Posted on 08/13/2021 4:07:14 PM PDT by Clemenza
New York City experienced dramatic growth over the last ten years, bringing its current population to a record 8.8 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released the first detailed statistics from the 2020 Census.
On balance, the city added more than 629,000 residents, from 8.175 million measured in 2010, but city planning officials said that a big part of the story was that far fewer residents left the city than had been projected by census officials.
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Most of it is probably investment income, but there are a lot of very high-paying jobs too.
It’s the richest city in the country. Could be why so many hate it.
Funny, traveling across the U.S. by car two and a half years ago, I didn’t meet many people who hated New York. Regular people are just regular people. They weren’t impressed, but they didn’t hate it either.
The Dutch are still here. Ever notice that whenever someone wants to indicate an aristocratic old lady, it is always Mrs. Van der Something?
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