Is there a mass exodus in New York City?

A FREE TRIAL OF WHAT ALL OF AMERICA UNDER A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WOULD LOOK LIKE: Nightmare in New York: How Covid-19, BLM protests and a liberal mayor are turning the city into a no-go zone as murders skyrocket, shops are looted and 500,000 middle-class residents flee.

“New York has become a place where the soup kitchens are full and skyscrapers are empty.”​

The City that absorbed Radial Islam's worst punch, staggers, perhaps mortally wounded under the converging madness of Lying Outlaw China's loosed pandemic, Antifa, BLM, and destructive Leftwing politicians.

De Blasio criminal justice reforms, including changes to bail for dozens of offenses, which has meant violent criminals immediately released back on to the streets.

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New York state has suffered the highest death toll in America, with more than 24,000 dead, nearly 10,000 more than the second-hardest hit state, New Jersey, and eight times the number killed by terrorists on 9/11.

Streets once teeming with tourists are virtually empty. Shops and restaurants are boarded up to protect against looters. Hotels are closed. According to one resident: ‘New York has become a place where the soup kitchens are full and skyscrapers are empty.’

Joel Kotkin, a leading expert on urban trends, and a native New Yorker who now lives in California, told The Mail on Sunday: ‘This is an unprecedented crisis the likes of which New York has never faced. When 9/11 happened, it was a major disruption but the country and the world rallied in support and there was a great sense of solidarity.’

Back then, Rudy Giuliani was mayor and considered a strong leader. The city was shaken but it was back on its feet in weeks.

Weep for our cities and quietly vote for Trump. Only he stands against the onslaught.

 

Just watched a short video of what looked like a Russian bread line, but in NYC. When the camera pans up to the sign on the building, it's actually a U-Haul rental place. People are standing in long lines to get out of there.



Link to video clip: https://twitter.com/robsmithonline/status/1299730740918321152

 

Back in the 60's I spent 4 months In NYC staying at the YMCA and working in a type-setting shop nights while attending a trade school during the day. I was shocked at the number of times a clerk would short change me or someone else. I was shocked to see old women fighting over a seat on a subway car. Seems every time I went to a movie on 49th Street there was an argument in the theater. I was shocked to see a guy crossing the street and giving a cabbie the finger for blowing the horn at him. I was shocked at the beggars along the sidewalks. Once a man was lying on the sidewalk and the people were just going around him. I was offered a great job after I finished trade school but I refused it. I couldn't wait to leave the city and return to a small polite southern city.

 

Well if you don't mind burned out store fronts riots and gun violence, murder rates almost doubled year over year and it would be a lot worse if gangbangers could shoot worth a damn.

 

You people have no idea what you are talking about.

Yes... a city that just was devastated by Covid has a population movement. What a surprise!

Newsflash. That same thing happened after 911.

will this be more of a sustained move? In some ways. Remote working has changed everything but take note... there is already a movement of younger folks moving TO the city .

 

Who are "you people"?

 

Not a fan huh? Good for you.

NYC doesn’t want you anyway

 

I call BS on this. Sales have fallen by 54%, not prices.

 

You are correct

 

My dad said he saw a lot of improvement in NYC in the 80's into the 90's as they cleaned up the homeless people, got rid of the 3-card monte types, and chased away the Girls Girls Girls on every seeming block or 2.


Anyway, I saw somewhere about a month ago that there were over 10K apartment vacancies in NYC at that time. Some will probably come back, and the others will be replaced.

 

Speaking as an NYC resident I can tell you a few things from direct observation:

There is a construction boom underway, both commercial and residential. Buildings are going up on any open lot and small buildings are being demolished and replaced by high-rises.

Real estate investors here aren't worried one bit. NYC is a "protected" market in the sense that it is the biggest center of commerce in the world. A location like this sees dips, but always pays off in the long run.

Commercial tenants are bargain hunting right now: Amazon and Google just leased huge amounts of space at bargain rates. Residential customers are also bargain hunting. For every person that moves out, there are multiple customers for the property.

A large number of people that were reported as "fleeing" actually "fled" to their summer homes ( Long Island, Upstate NY, Jersey Shore, Connecticut coast). They may delay their returns, but they will be back especially with new Covid cases under 1%, unlike Red states like Florida, Tejas, and Georgia.

NY is basically OPEN FOR BUSINESS !

 

"If You Can Make it Here, You Can Make it Anywhere"

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