Plenty of people want to live in a city with great weather without the bustle of a metro center. Many buyers are looking for more space, quieter streets, and lower crime, and the numbers show where they’re moving to find it. Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found that in 2025, large-metro suburban counties gained about 243,000 people from net domestic moves, while large-metro urban core counties saw a net domestic outflow of about 668,000 people.