Hi guys,
You do realize that you're only presenting one side of the inflow/outflow of New York City,...right?
The proffered article states that the USPS has received nearly 300,000 change of addresses for people moving out of the city. I imagine that New York City receives that many or more pretty much every year. After all, people are always moving about for job changes and such. However, before you can make that number say what it is that you're wanting it to say, namely that the city is just losing 300,000 people, then you have to factor in how many changes of address are filed across the nation and the world of people getting their mail delivered 'to' NYC.
Just for funnies:
Who are the people moving to New York City? - Metro US
I'm not sure if this is comparing the same years, but the article above states that some 264,000 people moved into NYC in 2018. Now, I readily admit that the change of address form would likely often apply to a family unit and so 300,000 address changes may well account for 400,000 people, or more. But using simple math, since I don't have the same metric of change of address forms filed across the nation and world of people having their mail delivered to NYC, that's a net loss of 30,000 people. For a city of some 8.9 million residents, 30,000 is as good as nothing. And it may be 30,000 out this year and 30,000 in next. Moving in America is pretty much a given for everyone at some point in their lives.
Some move for job changes and some move for what they believe is better weather. Some move for the cost of living and some move for the better pay that white collar workers generally get in high cost of living areas. So, while I personally don't think I'd ever choose to live in NYC because of the high cost of living and the limited space provided most homeowners for reasonably priced housing, I know that there are lots of people who like townhouse living and the general walkability of NYC.
But my intent here is just to make sure that all understand just exactly what the metric that is being used to support this thread really says. BTW, I also find it disingenuous to write a headline stating where 'all' the people leaving NYC are moving to, and only supplying 5 testimonials of people who actually moved far away from the city. It also allows that some of those nearly 300,000 people merely moved to places just outside the city. It mentions Long Island, Westchester and New Jersey. While New Jersey is another state, I don't think that you'd leave NYC for the reasons that the article states...and move to New Jersey. New Jersey, especially as it surrounds the NYC area, really isn't much of a change as regards lifestyle, taxes and cost of living.
God bless,
ted