Is NYC Doomed? The SHOCKING Reasons Behind the City's Biggest Exodus

New York City is facing an unprecedented exodus of residents, with the state experiencing the most significant population decline in the country. As a lifelong New Yorker who recently decided to leave the city, I wanted to investigate the reasons behind this mass departure. This video explores the key factors driving people away from the Big Apple, from the high cost of living and cramped apartments to safety concerns and the rise of remote work. Despite the city's booming tourism industry, many residents are seeking a better quality of life elsewhere. Join me as I delve into the data and personal stories behind this alarming trend and ponder whether NYC is slowly transforming into a destination for visitors rather than a home for its once-proud residents.

[@angelolivencia9358]

1- Dirty city. 2-Crime is out of control. 3- Rats and garbage all over the place. 4- Rents are out of control. 5- Smells like weed wherever you go. Etc. Etc. 6- Everyone is stressed and uptight. Attitude is horrible. 7- Everything is so expensive. 8- City is falling apart. Everything is so ugly. 9- Overcrowded . 10- Taxes are high.

[@lotusgrl444]

so much for NYC being a tourist destination...I remember movies like HOME ALONE even Sex in the City..glamourized NYC now, it's a shithole city

[@DavidGivinsnhe]

Everything is so ugly is overboard so I must check you everything got prettier since you left! 😊😅

[@user-hb2eq1sk7n]

well looks who's moving in

[@lotusgrl444]

​@@user-hb2eq1sk7n😂😂 true

[@Styles1991]

California is the same way

[@mafatone]

Before, if you said you lived in New York, people would say. "Wow, cool". Now they say, "Sorry to hear that".

[@breadfan9]

They clearly are not moving fast enough since prices continue to go up

[@LEA-4America]

It's true.

[@sashole1]

I say, "My condolences".

[@sagefields]

Same with CA.

[@johnwong5317]

@@breadfan9 Since there are too many illegal move in, so tax is down, city spending is way way up. Gotta get money from somewhere for spending spree from city.

[@cryptothedawg1160]

I still don't understand why ANYONE would pay SO MUCH MONEY - To live in a disgusting-crime ridden-smog filled- sirens blaring-horns blowing slum

[@garybulwinkle82]

Insanity!!!

[@user-og2wt3le4j]

The jobs. They pay a lot more in NYC. And in some industries like investment banking or law, the best jobs are in NYC.

[@dew02300]

@@user-og2wt3le4jOne does not need to live in NYC to work in NYC.

[@francoishoudecote1283]

​​@@dew02300Jesus, are you proposing the pandemonium of daily commute ?

[@dew02300]

@@francoishoudecote1283 Not in a car.

[@willn8664]

As a former New Yorker, one of the best decisions I ever made in my entire life was not returning to NYC after I medically retired from the Army back in 2015. Granted North Carolina is not perfect, I would rather be able to afford a home with no issues than pay for overpriced walk-in closets.

[@bgl9935]

Does North Carolina have many New Yorkers and New Jerseyans?

[@willn8664]

@@bgl9935 don't know. There are a few where I am at because Fayetteville is a military town and I'm guessing Jacksonville is the same way because of Lejeune. I can't really speak for everything else though.

[@frdjr2527]

@@bgl9935 Plenty of NYers and New Jerseyans have moved to North Carolina. I live in the Myrtle Beach area in South Carolina and most of the residents of my community (myself included) are from NY, NJ and other northeastern states. As a native NYer, this has made the transition much easier.

[@box2519]

@@bgl9935 Yes. I have been living in Greensboro, NC since 2005. Since then my neighborhood went from 100% Southern Baptist to about 50% Hindu . They are from NYC and New Jersey most of them who have been moving to here.

[@AtelierofZ_Co24]

Absolutely, also people from many Red states are here because NC is "reddish" @@bgl9935

[@LargeDude2023]

Old news. People have always said, "its a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there."

[@louklein7143]

Until ya live there .. 10 mins after I moved in 2009, I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.

[@LargeDude2023]

@@louklein7143 Good for you. I'm glad there are people that love NYC. I still enjoy visiting in the summer.

[@davidbanner2826]

Been here all my life will never leave and if you don’t like it LEAVE

[@LargeDude2023]

@@davidbanner2826 I left NYC in the 80s. I don’t even live in the USA anymore. You can have NYC. I got my condo 10 mins from the ocean in Florida when I want to visit the USA.

[@queens6583]

I say that about Florida.

[@Kennypeagler]

I spent 17 years of my life in Manhattan and I got tired of high crime, high taxes, high rents, and crowds.

[@abdola3ebelarab]

And where did you go? Don't leave us hanging

[@Kennypeagler]

@@abdola3ebelarabThe Netherlands. American properties are in Florida.

[@abdola3ebelarab]

@Kennypeagler awesome, enjoy it man. Nyc is good for a visit but living there is horrible May Allah bless you brother

[@Kennypeagler]

@@abdola3ebelarabIt was great for me career wise but I agree with you now! It has changed so much. Best wishes to you

[@yannip2083]

@@Kennypeagler What is the general cost of living in The Netherlands? Just tell us briefly to give us an idea, compared to the U.S. Thank you so much.

[@ceddycedchin]

Good perspective. I moved to PA in March 2020 after 51 years in Brooklyn. It was a difficult & emotional decision. NYC is exciting, convenient, diverse, beautiful and full of opportunities. And so many wonderful, caring people. But in my final years there, the decision to leave became a no-brainer. Crime. Traffic congestion. Ridiculous cost of living. Taxes. Tolls. Mental illness. Subway & road projects that either don't happen, or take decades to complete if they do. But city gov't has no problem dishing out permits to build tons of skyscrapers & condos for the wealthy. All they do is block sunlight and make you feel even more cramped in one of the world's most densely populated metroploitan areas. It seems everything is about big money - and not about helping the average person. Not a good environment, especially for those raising kids. I am praying & rooting for a reversal of fortune, because we need NYC to be strong. But it is a longshot bet at best. Good luck to all who choose to stay.

[@samanthabarry5817]

Nowadays it’s like the well to do come before any else it is like the elite are having more probity than us be it NYC or here in the uk 😢

[@mrs.seaturtle66allen78]

Stop voting for democrat's they caused this. With them it's not about governing it's about control. We live in a red city of 65,000 you can go to Walmart and leave your vehicle unlocked.

[@Ozama1221]

The 1960-2010 NYC that was dominated by Italians, Irish, black Americans, black Caribbeans, Puertoricans/Dominicans, Jewss etc, is done. NYC changed alot in the mid-late 2010s and the change got even more drastic after c0viid and the miigrants, if you come back you won't recognize it, it's completely different

[@maclennylucas2248]

Hope you didn't come to PA and vote Democrat socialist BS

[@maclennylucas2248]

Shittsburgh and Killadelphia are as bad as New York and the socialist BS of the democrat cult leadership is destroying that city as well

[@pete7389]

When I lived in New York, I noticed all the upper managers at my company were divorced and living alone. I knew that was the path I was headed unless I did something about it.

[@exelmans8855]

Nothing wrong with living alone.

[@ClaraWsfreedom]

@@exelmans8855👍🏻🙌

[@brendad3570]

​@@exelmans8855 $$$$ however. One income in NYC .. big difference.. other than that as you say nothing wrong with living alone. I do lol but not in ny

[@robertruffo2134]

In actual fact, the divorce rate in NYC is slightly lower than the national average.

[@Weshotcupid]

But are the married couple statistic because I f financials or genuine happiness. Gotta think about that

[@lydiadugan8368]

I come to New York for a day trip for over ten years now. I take the train from Philly to Penn Station and go to the opera, museums, shopping, and shows, but,no, I could not afford to live there even on my very generous income. It is a city for the very rich and the very poor. No one else can survive there. Yes, I agree with this video: New York (especially Manhattan) is just like Disney World, only for visitors.

[@WillFlannigan]

As somebody who moved to NYC last year from Cleveland, I've never felt more broke in my life. I have a good job, a decent wage and competitive skills, but it's nearly impossible to get ahead. Every day I wonder if I made the right choice.

[@eddiew2325]

Damn at least you got to hang out with Lebron right?

[@johnbnyc64]

You did. The opportunity here can’t be found anywhere else on the planet. Just make sure you take advantage of everything this city has to offer. Get out there and make the most of it! I’m New York or nowhere

[@mandisaw]

Just don't live in any neighborhood you've seen on TV 😆 (Manhattan, Brooklyn, LIC) Biggest mistake many transplants make is taking the first apt they can find, and gravitating to neighborhoods that reflect what they think the "New York experience" ought to be. There are affordable (and safe!) apts/homes to be found in the outer boros if you have a good paying job and put in the shoe-leather. Esp if you don't just look online - most apts aren't actually listed online, and you can snap up some great deals just looking at flyers or via networking.

[@johnbnyc64]

@@mandisaw I live in fidi and I love it down here. Apartments are great and well priced and the neighborhood is quiet after 5pm and on the weekends.

[@nancyc7629]

I live in Cleveland. You made the right choice. I LOVE NYC.

[@myrabyrd3522]

Was Native New Yorker, for 40years!!! Living in the South Now!!! Thank you Jesus😊🙏💓MB

[@AlexanderNixonArtHistory]

hallelujah! I survived 18 years there. The people there are self-righteous virtue signaling hypocrites.

[@emerson_west]

Yeah, but you don't get to say "I live in The City", anymore with smug arrogance.

[@emel7341]

Where down south. I want to know where i can go and survive

[@MT-qq1rq]

I'm joining you next year

[@donkunes8630]

sounds like you belong in the south ..the very conservative deep south

[@hejiranyc]

Although I still have my place in Manhattan, I now spend most of the year in Florida, where I am saving $50K+ per years just in state/city income tax alone. Plus I don't have to pay $700/month to park my car in FL. As time goes on, I am an increasingly debating whether I should just leave NYC permanently. I have lived in NYC for almost my entire adult life, and the thought of leaving permanently makes me sad, but I am getting to the point where the pros no longer outweigh the cons. The city that I fell in love with 25 years ago is unrecognizable.

[@cguerreroguerrero7341]

You already left! As you said, you spend most of the year in Florida, etc.

[@bebop54]

☝🏼💯🎯

[@ColtraneTaylor]

25 years ago? How about a 100 years ago?

[@Mekkalekka]

Which far left city is worth living these days?

[@sfdko3291]

How tf do you have two places? wtf....

[@gmwilliamsful]

In 2023, you need to make AT LEAST $250,000 PER ANNUM to be comfortable in New York City. That is the NOW REALITY.

[@chronicrelatavist]

or here illegally, and supplied with all the necessities.

[@seand67]

Crazy

[@journeylife7491]

What part of NYC, downtown Manhattan? $250,000 annually is around $20,000 per month. You are getting paid more than a medical doctor at that rate. Maybe you are blowing your money away on unnecessities. Plenty of people get by well with just 80K.

[@operasinger2126]

That's really hard to believe if true. Who makes that?

[@VanguardX]

@@journeylife7491 Everything you said is wrong. $250,000 annually is around 11K per month after taxes, insurance, 401k contribtions, etc. Doctors make significantly more than $250,000 a year. Starting salaries after residency or fellowship are usually $350,000+ Finally, downtown manhattan is cheap compared to some parts uptown and brooklyn.

[@K-Star1971]

You get what you are willing to tolerate and vote for. So enjoy it NYC

[@possiblycurryddork]

True, you could live in florida where the crime is higher and walkability is much worse, but it is cheaper albeit marginally.

[@soavemusica]

@@possiblycurryddork Orange Man Bad, keep getting woke NYC, and see what happens...

[@jmarie.a]

@K-Star1971 born and raised here. And you know nothing about NYC so why comment. I mean Peter Cooper village .. old boomers should have never figured out how to comment on KZbin

[@mitchhedberg4415]

@@soavemusica Trump did nothing to improve NYC or any city, he made everything much worse. They hate him in his home town!

[@possiblycurryddork]

@@soavemusica No one here mentioned Trump except you. Florida literally has higher crime than NYC. So pretending that crime isn't a national issue is dishonest. In fact the majority of the high crime city and towns are red districts.

[@TOKObee]

As a New Zealander, I visited NYC last year on a work trip. I absolutely loved my time there, but also noticed a lot of these things mentioned in the video, even as just a visitor. What got me was all the fees you pay on an Uber just to get around! Crazy to think there is a tax you have to pay if the vehicle is black? Like wtf haha

[@mirzaahmed6589]

It's not about the colour. Black cabs/taxis in NYC have always been a premium option; Uber merely went with it. The vehicles are not necessarily black; my dad drove a "black cab" that was a silver Ford Crown Victoria.

[@roserevancroix2308]

Do not use facts when you talk to these people, he has it in his head that's it's about being black and nothing you do or say will change that, he's a lost cause, leave him.@@mirzaahmed6589

[@henrypaul24887]

New York being for visitors than residents hit the hardest

[@sportluck9167]

NYC is the next Detroit!

[@bluemax2072]

Detroit does not have subways ,unlike NYC we are not going build transit for bums and mentally ill to terrorize everyone.This is the motor city everybody drives and almost everybody has a CPL.

[@bisbee1678]

Honestly, having been to both NYC and Detroit, I think I'd rather live in Detroit.

[@jmarie.a]

@sportluck9167 you’re the next Detroit! Ignorance just belching his thoughts on KZbin after a Taco Bell dinner with 5-8 cans of beer Get your GED and stop being so ignorant 🙃✌🏻

[@mitchhedberg4415]

Floriduh is Detroit with palm trees

[@bluemax2072]

Detroit does not have mass transit or a subway system it's the motor city almost everybody drives.Sadly, mass public transit brings homeless, mentally ill, crime and poverty that's why its not funded in Detroit like NYC or Chicago.

[@mcpivSC]

I work in health care in South Carolina and I've noticed a hugh up tick in patients who have relocated here from the northeast. I remember a patient that came in with her son who was wearing a JETS t-shirt, being a BILLS fan, I used to live near Rochester (Scottsville,NY) and when I asked him about what he liked about living here as apposed to NYC and he said that he was so happy to have a yard to play in.

[@mylesstandish9299]

Don't leave NYC. Stay and fix your mess. Don't pollute the rest of the country

[@kc3074]

🎯🎯🎯

[@facsimileof2912]

NYC is the backbone of a lot of other state economies.

[@intothebeyond8763]

People here didn't vote for higher rents that's not something any of us can fix. And I didn't vote for Adams or Kathy . Not all New Yorkers are extreme Liberals.

[@ChatGPT1111]

Kinda like the rest of the world coming to the U.S. and then voting to give themselves lifetime entitlements.

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

​@@intothebeyond8763 My kids and I voted for Led Zeppelin and Sliwa

[@fxaman]

Prague is the same. When I moved here 17 years ago if you had a decent office job you were able to pay a mortgage on your two bedroom apartment, go on a vacation once a year, have a car and raise a couple of kids. Nowadays apartment is absolutely unaffordable (prices went up three times) and most people have one kid because they can't afford more. The quality of life here is much worse then outside the city, even though people from the countryside still think the opposite (because it used to be good here). We only stay because we really love this city and because we were able to buy our apartment before the prices went up. But we live in a one bedroom apartment with two kids (third on the way) and two dogs on fifth floor with no elevator, it's a hustle to make it work :D

[@garybulwinkle82]

The stairs will keep you healthy!!

[@gregorymichael6182]

When Giuliani was a mayor , city still was crowded , and we had lots of tourists and traffic was horrible , and rents weren’t that cheap ompare to other places … BUT !! Crime was under control, and common sense more or less was prevailing … people were happier …

[@TravelChannelOne]

There's also the 40x rent thing. With a rent of $4000,just to get in the cramped space you need to prove you make $160k.

[@davidbanner2826]

LEAVE

[@WillFlannigan]

Yes, 100%. My wife and I would need to make $400k a year to maintain the lifestyle we had in Cleveland. To put it into perspective: Our 3 bedroom, 2,000 square foot house in Cleveland was $1,200/month. Our 1 bedroom, 600 square foot apartment in NYC is $3,700.

[@MissCane9]

@@davidbanner2826 Why stay when the only people left are lawyers, tech geeks, finance hustlers, and students? Living in Manhattan is about as intriguing as a trip to the dentist.

[@robant5578]

I know a lawer who rents loft in Chelsea, his rent 24K monthly. I know a family that was renting 5 floor townhome on UES for 30K per month. My only questions: why and how much many do you make to pay that crazy rent ?

[@Baheieujlsksnen]

Honestly I think so. I'm a Legal immigrant and gad lived in midwest. Shocked so much to see how dirty and shitty NYC is than my home country.

[@Said_w_the_G]

My brother-in-law moved his family out of manhattan before having his first child, then out of Brooklyn to buy a house because of how incompatible the city is for anyone who isn’t single and wealthy.

[@buffalohead7783]

$15 to cross the bridge everyday is as worst as getting carjacked, mugged or pickpocketed.

[@kennylambell345]

London is exactly the same,people moving out rooms ,cost of living, food drink etc is very high. That's why people are turning to crime here as crime pays to live

[@thilobraun3440]

True. Visiting London is great but I would never want to live in London.

[@yannip2083]

Same in Paris. Some people live in a shoebox 10 sq.m (107 sq.ft) for 2,000 Euros (USD 2,160) per month. How does this compare with London?

[@juneladd1912]

I cant even imagine living in basically a closet for $3,400 a month and no where to even own or park a car...I live alone and my home is 1820 sq.ft., my closet is the size of their appartments..OMG...my yard is 1.5 acres of beautiful green grass and trees, flowers, etc. And I live right next to a beautiful Lake and great river...paid only $69,000 for the whole place as a fixer upper and it only took a little work to get it back up to par. and beautiful...property taxes are below $700 a year...Why on earth would u live in NYC or Calif. with those rediculious prices and all cramped up...with crappy transportation and subject your children to all the crime and bad schools ...Ill never understand it.

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

Congratulations for living in heaven!

[@tamarathejudeochristianmedium]

800,000 people left since 2020. Also, the city is bomarded with smoke, cigars, weed, cigarettes, vapes, hookahs, it’s constant 💨🤧 💙🙏🏻💙

[@davidallen8003]

We visited NYC for new year ,been before we love this city but the stink of weed really bothered us this time you just couldn’t get away from it 😞🇬🇧

[@remowilliams6152]

So why do they vote democrats?!😮😮

[@nicolenotizieeamici]

More should leave than stay so the greedy bastxxx who keep raising rents will loose - hopefully- money.

[@EstevanValladares]

Long time ago a Russian guy (economist, actually knows his craft) said that the USA was only being able to navigate as it did, with the population it had, with the mentality it had, because the USA exports its inflation through US dollar reserves. Once that was out of the picture, the USA was as good as any "third World country". All he said would happen until then is happening as he described, for the exact reasons he described. And that was said in the early 80s.

[@karnubawax]

He's not wrong.

[@user-xb3wz3hw3p]

I'm smart. My wife and I left NYC 7 years ago. I guess we were prophetic not pathetic.

[@UNDERTAKER2621]

Great video. But I do have to admit, I myself have been questioning whether or not I'm going to leave New York because it's really starting to get to me mentally.

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

Don't let your dreams stay as dreams. If you really want to achieve or do something you have a strong desire for, work for it and go get it. I was in the same boat as you too but you can't wish or wonder when they're gonna happen because you have to make an effort to make it possible. I wish you the best.

[@radmiladedic8944]

Ci credo ❤

[@willyjoerockhead]

In the movie "Midnight Cowboy" the star moves from Texas to New York...at the end of the movie he moves to Florida and the store cashier askes him "Where are you from?" and he says "New York" - That says it all right there!

[@lumensauce3199]

And...? People moving to Texas in droves right now.

[@floxy20]

Says it all? Says what, exactly?

[@CheCosaTesoro]

Evacuate.....its super expensive and dangerous....can't even ride the subway without fear.....and there's scaffolding everywhere.

[@DevlogBill]

Born and raised in New York City. Two of my best friends left New York and most of my family is either planning on leaving or have already left. On a positive note at least, it can be said that New York isn't as bad as California. Is it true California is making into law an Exit Tax? Sounds scary to me! Great video by the way!

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

I don’t think that the exit tax would survive the Supreme Court. They haven’t done it yet. I live here.

[@SeanSoraghan]

Next is exit tax for new york

[@mirzaahmed6589]

California is still miles better than NYC/NYS. The weather is fantastic and exploring the outdoors is enjoyable. People are friendlier, and there is actually a wider array of food options in most places.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@mirzaahmed6589 I still live here and don’t have plans to move. I live 50 miles inland from LA. I think of LA as Jupiter. It attracts the meteors so that they don’t hit my little “normal” town in the next county over.

[@nataliemurphy5319]

So I've lived in NYC for 9 years. I think this video is just meant to trigger people. The $73,000 example is ridiculous. If you make $73k, you wouldn't even qualify for a $3,400 apartment because of the 40x rule. Also, $3,400 must be for Manhattan. Astoria, Queens is much cheaper and only 20 minutes away. The people who value what the city offers end up figuring out a way to make it work, and everyone else gets fed up and leaves. Not everyone wants to live in a house in the burbs or a different state. It is becoming harder to live here, but it's also weeding out the people who were kind of over it to begin with.

[@fernandojackson7207]

There are cheaper alternatives too, which few consider. Share an apartment, or sublet,cook most of your meals at home, etc. I'd see friends bringing home bottled water. Ridiculous, since tap water is drinkable.

[@Tayy_B]

Interesting take. I also reasoned that although NYC does seem to get worse for most people, if you can make it work and learn to be resourceful, you most likely can get ahead. I guess as they say, don't believe everything you see/hear online. That said, I'm still cautious about moving there.

[@elee522]

I left because I didn’t feel safe. NYC is an open air prison and I ain’t taking my chances

[@mariatolentino4516]

Yet, my son feels safer in NYC. He went to Atlanta on work related trip and almost got mugged in his hotel (a Westin hotel). He has had moments in NYC (once chased in the subway station while he had his case of hair tools and products with him, etc ), but he still feels safer there than in other places. And he likes how direct NYCers are.

[@queens6583]

Because the state you live in has no crime at all.

[@solconcordia4315]

NYC isn't quite an open-air prison in comparison with the Gaza Strip. It's definitely safer and one can "eat Spongies' cake" ! 😂

[@trevor_mounts_music]

NYC is so soft in 2024 it's unbelievable. You must not get out much 😂

[@roserevancroix2308]

To feel safe is a pretty big and important issue and it is something that if you care about you shouldn't vote left. Because the left is pro-criminals pro-immigrant pro-terrorism pro-violence every country and state they touch turn to s**t. Look at London and Germany and France and Sweden...they are hellholes now, they used to be the safest places on earth. Not anymore, not since people started voting for the extreme left...now we constant terrorist-attacks stabbings violence rapes more rapes gangs drugs shootings killings random-attacks, even babies getting attacked...I mean what the hell is going on.

[@kennethbarnhouse7462]

This video was really well done. Very informative.

[@skyqueen1148]

I don't believe for a minute that tourists are still flocking to NYC. Foreigners have the internet, too, and they don't want to get killed by some random crazy.

[@jjamerican93]

I had seriously considered moving to NYC when I was just starting to seek out full-time work, and now I'm glad that plan didn't pan out. It would've been too expensive and crowded. But I do try and visit from time to time, which works for me.

[@RageQtGaming]

Sarah, crime is higher. They decriminalized a lot of petty crimes such as theft under x amount of $. So crime being “lower” is sort of misleading when looking at just the data and numbers.

[@jglee6721]

Yep, or people stop reporting because it's a waste of time. Sarah was misled by the statistics without the context.

[@yesiam43]

One of the many things I love about your channel is how committed you are to CELEBRATING the city, while also being honest about the struggles and terrors of living there. Your content is informative and highly entertaining, but never fluffy! ❤

[@Optim40]

🙄

[@user-vb2bo3ts2h]

So unless you have a full time career here there’s no use in staying,

[@Bellasie1]

This is very sad, but reacting to what you said last in the video about NYC becoming a theme park for tourists, well, that's also becoming true of Paris and London in Europe. Yesteryear's fabulous cosmopolitan cities like these fabulous artistic and cultural capitals have gradually become a cross between a playground for the very rich, who own one of their many properties there but actually rarely stay in them, international tourists who scraped up to visit these mythical cities for a limited number of days, and a base for corporations to which on-site workers still come to work.

[@snoolee7950]

London is money laundering HQ for oligarchs who park money in high value London real estate that often sits empty. It's so bad that the London police look the other way from mob murders by Russian mafia in London.

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

Paris a theme park for tourists? Not for me. My first visit to Paris was fifty years ago. It was a vibrant city inhabited by French people. Nice to look at. In 2010 I saw Paris for the last time. There was terrible noise from motorcycles, every spot on the sidewalk was occupied by beggars from East Europe, every tourist attraction besieged by African peddlars... Today muslim immigrants block streets pressing for more mosques. In a nutshell, Paris has lost any savoir vivre it was famous for.

[@LynneTimko]

As for crime...police don't bother with the paperwork as they are instantly released...that is why it appears to go down

[@Joeharleydoes_]

I’m moving to NYC in May from Spokane WA. I couldn’t be more thrilled to do so. I also have a wife with no kids, so to each their own!

[@ingrid8994]

You will be fine. Lifelong NYer here.

[@sandro1a2b]

This is allegedly a pro-NYC page that consistently takes shots at the city. With friends like these!!

[@maa6507]

Total difference for lifelong NYers who got in before prices went crazy and someone trying to move in now.

[@sandro1a2b]

@@maa6507 I don't see it. NYC is NYC and always has been. Is it "doomed?" Is there a "biggest exodus" happening? I call BS.

[@ingrid8994]

@@maa6507 No. I meet people that are new to the city all the time.

[@Eliguitar1]

Ironically, without the initial obsession with NYC none of the youtube influencers would get clicks by posting how terrible NYC is. First they get clicks hyping the city, then they get clicks tearing it down. After two decades plus here it's amusing to see how obsessed everyone is with this place. Pro tip for those who want to live in NYC: a couple splitting a one bedroom in queens for $3000 (ie they each contribute $1500 a month, easy for anyone with a decent job) can get by quite easily here. You can find a decent 1 bed in astoria for $2000. I lived in astoria for many years and it was very pleasant and inexpensive, 25 minutes by train to midtown for work. No car needed. Those who choose a luxury rental in a new building in or near Manhattan for $5000+, use car services, and eat out multiple times a week? Yeah, it's expensive. Two kids and not making a mid 6 figure salary each and don't have an office job in Manhattan? Ok, at that point you may want/have to move. 3-4 bedroom apartments in parts of the borroughs with good access to manhattan start at $3500-$4000 and go up from there.

[@allthingsnu4673]

I visited NYC/Manhattan for the first time this past summer and am looking forward to going back. I live in Houston and we can't do anything here without a car... we even drive to the park so we can go walking! I really enjoyed walking to just about every place I went in Manhattan - it was such a nice break from my usual life. I know NYC is going through lots of challenges right now and I hope things get better - especially for the residents and business owners. I think it's the best city in the world.

[@bondgabebond4907]

NY/NYC is not going to improve. It's on a downward spiral of confusion, corruption, incompetence, deficit spending, crumbling buildings, unsafe subways, crime, more crime, overrun by rats, garbage in the streets, taxation after taxation and bad weather. Love the west coast. Born in NY, retired in California and loving it.

[@lumensauce3199]

Much rather take Houston than NY these days, at least one has a chance to scram more easily when things really get bad. And you can fill a private car full of stock as needed. Can you do that in NYC? You seem like you will enjoy the ready-state 15 m!nute c!ty then and all it offers with "walkability," lol.

[@everest867]

Well said !

[@LyricsQuest]

If you want walkable cities that are a bit more affordable, and are likely even more picturesque than the NYC, I would seriously suggest looking around Europe. I can verify Grecian/Italian cities are very walkable, probably at least 4x more "walkable" than NYC.

[@why67152]

@@bondgabebond4907 California!! What!?!

[@lauratainagonzalez2561]

Are we really surprised??? Omg I moved to NYC in January for several months for work and I wonder why people would like to leave here… expensive, horrible apartments quality if you want to pay less that 3000$ per month. To that, add the health insurance. I mean… coming from Spain, where we also are experiencing some big problems with apartments, I still feel the quality of life in Europe is waaaay higher for the majority of the people… people look for each other, it is a much more community driven society- which I feel it’s also a reason why people in Europe are considering less and less the US.

[@stephanie-fh5qv]

Spain perhaps, but Sweden is not community driven and people don’t look after each other. Europe is very diverse and each country is very different. Although it seems all countries in europe and us are having more crazy rental people which in the end will lead to more crime, suicide and unhappy people. Capitalism on basic needs shouldn’t exist.

[@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq]

@@stephanie-fh5qvsuicide is high I. Korea

[@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq]

Suicide is high in Korea

[@lotusgrl444]

Well even the most economically challenged country in Europe, I still think fares better that the USA

[@LyricsQuest]

I visited Greece and concur, the quality of life there is much better for the $$$ than the USA. Imminenty walkable and picturesque cities, with most types of shops within 1/2 mile at most for the majority of city residents, definitely quite nice. Earnings potential might be lower, but think affording basic living is much more accessible compared to NYC.

[@marcmeinzer8859]

Reminds me of when I was a merchant seaman staying at the German Lutheran Seamen’s Mission in the East Village and I remarked to some random guy on the street that Manhattan wasn’t really so bad after all. He replied “just wait and see, it’s gonna get really old really quick”. He was right. I ended up quitting the merchant marine and going to barber college in Cleveland which got me employment which lasted for 20 years while crashing in my parent’s basement, serving as their old age care insurance in exchange for free use of their finished basement. My parents had the last laugh. Once they were both deceased and I inherited their house the basement where I preferred to sleep began flooding.

[@silkscreenart5515]

New York City is a must if you are planning to be in certain industries. Example: Finance, Advertising, Film & Theatre, don't forget Fashion. Joe lunch pale is better off moving to somewhere more appropiate for their lifestyle and needs.

[@gregwillis7767]

The tall shiny buildings are office spaces, while (most) residents live in 100 yr old buildings. Granite countertops and fresh paint do not $3500+ rent equate!

[@Steve33056]

I moved from Long Island to Miami 17 years ago. Miami is the New NYC. The motto goes to New York. It is a great place to visit. However, I would not want to live there. I left because of the taxes and the cold weather

[@DJ-sw5hg]

Moved to Florida in 2003 never look back except for my daughter. she just bought a house in Long Island and she taking the joy of my life my three year old granddaughter 😢😢😢😢😢😢.

[@alexk0805]

NYC favors those who profit from it and make it more profitable; it does not adequately look out for those who make it all function

[@queens6583]

First of all Manhattan is only 1 borough and not representative of NYC as a hole. My dad was a postal worker and had a part time job at night working as a building security guard for Brinks. My mom was a homemaker and took care of my brother and I. They managed to buy a home and we had moderate vacations growing up in the Catskills. When my dad retired they lived off his postal pension and S.S.I. and savings. My mother taught me to always live below your means and always save money for the future. I went to school in Manhattan and became a nurse and married at 23. Together we lived in a nice apt. in Queens for 7 years while saving for a down payment on a house. The interest rates were crazy high ( %18 or higher). It is a modest 1500 sq ft. home and when rates went down we refinanced twice and paid off the mortgage in 20 years. So, by the time we retired the mortgage was paid off 10 years before. I can take the Express Bus or MTA and be in NYC in less that an hour. If you live in any major city in the country the costs will be higher. Some of my family lived in N.C. and yes, some things were cheaper, but others were the same or more. Not to mention that nurses in N.C. are not unionized and I would have made less than half of what I made in N.Y.C. During the recent pandemic travel nurses from the south came to NY and made $180/hr. at my hospital. A lot nurses made the most money they ever made in their lives. I do agree crime is up, but if you research you will see that it's up all over the country, especially in big cities. Everyday I can go on the internet and see crap happening in rural areas as well. People just like to emphasize NYC because the News feeds always focus on us.

[@mandisaw]

This! Doesn't matter if cost-of-living is lower, if your wages/job prospects/QoL are lower, too! People also don't realize just how much having unions/pensions/benefits in the region pushes up your total-lifetime earnings & quality-of-life, even if you personally are not in a union. When I talk to ppl in my field (tech) from other parts of the country, they are working in the office on weekends/holidays, never allowed to take vacations, and feel they have no legal recourse against employer shenanigans (crappy labor laws & one/few local employers). I'll take a slightly lower wage vs CoL to not have that kind of stress in my life.

[@geeeee8268]

Yeah, MTA is great... when it works. Which is it doesn't most of the time. I only have to go into the city once a week. but so far there was not a single time without any sort of crap either on my way there or back. And thanks God I don't have to transfer. I live in NY for almost 30 years and it was never this bad. Yes most of big cities are the same, especially the ones governed by democrats for decades. But that's not the point really. Point is that tax paying population being slowly replaced by "newcomers" and city is trying to pinch you in every way they can. From property tax to damn speed cameras. So good luck I guess.

[@mandisaw]

@@geeeee8268 30yrs, so either you're a kid, or a transplant. First, the MTA is State-funded, and includes the buses, commuter rail, and bridges & tunnels. You seem to only be referring to the subway - the economic engine of the region, but grossly underfunded b/c ppl in the rest of the State don't want to invest in urban infrastructure. So perhaps address your complaints to upstate/LI legislators, hmm? Second, you might want to review how the City and the subway were in the 70s and early 80s. I assure you, the conditions were way, worse, from the garbled announcements, to the deep understaffing, to the crazy-high crime (incl nuisances like graffiti & loud radios/boom-boxes). Junkies on the subway & streets were also way worse. I'm not saying it's all daisies & roses now, but it's rather droll to hear folks saying "it's the worst I've ever seen!", or complaining about "newcomers", when they themselves basically just got here.

[@geeeee8268]

@@mandisaw It is literally the worst I've seen. I used to be a field tech and worked nights in the city before 9/11. Too the train all over the place. Including Bronx. I've rarely seen a bum or somebody doing number 1 on the station. There wasn't this constant stanch of the pot either. For all the years I was doing this , there were problems but I don't remember people being shot in a head or pushed on tracks. Sure technology got a bit better since, but I am not talking about that. I am talking about people being afraid to get on the train..

[@mandisaw]

@@geeeee8268 There are more crazies, to be sure. But that seems to be true all-over, incl rural places & other cities/suburbs, not just NYC or the subway. I don't know if it's all pandemic-related trauma, but I think a lot of ppl were broken before/during, and now they're just out & about (or maybe it was more hidden before, idk). But again, that's a widespread problem, not really something that can be fixed by more transit cops, y'know?

[@jeahavvalentin980]

No matter what I'm never leaving New York. I was born and raised here and I'll die here.

[@mariatolentino4516]

My son moved to NYC in late 2021 and loves it.

[@Allenryan819]

I was also born and raised for 47 years of my life, but even I’m having my trepidations about the New York, and I was around back in the 70s and 80s! with the raising cost in this insane, bail reform, I’m seriously thinking of moving out.

[@jeahavvalentin980]

@@Allenryan819 Well if you move out then move out. But fortunately I won't be joining you

[@BoxingGang101]

💯

[@jlperz77]

Just wait until those migrants easily crossing the border start taking over. Oh, wait, too late.

[@normbograham]

Two women I knew, the lived in NYC, lived in a room. One was the same size as a double bed. Meaning, open the door, get on the bed, close the door behind you. The other one had enough room to step in the room, and she had the bed, and a chair. Nothing else. She kept her clothes at the dry cleaners.

[@jglee6721]

lol @ the dry cleaners trick.

[@r.pres.4121]

I wouldn’t be one bit surprised that private equity firms own most of the housing stock in New York City, Boston, San Francisco, and other popular big name cities causing the housing prices especially the rents to skyrocket to astronomical prices.

[@josephcrangle4669]

"If you can make it there (NYC), you can make it anywhere." New York City has always been a really challenging place to live if you are not wealthy. An exciting place full of creativity and ambition? Absolutely, but if you are not trying to break into fashion, the arts or finance, you might want to consider a more affordable city to plant your flag.

[@mandisaw]

Add media, education, tech, healthcare, architecture, transportation, and real estate to that list. And there are many others. New York attracts people because a lot of sectors are well-represented here at a world-class level. Unfortunately that does mean it'll be expensive to live here, esp if you aren't yet at a career point where your needs are mostly met.

[@lumensauce3199]

@@mandisawAnd you folks speak as if NY is not permanently transforming into something really bad. That old romantic view of NYC will soon give way to Soysauce Green in the future.

[@mandisaw]

@@lumensauce3199 You mean Soylent Green? 😅 Have you even seen that movie, are you just parroting the reference? Folks have been declaring the demise of NYC for literal centuries - war, plague, crime, depression, white-flight, still here, still thriving. Maybe when the sea rises, but even then we'll probably just move a bit upriver 🤷

[@lumensauce3199]

@@mandisawSoybean Green, no need to attract certain automated word seeking, eh? Yeah, look at San Francisco now. That state of affairs is looming for NY very soon. Migrants being allowed to take over due to the generous NY and NYC authorities, lol. The symbolism of the National Guard...THE NATIONAL GUARD enforcing the subways...the S0r0s funded gangs raising havoc on the shops (problem, reaction, solution), NYC talking of turning vacant office spaces into LIVING quarters. WHEN has all this happened before? NY is one of the beta tests for this Br/\ve Noo W0rld and is in a state of terminal transformation. People can sense this DELIBERATE destruction and are fleeing the Rotting Apple in droves. This old romantic view of NYC being the "center" of culture, arts, bla bla...that is to be in the dust bin of the past as this @genda 3O/5O continues. Maybe the NYC fans when they are imprisoned in their C40 "15 M!nut= C!ties" of the near future can remind us their city's "greatness."

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Funny how no one has made a song praising NYC since Jay-Z and Alicia Keys in 2010.

[@bigjoafan]

AI thumbnail - white/yellow doom title - negative NYC video … Cash Jordan is that you ??😅

[@ingrid8994]

EXACTLY 😂

[@gabrielsr4791]

Where did cash jordan come from? Anyone knows? I always see his videos about the US (mostly about bad things )

[@OTRTrader]

The trouble with so many people leaving New York is that if they move to a traditionally red state like Texas, they are forgetting the reasons WHY they had to leave in the first place, and voting the same exact way they did before, and it's driving up the cost of living in all other states. People who lived in California all their lives started leaving for Arizona and Texas, and you look now at how those two states are becoming cesspools of high crime, skyrocketing cost of living and increase in the homeless population.

[@badgerden7080]

Those tourists she talks about are most likely foreign tourists who probably are not aware of the situation in NYC right now. As soon as they find out (provided they are not victims of some horrific crime), they will be leaving for other places like Orlando or Nashville. No American tourist will be coming to NYC. That is for certain. If I see foreign tourists in NYC, I will advise them to leave before they become victims.

[@jackelynellanio]

That is what us Floridians are feeling having Florida saleries with NY cost of living

[@ChatGPT1111]

You gotta be kidding. Florida has zero income tax. FL city taxes aren't even as high as New York's.

[@jackelynellanio]

We do not make the saleries New Yorker make. Imagine getting paid FL wages and then everything goes up like NY for us floridians is a problem. I understand we do not have all those taxes NY has. but, we do not make the money NY does. So for us it is hard to live here now. My rent has gone up so high I will have to move out come Dec and I do not know where I am going to end up at? @@ChatGPT1111

[@OriginalBernieBro]

@@ChatGPT1111 What part of the "cost of living" did u not comprehend?

[@ChatGPT1111]

@@OriginalBernieBro Ok, I'll complete the rest of the logic for you. The lack of taxation keeps the cost of living lower than in New York. Just because FL has risen doesn't mean that the rest haven't risen BECAUSE JOE BIDEN is not just ruining Florida.

[@user-og2wt3le4j]

I have a friend who figured out he could ditch his $6000 per month apartment in NYC. As long as there is high speed internet where you move to, you can work anywhere. So he moved to a town in upstate New York. His house mortgage payment and taxes are half what he paid in NYC. He doesn't have the other expensive costs of living that existed in NYC. He saves money by working from home. He can do Zoom meetings between colleagues and do the occasional trip to NYC for important meetings. His life has improved and he is less stressed. His wife is happier too by getting out of the city. They have a better work-life balance.

[@natashacoda4354]

It’s funny. I used to live out of state and I always hear “well at least now you’re making good money!” People are always surprised when I tell them, I made less out of state but I saved more. Here, it really does not balance out!

[@michaelroo7821]

The city is a cultural heaven. You walk one block and you have different folks. Or neighborhoods The city is going thru another cycle of History. You should have been on the lower Eastside during the sixties and seventies. Empty burned out buildings etc. Very interesting times. look at yourself and your husband are going tthru the next stage of life. So you decided to get out because of your daughter. You still come back to make money off the greatest city in the world. You move out younger people come in. Still the Greatest city in the world. The best of Everything you want and can afford

[@mariatolentino4516]

True. NYC is for the young.

[@thiscorrosion900]

Yeah...but you could still live on the LES or Bowery etc. even SoHo or TriBEcA back then and live cheap, be an artist, work at restaurants, whatever and make ends meet. Now, almost nobody can, you have to be a millionaire. And the city is much more dangeorus now than it was in 1979 or 1984. Rents are sky high. I used to come into the city and walk all over Chelsea, Flatiron, LES, and Bowery, etc. and SoHo, and I never had any issues, ever. And I was a wide-eyed teenager from LI, too.

[@Eliguitar1]

It's amazing how people selectively forget what the last 40 years were actually like here. the 70s? 80? Even the 90s were MUCH worse (if still better than the 70s and 80s) . I moved here the year 9/11 happened. Not a cheery time. Murders are down 82% between 2023 (391)and 1990 (2262). So it's all relative.

[@michaelroo7821]

@@thiscorrosion900 You better look at your crime stats. Also Vietnam war and race riots were the very crazy time.

[@thiscorrosion900]

@@michaelroo7821 Well, yeah I know NYC had high crime rates in the 60s and 70s. And even into the 80s. But people still lived cheap in the city back then and dealt with it. And yes America in the 60s and early 70s was a total war zone. I didn't go into NYC much in the 70s given I grew up on LI and I was a kid.

[@nicksbikevlog]

For me, there are certain benefits and things that you can only get in new york. Premium amenities around entertainment, networking, life-goa-growth essentially. If someone is just working, eating at home, and going to sleep, then yeah, I would say its not the wisest financial choice to live in NYC. But if you are deeply into some specific hobby or community or activity or frequently go to things you can't find outside of NYC, I say its worth it to live here.

[@bchantharath]

totally agree. i would trade walkability & more activities for my car, less space to maintain & the same mundane things of a smaller city

[@hansonel]

As someone managed to fulfill a childhood dream of moving to NYC after college in 2010 only to have to move away in 2015 to Chicago (the more affordable version of NY) since the COL was unaffordable for me (and so many other young professionals) I was completely devastated at the time. I loved New York but doing the math I couldn't afford to live there unless I was at least making $100,000+ per year (It's insane how making $70,000 is almost low income in NYC now). During and after COVID however I think I most likely made the right choice seeing how things have only gotten more expensive, seeing more videos of long time NY YTer's move out and crime has gone up post Pandemic. It's a sad situation New York is in and the city overall feels unsustainable and unaffordable for the average resident. You can really see the population loss in Manhattan and the borough also has noticeably less people there since watching NYC walking channels this past year a lot of the sidewalks look kind of..... empty for such a large city. Sort of creepy after dark with desolate streets in some areas that used to be bustling at all times of day when I lived there. Agree that NYC is likely to become a city where only the wealthy will be able to live and will become more reliant on tourism to sustain itself.... kind of like how Paris and Venice are now.

[@ambientrance88]

Im from Illinois but moved to NYC between 2013 and 2018, left in 2018. The city fell apart under deblasio and now adams. I made 67-82k when I lived there and I never worried about money. Now I cant imagine.

[@Dan-departingin5mins]

You’re absolutely right about everything, but… You don’t need a car in NYC (and car insurance, gas). Insurance for homes and rent is much higher in other places. You don’t pay gas, sewer or garbage collection like you do everywhere else in the country.

[@ClaraWsfreedom]

🙌🙌🙌

[@ClaraWsfreedom]

And much more in terms of house maintenance/repairs than apartment living

[@Dan-departingin5mins]

Yes, and car maintenance/repairs

[@Caderic]

Oh, you pay for that somewhere. It might be build into water bill or income tax, but you pay for it.

[@ClaraWsfreedom]

@@Caderic that being said, it’s not too significantly less different in terms of expenses living in the tri state area which she is

[@marce211275]

New York City is just a phenomenal place to spend a lot of your best years of living like no one else in the entire USA. It's a fantastic city with the good and the bad things. I LOVE NEW YORK!!!

[@byungsong2819]

You love it now you hate it when you get robbed haha 😆

[@marce211275]

I am living in New York City since 2002. So i can talk about this place very well and in 22 years i never ever got robbed...but that's is a situation that unfortunately can happens to anyone living here or in Paris, London, Roma, Amsterdam, Madrid, etc. @@byungsong2819

[@karnubawax]

It's a great place to be young. Kind of like San Francisco used to be. Once you get in your mid-30s it gets really old.

[@edwardturner1282]

Great report Sarah. Thanks.

[@Erik-oe7gc]

Our company changed its plans on building a new plant in NY this year, an easy decision!

[@deloresredman4792]

New York is a place to go for an experience for a few days, then go home.

[@davidbanner2826]

Better yet don’t come here

[@deloresredman4792]

Touchy

[@kelly-monique6983]

If there are a lot of people leaving NYC, landlords will be forced to lower the rents so eventually it will balance out. I see that .5 percent of people left NYC, but how many people move to NYC?

[@smb4smb]

Good 👍🏾

[@BoxingGang101]

15thousand more millionaires moved in

[@vanessawyndham8791]

After awhile the city will be full of only two kinds of people: the very rich, and the very poor, and if people are complaining about the level of crime in the city, which I personally think is exaggerated given the fact it's a city of 8 million people, you ain't seen nothing yet.

[@TexasNewMoney]

Left NYC for Texas 18 years ago and never looked back. To this day, I hate visiting fam in Brooklyn. Not 'cause of them, but I just hate to get ripped off for everything. Car rentals, tolls, food, you name it. Nothing out there is worth it. I don't know why anyone puts up with the BS.

[@djaminbartlett8679]

She's excellent. I grew up in New York and have been out of the city for a very long time, and finally have been able to save money.

[@adventureswithcarl123]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing beautiful lady😘😘😘 xox

[@aol6983]

Sarah I am flabbergasted that tourism is targeted to show growth this year what with the illegal immigrants causing absolute havoc, unsafe to ride the subways, the ridiculous hotel costs with added "resort fees" and the minimum expected 20% tip on absolutely everything!!!

[@jimbo1637]

Crime is massively overplayed by right-wing media. FBI data indicates that NYC isn't even in the top 50 cities for per capita crime rate and NYCDOT data shows that you're more than 10 times as likely to die in a car accident as you are to be k1lled on the subway. The reason residents are moving out is because it's too expensive, but high costs aren't as much of an issue if you're a tourist who's only staying for a week.

[@thiscorrosion900]

Tourists never stop wanting to come to NYC, it's a fact. They just don't care. Also, if you're a wealthy tourist, in particular, you don't have to go into dangerous situations if you don't need to, anyway. Most people that live here cannot afford to take Ubers all day long.

[@wildbill7267]

What illegal mom immigrants? I commute to NYC every day and never see them.

[@jimbo1637]

Crime is massively overplayed by conservative media. The per capita crime rate isn't even in the top 50 for US cities. People are leaving because it's too expensive, but that's not as much of an issue for tourists.

[@emailaddress100]

NYC is clearly not for you and your uninformed misconceptions about the city are obvious

[@TheUtube666]

The reason you cite are pretty much the same reasons we left NYC in 1987. Back then the crack cocaine crisis was getting closer to our neighborhood in Astoria, Queens, which was another good incentive. Talk about quality of life - having to have the National Guard in the Subway system now is not exactly an endearing situation either. Add the stores closing to rampant shoplifting and, no thanks.

[@turninmonyin2noise978]

I realize you have been all about " the City" but people in suburban upstate are fed up and moving out as well. The State is run by NYC elected politicians who have no understanding, appreciation or concerns about those upstate. Born and bred upstate we would be long gone except for tending to elderly family. When that is done, we're outta here. And not going to look back. That would be like walking away from a dumpster full of rotten fish and looking back as you leave.

[@Nizam47]

Informative video Sarah love your accent👍🏻 4:54 😮 because it's the reaches city of the world 🌎 I guess

[@ludwigsamereier8204]

reaches city of the world? I don´t understand this.

[@Nizam47]

​@@ludwigsamereier8204isn't New York 🗽 richest city in the world?

[@livesontrial]

@@Nizam47 no

[@byungsong2819]

Hey i moved out of nyc completely. I think i made a right decision in my life. After that, i completely became conservative

[@choonblaze]

Leaving NYC means you've accepted being old and living like it

[@byungsong2819]

@@choonblaze ok cool 😎 live there and get robbed and mugged at night all the times lol 😂

[@byungsong2819]

Oh yeah also get pushed out of the subway all the times with you luck haha 😆 mfker

[@choonblaze]

@@byungsong2819 now you're sounding like you've never set foot in NYC rofl

[@126Natethegreat]

It’s a shame that NYC is giving NY State a bad reputation. Upstate New York has absolutely beautiful places. Albany, Lake George.

[@ariagrippasboulevards8990]

Look, it may be expensive but at least the weather is good. It may be expensive but at least there's no crime. It may be expensive but at least you're surrounded by good people. It may be expensive but at least it's nice and quiet.

[@s.macintosh-jc9rf]

Hi Sarah, Thank you for your video on whether NYC is doomed. I must say that NYC will never tank because of the economy. I know that the lower and middle class might escape to Connecticut or Jersey but the movers and shakers will always be in NYC and more of them will move into the city. I would do what you and your family have done and move to New Jersey because you get more for your money with a growing family. I would never desert NYC but I don’t live there and I’m a tourist. But it’s important to know that NYC is there as a shining light. Have a great weekend. Best Wishes, Peter

[@Caderic]

I must say that NYC will never tank because of the economy. That's what the Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans said.

[@jimbo1637]

@@Caderic I think what they mean is that for NYC's economy to tank, Wall Street would have to tank. And if that happens, there's a good chance the entier American economy is doomed at that point.

[@mandisaw]

@@Caderic All those empires were around for millennia - NYC/New Amsterdam pre-dates the US as an economic hub, and is just coming up on its 400th birthday on the world stage. I'll take those odds.

[@nelsfrye8570]

I visit frequently and don't see all the negativity reflected on the ground. People complained nonstop about the price of life in NYC 25 years ago too. If anything, it is other places that have become more expensive in relative terms. I get all the arguments against blue states, but do any red states have a city like NYC where there is street level vibrancy and you don't need a car? Is there a red state city that isn't basically strip mall and suburb?

[@rioluna6058]

one of my friends just went and he said would never go back to nyc that it is full of zombies and mental people , he has gone before to new york city but this time he wentsaid is kind of sad to see their dr g problem , now the dollar is on free fall in a lot of countries for example i live in costa rica and the dollar was so low that the central bank had to prop it up we dont want a really strong currency since we export more than what we import ..... i cant imagine what woyld happen to places like new york city when america cant keep exporting their inflation just because other countries using the dollar as a reserve currency but the problem now is that many countries have take notice that they dont need as many dollars as before,,, i think inflaction is gonna get back home to USA and huge cities will be the last place i wanted to be when that happens...... good luck i hope you guys can fix america cause is quite clear that the icceberg is just in front of you guys .

[@SAM-dm5qg]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING 🇺🇸

[@m.sakai_yt]

I am a 25 y.o. guy living in New York City having no job and I live with my parents. Graduating BMCC in almost 3 months I am earning my associates in Studio Arts major. My family is in crisis, my dad is at its long term hospitalization and bills are sky high expensive. Honestly, I don't know if I should feel guilty or thankful for living this way. For the people who are feeling over the edge right now or who are residents of NYC feeling down, type 🕯in the comments below. I just want to be with tribe who are suffering in this time right now.

[@MRP3261]

Sarah Sheepshead Bay is still very reasonable Sheepshead Bay is still safe. I go to a Bar Restaurant. I go night fishing during the Summertime. I also do shopping at night as well. When i go home from NYR MSG. I go to the middle of the Subway car ( Q train) all the way to Sheepshead Bay. When it comes to renting. I think Sheepshead Bay is a bit cheaper than other Brooklyn neighborhoods Any way cool video

[@kweenah.dknight]

Shhhhh - you're sharing too much 😀Now with Flatbush and Sunset Park gentrifying - we gotta delay the rest of South BK from being invaded

[@SeanA.Skeete-wd4vi]

I left New York for the Atlanta suburbs in 2002 and it was definitely a "life saving" move. Everytime I revisit I ask myself "why are people still living here😮😊🤔"?

[@davidbanner2826]

Atlanta is better you’re right

[@snoolee7950]

@@davidbanner2826 As long as you do not mind yard signs about "values" while the people go to their insurance or lawyer job and screw society then come home and wave at their neighbor.

[@gregh9975]

@@snoolee7950 Grew up in Atlanta area...never recall seeing any yard signs about "Values". Also, have a long -time friend there who worked in the insurance industry (State Farm). Not just sure how he 'screwed society', but maybe you can elaborate since you must know him.

[@snoolee7950]

@gregh9975 don't forget the city paid for rainbow painted crosswalks on 14th street. Maybe you don't know Atlanta as well as you think. Atlanta area? As in outside of I-285.

[@snoolee7950]

@davidbanner2826 Atlanta where the school superintendent got federally convicted of racketeering? That Atlanta? Better than what, a corrupt casino?

[@eeverett2]

New York City needs another guy like Giuliani in charge. I think that Guardian Angel founder and leader Curtis Sliwa, would be a good choice. He's not only tough, he's a good leader and he has a lot of compassion and heart as well.

[@user-ng8fk8vn7q]

NYC doesn't really need another Giuliani. It just needs an electorate that would vote for another Giuliani.

[@charo8518]

You made the right decision to leave nyc and have more space for your family! Kids need space to run and be free

[@lasurfette7830]

They don't want to be stuck there when Disease X shows up.

[@robertruffo2134]

Being able to walk everywhere, not drive. Having access to so much stimulation and social opportunity right at your doorstep. To me this means a much higher quality of life than a yard I never use and driving to a dying strip mall as the only public space option, and spending all my time and money on driving as I move through an endless void of cookie-cutter suburban nothingness

[@karnubawax]

Yes, but what happens when you have to RUN everywhere?

[@robertruffo2134]

@@karnubawax Do you actually visit cities? Most of New York is not scary at all. I was there not long ago. Here in Montreal crime against strangers is almost non-existent.

[@jophielministries]

I think I was there during the best time 2010-2018. I thank God I was able to experience the city in that time!

[@iloke11]

As a newly retired couple, New York City is not a place on our to visit list.

[@raygreen5926]

New York is such an intoxicating city 🎉😂

[@MysticTalkBobbyShue]

And what’s even sadder is the fact that people can’t afford to save money in order to leave the city, let alone the state.