“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” - Emma LazarusThe symbolism of the Statue of Liberty in one of freedom and opportunity. The state of Texas and the city of Houston has come to represent the ideals of this symbol. Of the people I have met in Houston, very few are native to the city. Houston is a city of immigrants, from other states, other countries, and for all we know, other worlds checking out the Houston Space Center.
Forbes recently had a story with interactive graphs showing migration in the United States. Below is the link to the story:
To Forbes Article
[Credit to : http://blog.american.com/?p=15579 ,graph via Forbes http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/04/migration-moving-wealthy-interactive-counties-map.html?preload=39099 , photo via ttp://www.nps.gov/stli/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm ]
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