Small cities in region score big in net migration survey

The story of people fleeing New York in droves, often to Florida, is entering plane landed safely territory: not much breaking news there.

But a new report from online moving marketplace HireAHelper reveals some of Florida’s smaller metro areas are beating out the big cities, like Tampa and Miami, for the most moved-to place title.  To wit: Venice, Sarasota, Cape Coral and Punta Gorda all made the top 10 destinations of 75,000 moves booked over the past year through HireAHelper. Counting St. Augustine, Florida had five of the top 10 on the list.