In 2018, 10,665 *freshmen* moved from another state to a Boston-area college.

Should the 32 area colleges planning to bring students from out of state back to campus be allowed to, @MassGovernor, after we fought so hard to bend the COVID curve? @GlobeIdeas @fernandesglobe

Here is what the MA curve looks like, according to the @nytimes.

Here is what the FL curve looks like. Florida's governor believes in a bottom up decision making process when it comes to mandating masks.

687 freshmen moved to Boston-area colleges from Florida in 2018.

Here is what the TX curve looks like. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says "there is no shutdown coming."

579 freshmen moved from Texas to Boston-area colleges in 2018.

Here is what the GA curve looks like. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday he is suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over the city's mask mandate.

229 freshmen moved from Georgia to Boston-area colleges in 2018.

I know colleges and universities are in a precarious spot, but the Boston area suffered terribly back in March and April. We worked hard for our communities.

Should we be opening our campuses back up to states not willing to sacrifice for their own communities, let alone ours?

Remember these are just freshmen numbers. I put no blame on students for these decisions to reopen campuses. I do think these schools need to ask what they owe ~5M people who live in Greater Boston before they bring tens of thousands of students in from out of state.

I owe a big debt to @JonBoeckenstedt who got all this data out of IPEDS and put it together for me in a minute. I'm just glad he takes requests. https://www.highereddatastories.com/2019/12/freshman-migration-since-dawn-of-time.html