North Carolina Miscellany

“As recently as 1980, 76 percent of [North Carolina] residents were natives, and the next-largest source of state residents was South Carolina. Today, there are twice as many North Carolina residents born in New York as were born in South Carolina.”

— From “Where We Came From, State by State”  by Gregor Aisch, Robert Gebeloff and Kevin Quealy in the New York Times (Aug. 14)

For vivid validation of this phenomenon just check out the stands when the Bills, Jets or Giants visit Bank of America Stadium.

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