At least I can say that I didn't. It's bigger than that though, it's the backwards way of thinking here. Blame the voters, I do.
We currently have one of the highest exodus rates in the country (12th) and we were hovering around 2nd-6th for a long time:
http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/...es-accelerate/
Another one from 06
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...5/mass_exodus/