According to the NY Times, "New York lost fewer residents to other states in 2007-8 than during any year in at least a generation." Demographers at Queens College broke down census info and found that "some 257,000 people moved away during those 12 months...the first time the number dipped below 300,000 since the Census Bureau began measuring the annual flows in 1982." And why might this be happening? The real estate market—if you can't sell your house, you're not moving. And a possible "silver lining" to keeping residents in New York, where the economy isn't doing so well? The Empire State may only lose one Congressional seat, instead of two.