Waves of people are trying to leave New York for the suburbs and smaller cities amid growing fears that the city may never return to its former glory or that it will take years to get there.
Among those fleeing are parents with young children who had already been eyeing moves to suburbs and were give a push when the pandemic hit, and frustrated singletons who no longer see the point in paying exorbitant rent prices for small apartments when there is no city beyond their homes for them to enjoy.
It has sparked questions of whether New York will bounce back - like it did in the 1920s after the Spanish Flu, when there was a spike in creativity and population growth - but also fears that the Big Apple, beloved for its chaotic density and busyness, may never be the same again.
As of Wednesday morning, there were more than 134,000 cases of COVID-19 in New York City and more than 9.400 deaths.
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ReplyDeleteIts second stage white flight.
ReplyDeleteIt killed baltimore.
People were already fleeing high tax liberal enclaves such as New York. The pandemic is only one more motivation.
ReplyDeleteAgree 6:50 AM. NYC is already a leader in high taxes and poor leadership but I do think this pandemic is going to decimate the inner cities.
ReplyDeleteGo back to NY city and stay there!
ReplyDeleteAgree - however they move to a area near you.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are bringing COVID with them.
DeleteAnd this is a trend that has been long predicted, and has been going on for a long time. I from NC. Believe me; NY/NJ accents have been getting more and more common.
ReplyDeleteExactly 650, WHO CARES. This just gives a chance for younger folks to buy property and gain a leg up with slightly cheaper cost of living that will follow.
7:51
ReplyDeleteYou don’t understand
They don’t want to live in NY any longer
They are leaving in droves
7:53 - then they want to change your area to what they fled.
ReplyDeleteEww..stinky winky city people
ReplyDeleteTheir real problem is that they are so dependent on mass transit. OC has the same problem. How do you maintain 6 ft distance on a bus during the summer?
ReplyDeleteThey will continue to leave NYC until the state starts with the Section 8 housing in the suburbs and then, they will start to either return to the city or move further out. I would like to think that the true entrepreneurs would bring their business' out of the city as well.
ReplyDeleteJust my two cents.
Nobody else wants them > Keep them there > don't infect other areas !!!!
ReplyDelete925 - there isn't going to be a true Summer season this year.
ReplyDeletethats how you get around the social distancing issue.
Unfortunately they have to bring their liberal worldviews to those smaller areas and infect the local politics with their cancerous terminal liberty destroying practices which slowly eats it new host until it looks just like the area they left.
ReplyDeleteBan ALL demoncrats
Look no further than Dan and Caroline O'HARE. These two POS moved here and have infected every aspect of salisbury's once pleasant way of life
DeleteNorthwest Woodsman: The end result will be the spread of obnoxious, abrasive New Yorkers to your community.
ReplyDeleteMost of these people were already on the fence, the virus just gave them a little push. As long as there are high paying jobs and NYC is the financial capital of the world, people that fill these jobs ain't going anywhere. NYC will be fine.
ReplyDeleteNYC is hell on earth! Filthy, dirty, trash laden city with endless of homeless lying on sidewalks in sleeping bags. The stench sickened me. I’ll never go back and advise others to stay away or the covid will get cha.
ReplyDeleteI work in NYC and don’t have the advantage of working remotely under normal circumstances. I’m lucky that I got away to Missouri for the coronavirus pandemic. I plan to stay ONE more year in NYC (when it’s safe to go back) to settle some finances, career plan, and leave by 2021 or 2022.
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