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Those who moved are likely to be better off, but the self-damage inflicted on the places they left will be hard, in some respects impossible, to repair.

Virginia’s hidden exodus continues. We say hidden because Virginia is gaining population, just not as fast as it once was. However, beneath the statistical surface, more people are moving out of Virginia than moving in. Virginia is only gaining population because births outnumber deaths — and also the net loss of people moving out. Let’s talk about this because it has some interesting policy implications for Virginia. The immediate impetus for writing about this is the annual United Van Lines Movers Study where the moving van company tallies up all its data and reports which st...

Corridor from boston all the way down to richmond, virginia. >> right. >> needs new investment, if you want to maintain that train service. >> we are talking the country, labor costs, project labor agreements for the west coast and east coast. it is breaking down, probably more visible where you have a lot of commuters, but the same problems are occurring everywhere. >> and some of the systems are the oldest here because some of the tracks were laid and the infrastructure laid in the 30s, 20s, and earlier. dan? >> well, there's a big question of whether it's doable at all or whether these as j...

We're talking about the amtrak corridor from boston all the way down to richmond, virginia. >> right. >> needs new investment, if you want to maintain that train service. >> we are talking the country, labor costs, project labor agreements for the west coast and east coast. it is breaking down, probably more visible where you have a lot of commuters, but the same problems are occurring everywhere. >> and some of the systems are the oldest here because some of the tracks were laid and the infrastructure laid in the 30s, 20s, and earlier. dan? >> well, there's a big question of whether it's doab...

When you look at what was going on post-katrina, many were wondering if they could come back here, decades of out-migration. we have reversed that. highest ever per capita state income ranking in our state's history. eight different credit upgrades. our highest credit ratings in decades. and also the fewest number of state employees in decades. we measure success by how people are doing in the real world not the government sector. i know a lot of politicians, ps are and democrats, don't like that but that's how we measure success. >> we'll see you on the campaign train. see how voters react. g...