Here's Why I'm Leaving New York

I'm leaving NYC after living here for four years. Here are some of the downsides to living here- from my experience.
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[@anthonyperez3445]

New York is a dumpster

[@maryzolner2570]

You're not "privilaged " to have a roof over your head. You made choices and shelter was a priority.

[@okengineers]

Weird how you criticize democrat New York but blame it on Trump

[@marykincaid8348]

It is not Trumps fault!

[@BFaluup]

Unfortunately that’s just how their brains work or don’t work…they do the same thing where I live.

[@willisscott3107]

The definition of stupidity-- Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different outcome…. Just like voting for democrats…

[@lizyliz2154]

Sad your brainwashed this is bc of Democrats look around

[@angelachanellehuang5663]

Study commnuism

[@ClarkeIllmatical]

Native New Yorker who left. This is an informative video. NYC doesn't make sense anymore. You are also spot on about the real estate scams. My buddy worked in real estate and he mentioned that most realtors don't want to touch people receiving housing assistance. Didn't know about the application scams...

[@talhaslam4657]

Thanks for seeing this!!!

[@Arthur-zb6sy]

please vote different when you move

[@Allenryan819]

Sorry to hear that, but don’t blame the City blame bill de Blasio because he destroyed the city and I don’t know if it’s ever gonna come back?

[@kurtgandenberger6139]

de blah-sio was a repeat of the dinkins administration. people are not ready for another giuliani yet.

[@user-eg3zs6oi7c]

what about all that black on asian crime? billy boy did that? or organized retail theft?

[@Allenryan819]

@@user-eg3zs6oi7c that’s a straw man and I’m not getting into

[@lizyliz2154]

Never will go back unless Republicans get in

[@hayleymadisonllc2180]

Bill did that ?? Sounds like you giving Adam’s and Holcomb’s a break

[@briankelly85]

great job democrats!

[@basedmoho2062]

Why blame democrats when it’s conservacuck boomers believe all these fake online takes

[@basedmoho2062]

Why blame democrats when it’s conservacuck boomers believe all these fake online takes

[@vertigo2894]

Trump didn't help

[@MarceloLo-ff6dc]

My experience was NOT with a homeless but with a resident who stood close to me and started yelling @ Me for no reason......unprovoked......very very scary

[@observer8736]

New Yorkers are deaf from nightclubs 😂 so don't pay attention to them😅 also, they walk fast and talk faster😂

[@jmnyc3731]

NYC is overrated and I can say that because I’ve live here my entire life. Fighting of homeless people in the subways is like a mango fighting off a Gnats. It’s time to go across the pond to NJ or PA.

[@wwbuirkle]

I absolutely loved it back in the day but no more no way

[@EnhancedSimplicity]

Don't go to Jersey either... choose Rural parts of PA

[@n.d.7931]

NJ is a POS too. Overpopulated, exorbitant rent, dirty towns, ESL etc.

[@alexx-ie1hk]

Time to vote out democrats

[@Arthur-zb6sy]

please vote different when you move

[@kellyfennell4559]

I hate it because the rest of the country does not want anyone from these cities

[@rovhalt6650]

Why is he moving out? Isn't this what he wanted?

[@DavidFoster-ef5vr]

Well I moved my family out of NYC to PA. I still have a coop since I still work in nyc. I work In the transit system and I see the worst every day. Crime and homeless is the norm.

[@nicolem5626]

PA is a great alternative. I miss the north east a bit.

[@talhaslam4657]

What have you seen?

[@nicolem5626]

Just cities with more wealth in the 19th and 20th century than my town, so they’re larger with many classical buildings and of course there’s much to do in regards to live music and night life. Plus the museums are better up north. I loved the Met.

[@basedmoho2062]

@@talhaslam4657IM A MILLENNIAL AND I FEEL UNSAFE WALKING WITHOUT A HELMET!! Ghey. Poser.

[@BFaluup]

@@nicolem5626 totally the fault of libs…remember we warned you all?

[@niraku321]

I got a job delivering during the pandemic too. At first I felt guilty I had a job, then I realized people were quarantining because they wanted to.

[@Emma.E.Emerson]

I will be gone on Monday, May 13, after 63 years. Loved it, but not anymore. Today teen got killed in Soho. Don't know the details. But Soho in daytime....!!😢😢

[@Arthur-zb6sy]

please vote different when you move

[@markferguson7563]

I've been to NYC, on at least 8 occasions between 1984-2012 - I live in Australia. In all of those sojourns there were ONLY 2 occasions whilst walking around that were dodgy. But now, and not only in NYC, but San Fran, and Chicago, too, which I've also been to a few times, have collasped into total distopian mayhem. There are two prime issues that have brought this to fruition: with millions of illegal immigrants at the top of list, and fentynal the other aspect. Both of these arise because of the insane government occupying the White House. However, let me make it perfectly clear that, in the event Trump wins the election in November, I will gurantee that, he doesn't seal the southern border: all he'll do is merely reinstate the 'Remain in Mexico' position. Tragically, the madness of OPEN-BORDERS to interlopers from the Third World, isn't unique to the US, because Britain, and some places in Europe, and also Canada are governed by the same cretins committed to replacement of White folks. To ascertain this agenda requires reading the works of Noel Ignative, and Robin DiAngelo who preach the crazy notion that: "There can only be harmony on the earth when all Caucasian ethnicities and cultures are obliterated from existence." If you doubt this to be correct, then research both those I mention.

[@jujubees711]

I've lived in New York most of my life. New York is getting as bad as it was in the 70s when we had high inflation and high crime rates. New York was known as the rotten apple back then. But then Giuliani (I have no idea what happened to him he's gone bonkers now) and Mike Bloomberg really cleaned up the city and got control over crime and homelessness. New York had the lowest crime rates for a big city. Then de Blasio came in and ruined everything. Adams hasn't gotten much under control either. And here we are now. Real estate and crime are out of control. I personally wouldn't move here from another city if it's safe and affordable where you are, but for me it's my hometown.

[@Bronx_Yankee]

I moved out with David Dinkens

[@Arthur-zb6sy]

please vote different when you move

[@Bronx_Yankee]

@@Arthur-zb6sy Republican….Mario Biaggi, Pataki, I moved to Miami Dade which even 20 years ago was left leaning…now in Highlands County, maybe 95% Republican, 2nd Amendment Sanctuary…Trump country

[@RitchieRosson]

Bit cities are full of transient people moving there and leaving there. It's part of how they work so no surprise at someone leaving there.

[@toddmartin85]

I walked through the city about 25 years ago.And that was the last time it was disgusting. Then

[@upamannyusain4753]

Dude, you are leaving new York for California! Good luck bro.

[@musashi-san____1409]

Really? LOL Trading cold weather hobo's for warm weather hobo's.

[@Retired007]

😂 From the frying pan to the fire?

[@susannaCdonovan23]

Try Tennessee.

[@jonnyutah.308]

New York is a fun place to visit for about a week.

[@MikeSmith-kt5mj]

Ah, New York a progressive Utopia

[@nicolem5626]

I lived in NY for around 4 years too. I left because it’s an ugly city. I love European cities so I really didn’t agree with the vinyl siding on old townhouses in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Just a tacky city that isn’t worth the cost. Alternatively I miss the type of people you meet in NY.

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

What do you prefer about European cities? I am European and prefer American cities hands down. Living in the USA is much more convenient than living in Europe. Shops close at around 7 to 8 pm in Switzerland, where I am from, and there isnt much variety. I rather deal with a bit of crime than living a boring life.

[@choonblaze]

@@mariaagosti-pm7tk Switzerland is a tiny country. Try Germany or France

[@cherrylleallan6366]

France and Italy are just amazing ~ architecture, culture, spot on tspt and felt safe; in the 70's I really enjoyed NY but it looks like a concrete jungle now, also just saw a video of LA and it looks terrible, shops all closing and it's dangerous and too much homeless. You people deserve better, come to Australia but I must admit the house prices are going too high.

[@marionmarino1616]

Yeah, try Los Angeles!

[@matthewdonohue9667]

All the stores in LA have closed and a high rise graffiti tagged up!

[@jonsmith848]

NYC is truly not for everyone...I've had friends/associates come & go. I've been here 4 decades...don't pay alot for rent....have always had a job....even a dream job. Moved to Colorado didn't work for me

[@zakatista5246]

It was like I Am Legend in 2020. I loved it.

[@talhaslam4657]

Right?!!!

[@zionismisterrorism8716]

NYC is expensive, for very cheap quality. NYC is just a place to visit for a few days, not to live in.

[@jaimegutierrez5520]

I left 2018 best decision

[@EnhancedSimplicity]

Me 2

[@Arthur-zb6sy]

please vote different when you move

[@jsegura525]

Partner and I moved to San Francisco in 1990. After 15 fun years we moved back home to New Mexico. The fast city is fun for a while. Now i want to move to Paris.

[@nathangarlock2225]

Still can’t believe it. Thought you’d be a lifer!

[@talhaslam4657]

Same man. I can’t believe it either

[@alphaomega1351]

I can't believe it's not butter 🧈. 😳

[@arieladelinechoo9845]

2020..it started NYC was a beautiful place when I visited and stay for a few months in 2000.

[@BFaluup]

I really wished I could have seen NYC pre 911 …I was too young and too broke to fly and stay out there…I drove through NYC in 2006 then flew and stayed a week last September

[@ArumWaharatri]

It's like that everywhere sadly

[@fahey5719]

NY is just _one_ sample of US decadence, which was carried out by *both* Parties since the early 70's. Vietnam War and outsourcing Industry (originally to Japan) were *deadly*.

[@jbarnes2288]

Seems like you were where you belong. You fit right in

[@BFaluup]

Yeah this is the reality of what the voted for…they should stay and fix it..instead they are like locust moving to the next crop to decimate.

[@romeokimss]

I also left NYC after 4 years. I was earning multiple incomes, 10% of which went toward NY state and city tax. I saved lots of money by moving to an income tax free state. 😊

[@sadiqharry9335]

yeah know.... ive lived in new york my whole life and the longer i live here, the more i love it because ive watched it go from dangerous to less dangerous so i cant wait to see it in another 10-20 years. for example, homelessness IS a big problem BUT thats better than 10-20 years ago, when gangs and robberies were the norm... i keep telling people i want to buy a house in the bronx because 20 years from now the bronx is going to be a great walkable city with proximity to manhattan... i could be wrong though, since i walk around the bronx regularly now so maybe my opinion is bias.

[@v.dargain1678]

The after covid-19 rent hike nightmare . I don't live NY but I empathize . I think that happened everywhere .

[@arttu4831]

whats the most based major city in us?

[@reasonabledoubt6908]

Wow . Suddenly londons not so bad..good reminder . Where are you going to (and why)

[@lindatallon9217]

Soulless and cold....dog eat dog vibes....no warmth or humanity....😢

[@mosesbecerril7981]

Big city, small city, subburb..... pick one that is right for you. (Career, Education, family) personally ive lived in all 3 settings including nyc at different stages and appreciated what ea offered in my life. Oh and i was there during times that made this nyc look like disney world.

[@michaelchin3550]

Not everyone can handle the challenges of living in NYC. As the saying goes..."if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere!" It's Darwin's law of natural selection, survival of the fittest. So sorry you weren't able in survive in NYC.

[@Emma.E.Emerson]

Life is more about then surviving. I did well, but still leaving in less than a week, after 63 years. Just went downhill, all the boroughs last 4 years.

[@michaelchin3550]

@@Emma.E.Emerson Good luck. A place is as good as one makes it.

[@MK-hh1vo]

After only *4 years* ? Yes, it's definitely time to go! If I lived in the NYC you did, I'd go too! Been here 40+ decades, yet have not experienced the homelessness you described. Public transportation is pretty reliable and on point in the boroughs I need it to be. I'd bet you live in Manhattan; nice place to visit, terrible place to live. Good luck on your journey!

[@talhaslam4657]

Thanks for the well wishes!

[@RS-xb9lo]

"Been here 40+ decades" Dude's been living in NYC for 400 years and thought we wouldn't notice

[@user-eg3zs6oi7c]

mass transit is a disaster. black bus drivers will try to avoid and NOT stop at the bus stop if it is white passengers. the trains are very dangerous with any crazy person or a simple felon in the car. you forget a few years back that asian girl was pushed on the tracks at times square and killed by a train. the guy was black. heavy black on asian crime here. media wont report it but is obvious. racial tensions are real bad. also train service is ALWAYS changed on weekends. trains are always always rerouted. i take the bus and train every single day. i live it every single day. i only live here because i make a lot of money. i own nothing here. no car no home and certainly dont care about this place. let it rot! bai lan, i say. gimme mines and i'm outta here when the time comes for me to be ready to go

[@melodyparker1279]

​@@RS-xb9logood one🤣

[@MikeJAk49]

Yeah your education shows that you live in NYC ... "40+ decades." xD

[@JFox29]

Where are you going to move to next? I hear Chechnya is nice.

[@schonkable]

I visited New York at the beginning of April and I actually had a wonderful time! I must have been lucky, but having been to midtown, lower Manhattan and Brooklyn, NYC didn't seem to feel all that bad.

[@angelovalavanis2314]

Because you don't live there.

[@peterwelby]

It's fine if you have lots of money and live in Manhattan. The overwhelming majority of NYC residents don't live in Manhattan. It's very different and much worse where they live. NYC KZbinrs and tourists don't go to places most NYers live.

[@choonblaze]

@@peterwelby you sound like a tourist. For one, New Yorkers don't even bother with Manhattan unless they have a job there. Two, if you think it's "much worse" outside of Manhattan to live well, sounds like your experience comes from a a guidebook you read 5 years ago in a magazine

[@dontneednomanstoptelllingm8481]

It is just New York or the whole state? What about Albany and the other cities?

[@alphaomega1351]

Correction: Is it just NYC or NY? 😳

[@charlesperry6408]

NY is great. But the city, on the other hand....

[@danieldolce5734]

It seems to be almost all New York cities. Years of neglect, corruption and dismal leadership have taken a heavy toll.

[@AphroditeThePriestess]

Moved out few months ago for the same reasons…

[@eduardochavacano]

leaving new york and stating in social media, ground breaking.

[@desmentjhb]

Come live in South Africa and then complain about your New York, you have zero clue what difficulties and hardship really is, appreciate what you have and make the best of your situation.

[@bramputra1577]

I was NYC in December, i dont know why i wanna live there 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

weak. leave already-life long manhattan

[@Liz-cx2wi]

I left 3 years ago!

[@johnnygavin3654]

Surprised you moved there 4 years ago!

[@bkskid]

Concrete jungle. All ima say

[@vincentnnyc]

so what city are you moving to then?

[@choonblaze]

Baghdad, Iraq

[@billie44]

I moved to nyc from Philly It is great for me Philly is really hard and much more Racist

[@IncoGnito-ji5du]

Oh nooo man. Who are you? Just skipped vid.

[@maxcanthelpit]

I'm 62. NYC rents have always been "too high". The near institutionalized scams are a new development. When I was a teenager the homeless (serious alcoholics) mostly stuck to the Bowery, etc. The 1980s lifted all boats. The homeless that were just struggling with a bad life event could work their way back into society. I have no idea what's true or not, but it feels these days they don't. As there is income inequality at the top, there is homeless inequality at the bottom too. 1980 through 2010 was the golden period for NYC. Glad I lived through it. Very dark days ahead. But I still LOVE NYC, from 200 miles away ;)

[@letsgetreal4752]

My love to you, I want to go and visit NYC. Why is this happening to my beautiful country. I'm born and raised in Chicago

[@charlesrogers8420]

Progressive run 😂

[@davidbanner2826]

It’s not your home that’s why you can leave easily and you are a transient ….to true nyers this is part of a cycle

[@ruthfigueroa4163]

Liv’n in New York it’s like liv’n n Philly nether of them r 😌 to live

[@jonathanjobickson9483]

#3 and #4 Hmm I wonder why there are so many homeless 🤔

[@julzpogi17]

Homeless

[@kevins9412]

I want to like NY but I cant get over the rats , there everywhere

[@markusfuerer5431]

Tks goes to the Democrats 👍🏻

[@gonewildweekend]

Page "does not" disclose where this Author/Creator is from or resident city.. Back Off, Get Out, LEAVE!

[@Atitlan1222]

Stop whining. It's all about perspective. I bet those newly arrived migrants love NYC; Jobs, shelter, transportation. They figure things out pretty quickly. If you're from the MIdwest or the South, NYC would wear on you pretty quick but natives New Yorkers just deal with it.

[@goldie260]

man dont talk about it just do it.. I'm from flatbush Brooklyn I moved to bayshore l.i and in 2008 got my other home in Pennsylvania and I've been happy since 95... I work in nyc I been seen the writing on the wall yrs ago you dummies are too late behind the eight ball..

[@pincermovement72]

We really know why you’re leaving but too scared to admit it .

[@gregorymaloney8102]

I've been living here for 45 years best place on planet earth

[@user-mu8ty7vc3y]

Guess you've never travelled

[@v.dargain1678]

chuckle chuckle

[@sarafstop32]

I'm betting in a rent stabilized apartment.

[@gregorymaloney8102]

@@sarafstop32 haha I'm not a bum living in my owned house

[@sarafstop32]

@@gregorymaloney8102 45 years ago, one could buy a home in the metro area for a decent price. Why would you assume that I would think one is a bum for living in a rent stabilized apartment? I've known a number of people over the years who moved into beautiful rent stabilized apartments in good Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods many years ago, who will be there forever. I'm just saying that it's easy to talk when you and others got good deals because you were there at the right time. It's a lot different for people today who have to live in expensive rat holes.

[@rma3_3_3]

Interesting. t/y-

[@ClintPurser]

Bye Tal 😢

[@talhaslam4657]

Bye my dude!

[@MemoryLaneVM]

Where to???

[@talhaslam4657]

California!

[@Invisiblewiz]

@@talhaslam4657 Almost just as bad.

[@welcometosemeticpalestine]

😅😅😂😂😂 good luck.

[@alphaomega1351]

​@Invisiblewiz California is a state. NY is a state. His beef was with NYC. He never mentioned the city in California, which is key. If it's LA, he'd be better off staying put in NYC. 😳

[@markfixitright]

Dude, you belong in NY

[@v.dargain1678]

Yeah he does . He should try his luck living upstate .

[@MikeJAk49]

Absolutely with the rest of them that are riddled with TDS.

[@v.dargain1678]

@@MikeJAk49 What is TDS ?

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

good luck complaining about next place to support your “influencer” career

[@user-nn4bu6ip9m]

Don't blame the man for wanting to make a living!

[@marcileiseth1500]

Bye then..

[@g.m3399]

Their is homelessness everywhere . If you are having with realtors become one your self and make your own deals . I think you said you where one . maybe you were not good at your job . bro you are a pessimist and you complain too much .

[@user-eg3zs6oi7c]

he didn't complain enough. never even got into black on asian crime or other racial tensions. never talked about constant train service changes on every single weekend. or the ubiqutous pot smoking culture inculding in subway cars all the time. i can go on. this guy was actually soft.

[@alphaomega1351]

NYC = LA 😳

[@Aaron_R]

I think they both stink, but NYC is a public transit culture (although dirty, and filled with homeless/crime)... LA is a car culture with bad parking and high traffic. Personally - I'd pick NYC over the two. Just cause I don't have to worry about my car getting broken into and parking.

[@MikeJAk49]

Misspelled public transit sh*t hole.

[@angelachanellehuang5663]

I came from.communist revolution

[@76special]

NYC is over.

[@rubenowitzv.3135]

San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit 🪦💀

[@robynrob9471]

So what exactly do conservatives do about homelessness That everyone has the answer for?? Trump? lol 😂

[@MikeJAk49]

😂 What does that party or Trump have to do with this video?

[@robynrob9471]

@@MikeJAk49 rewind the video for the answer

[@MikeJAk49]

@@robynrob9471 Buddy blue hairs control both the state and city... What do you expect Republicans to do.XD

[@MikeJAk49]

@@robynrob9471 Blue hairs control both the state and city.... What are repubs supposed to do?

[@danieldolce5734]

Portland,Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago , Los Angeles and NYC; not a Trump supporting conservative city in the bunch and all collapsing under the drug/ mental illness/ homeless epidemic.

[@steelhere5519]

- “Here’s Why I’m Leaving Barnes & Noble.”

[@mantan9400]

No Sir Stay in NYC because that is what you guys voted for. Stop complaining.

[@zr8282]

Don’t let the door hit you on your way out

[@petehboy2]

Do u really like cheese

[@marionmarino1616]

I do think as climate change advances that this could be one of the places that survives.

[@jbarnes2288]

Do you edit for the sake of editing? You do an edit literally every few seconds- can you not get through a take? Even a sentence?

[@JimboInTheHouse1]

Nobody cares.

[@user-eg3zs6oi7c]

you don't but others may and do. they wanna hear it raw

[@JimboInTheHouse1]

@@user-eg3zs6oi7c want to know why I'm going to the grocery store today?

[@choonblaze]

@@JimboInTheHouse1 does it help potential migrants to make a decision on where to live? Your grocery store adventures I mean. No? Then have some milk

[@JimboInTheHouse1]

@@choonblaze there are marbles in the tea.

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

see ya, wouldn’t want to be ya

[@MattKearns-zi4rc]

Stay right where you are you dope I repeat stay where you are you voted for all this

[@TheJohnbjunior]

Democrat run sanctuary city, liberal utopia !

[@jpadarath27]

Can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen...

[@bellavita3441]

Trump 2024 🇺🇸

[@franniea]

The politicans should be forced to be among the crowd to see people go off the rails They should have to live among them to see the consequences of abandoning their very own people it would be an eye opener They do not care since they are too far removed from the situation More than time they be held accountable

[@timemachineeddie1146]

Geez! nyc is a shito.

[@user-bf4cm6ef8l]

Leave we don't care

[@thelionpack8411]

Hell no you voted for it stay there and deal with it don't come over to our states and ruin our states with your nonsense