent of adults saying they’ve always lived in their hometown (though not necessarily in the same house), aside from college or military duty.

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