Forget the Sunbelt. More people are moving to the Snowbelt.

Some Midwestern states like Missouri have seen population growth in recent years.

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• The Sunbelt isn't quite as hot — for movers, that is — as it once was.
• The pandemic and remote work initially drove people to the South, but that trend has slowed.
• Some Midwestern states, particularly Wisconsin and Missouri, are attracting more residents.

Midwestern small towns and suburbs are in luck.

Over the last few decades, domestic migration to the Sunbelt has slowed ...