Jeff Hardcastle, the state’s demographer,
estimates Nevada has 70,000 fewer residents since last year, including about 50,000 fewer in Clark County.
Just as in those other cities, the population loss is in some ways entirely predictable.
“People moved here for economic opportunity, so we expected them to leave when some of those opportunities ran out,” said Jeremy Aguero, principal of the consulting firm Applied Analysis.
One need only check the price of a U-Haul. Renting a moving truck to drive to Dallas, which has been to a large degree spared during this recession, will cost you $1,026. Renting one in Dallas to drive here costs roughly half that because the company needs more trucks in Las Vegas.
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