Richardcyoung.com

  • Home
  • Debbie Young
  • Jimmy Buffett
  • Key West
  • Your Survival Guy
  • How We Are Different
  • Paris
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • The Swiss Way
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • Dick Young
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool
  • Anti-Gun Control
  • Anti-Digital Currency
  • Joel Salatin & Alfie Oakes
  • World Gold Mine Production
  • Fidelity & Wellington Since 1971
  • Hillsdale College
  • Babson College
  • Contact Us

Guess Where Americans are Going to Get Away From COVID Lockdowns

August 9, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

By Andy Shell @ Shutterstock.com

Americans with businesses in big blue cities saw their lives torn apart during COVID lockdowns. They had to close up, forcing many of them into bankruptcy, and out of business forever.

Now, Americans are leaving states and cities that tore apart their lives and moving to places where politicians respected their rights. Stessa has released a report on the top growing economies so far in 2021. Among the results were the 15 small, midsize, and large metro areas with the most economic growth.

Some states kept coming up. In the small, medium, and large metros with the fastest growth, Florida held 4, 4, and 3 of the top 15 spots respectively. Utah also scored a number of cities in the top tier. Stessa reported that Florida and Utah were the two states with the most economic growth this year, writing:

Is Your Family Prepared for the Next Disaster? Click Here to Survive and Thrive

Based on these metrics, Utah and Florida are the two states with the most economic growth this year. Both states saw employment grow by 1.5% from January to May and have lower than average unemployment rates (at 2.7% and 5.0%, respectively). At a time when housing is in short supply across much of the country, new residential construction is booming in these states, with 107 and 79 average monthly building permits per 100,000 residents, respectively, far above the national rate of 43.

Aside from Florida and Utah, many of the fastest-growing metro economies in America are in the country’s Growth Corridors, the Intermountain West, the Great Plains, and the South.

The south is home to America’s fastest-growing large metro economy, Nashville. Pushing Nashville into the lead position was its growing employment, low unemployment, a large number of building permits per resident, and a high number of home sales. Stessa wrote:

The metropolitan areas with the most economic growth in 2021 are scattered across the South, Southeast, and West. These metros have fared well in their economic recovery from the pandemic, with good employment growth, low unemployment rates, and strong housing markets. One of the hardest hit metro areas in the U.S. during the pandemic, Las Vegas, had the highest employment growth from January to May, at 3.1%. Florida is home to a number of large metros in the top 15, due to brisk home sales and lower than average unemployment rates.

A significant number of small and midsize metros with the most economic growth in 2021 are located in Florida and Utah. The Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area had an average of 462 monthly home sales per 100,000 residents in the first 5 months of 2021, nearly 3 times the national average. New home construction is also booming in many of these areas—the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL had an average of 159 monthly building permits per 100,000 residents, 3.7 times the national average of 43.

The fastest-growing midsize metro economy was Huntsville, Alabama, and the fastest-growing small metro was Spartanburg, South Carolina. It was a clean sweep for the south, home to the fastest-growing metro economies in each category.

Action Line: If you’re thinking about moving your family or your business, consider some of the locations mentioned by Stessa’s report. If you live in a state that ruined your livelihood, look for a better America today.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

If you’re willing to fight for Main Street America, click here to sign up for the Richardcyoung.com free weekly email.

Related Posts

  • This is the Best Case Against COVID-19 Lockdowns
  • Do Lockdowns Cause More Deaths than Covid?
  • THEN AND NOW: Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine
  • President Trump Acts to Protect Americans from COVID-19
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West (RIP JB) and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com

Click here to sign up for my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
Latest posts by E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy (see all)
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement Special Bonus: God Only Knows - June 12, 2025
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement #20: Life in Reverse - June 11, 2025
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement #19: A Teacher for Life - June 10, 2025

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • The Case for Individual Stocks: Now More than Ever
  • Can Ginger Combat Heart Disease and Improve Circulation?
  • What to Do about China?
  • The Four Most Important Words in Investing
  • Set Sail with Stocks
  • The Three Best Retirement Decisions I Ever Made
  • BLOOD THINNERS: Is a Big Advance Imminent?
  • Who Wants to Depopulate the Earth?
  • YOU DESERVE FREEDOM: Your Hard Work Will Make It Happen
  • Is It All Coming Apart in the Government’s Face?

Our Most Popular Posts

  • Whoa, Hang on Here. There’s Trouble in Culver City
  • Is Salt Bad for You?
  • RON PAUL: Can Musk and Trump Reconcile?
  • $25 Million Down; $175 Million to Go
  • Saving Western Civilization
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement #19: A Teacher for Life
  • No More NSAIDS for Back Pain?
  • There Are Only Two Ways to Cut Entitlements
  • The Federal Reserve Finally Killed the Penny
  • Ukraine’s Attack Underlines Need for Trump-Style Border Control

Compensation was paid to utilize rankings. Click here to read full disclosure.

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • Graduating from Work to Retirement Special Bonus: God Only Knows
  • US Secures LNG Export Deals Worth $200 Billion
  • High-Voltage Cable Crunch Hits Global Electrification
  • May PPI Lower than Expected
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement #20: Life in Reverse
  • US Inflation Eases to 0.1% in May
  • DOE Focuses on Nuclear and AI Innovation
  • Trump Delivers Lower Inflation and Rising Wages
  • Natural Gas Power Growth Slows, but Big Gains Possible by 2028
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement #19: A Teacher for Life

RSS Yoursurvivalguy.com

  • Graduating from Work to Retirement Special Bonus: God Only Knows
  • Private Equity: Moody’s Warns There’s Ample Cause for Concern
  • Your Survival Guy: Castle Hill, Newport
  • Containerized Missiles and the New Rules of War
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement #20: Life in Reverse
  • America’s Silent Army with 423M Guns
  • Top 10 Reasons to Own an AR-15
  • Graduating from Work to Retirement #19: A Teacher for Life
  • Can Luxury Ride AI to Success?
  • Market Timing Could Be Hazardous to Your Portfolio

US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool

My Key West Garden Office

Your Retirement Life: Traveling the Efficient Frontier

Live a Long Life

Your Survival Guy’s Mt. Rushmore of Investing Legends

“Then One Day the Grandfather was Gone”

Copyright © 2025 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives