Residents of Illinois and Connecticut are so unhappy with their states that half of residents say they would move if they could, a new poll has revealed. One in three Americans wish they could pull up their roots and move to another state, according to a new Gallup poll. More people are looking for greener pastures in states with dense population - specifically Illinois (home of Chicago) and the Northeast corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C. Residents said they're hoping to find better jobs, be closer to family, have a higher quality of life and pay lower taxes elsewhere. Illinois had the highest portion of respondents saying they wanted to leave - 50percent, followed by Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, Rhode Island and New Jersey.
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Illinois, Connecticut, Maryland and Rhode Island have the highest percentage of residents who say they would move if they could
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Montana, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon and New Hampshire residents are most likely to want to stay
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Residents of Nevada are most likely to to say they plan to move in the next 12 months
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Most residents are hoping to move to find a better job
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About 14 percent of New York residents say high taxes are making them want to move
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About 17 percent of Illinois residents cited this as their reason for wanting to flee - @placeholder is notorious for both its cold and snowy winters and its oppressively hot and humid summers.