The Watch is in Michigan for a couple of days, where people seem a little surprised, and yet pleased to see one report that has migration away from the state leveling off.  In Atlas Van Lines's 2011 migration report, Michigan is listed as balanced state. Interstate moves to and from Michigan were even in 2011.  The same was true for half the US states.  There were very few states that qualified as inbound states over the year.  Take a look at the Atlas migration map:

We understand why elected officials in Michigan might point to this map as a good sign.  After all, Michigan had been an outbound state for 6 years in a row.  But the map shows there is simply a lot less mobility across the US.

Read the report here.