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In response to "I hate to give Donnie credit, but I keep wondering if he destroyed his home town on purpose. Or if someone ... guided him. -- (link*)" by loosilu

There are always people getting fed up and leaving the city for myriad reasons. This is just another wave of the same.

Posted by ty97 May 26 '20, 08:32

More people will come.

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Yeah, a few of these people just had a baby or are pregnant. They were 90% odds to be leaving regardless. - ty97 May 26, 08:43 3
- Hey, my parents didn't leave NY when I was .... oh. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:55 2
  - Growing up here was awesome and my parents didn't have to drive to me to every single thing I wanted to do which I'm sure was nice for them. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 09:02 1
    - I would have loved it, but my mother didn't. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:08
Yup. There are many waiting to come and replace them. It'll be quicker than expected if real estate prices drop. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:35 9
- Well sort of. What I expect is that it will hasten not lessen income inequality. The big corps will be able to scoop up the spaces cheap, pushing out - JackDawson May 26, 08:44 8
  - This I, unfortunately, agree with -- nm - ty97 May 26, 09:25
  - That may all be right but I don't know. I do know that people will still want to move here whether they're wealthy, college kids or somewhere - Krusty May 26, 08:49 6
    - I'd love to give it a shot at living there but that avg rent of $4210 in Manhattan....I'd need a sugar mama or something -- nm - JD May 26, 08:53 5
      - That's higher than what most people I know pay. If you want to live in a doorman building with amenities and other extras then you'll pay that. - Krusty May 26, 08:56 3
        
        I'd be looking for something like half of that half ;-) - JD May 26, 09:16 1
        
        Haha! :-) -- nm - Krusty May 26, 09:43
        
        Isn't the last part of your IM an oxy-moron? - Spawn May 26, 08:58
      - YOu would typically be paid more for the same kind of job you have now. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:54
I mean "I struggle to afford my rent and don't have laundry in my fourth floor walk-up" has *nothing* to do with COVID -- nm - ty97 May 26, 08:35
Or, to put it differently, these folks were likely already contemplating it, and would have done it eventually, and this is the trigger point. - ty97 May 26, 08:34
oh, I have no doubt about that. I'm curious what will happen to rent and real estate prices. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:33

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There are always people getting fed up and leaving the city for myriad reasons. This is just another wave of the same.

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