Posted on 05/27/2022 3:53:36 AM PDT by blam
New York City struggles with a sharp rise in violent crime as the new mayor fails to make the metro areas safer. Public safety is worsening and has likely resulted in a continued exodus of residents.
NYPost reports that 21,546 New Yorkers left the state for Florida during the first four months of this year, a 12% rise over the same period last year.
The exodus of New Yorkers first began before COVID-19 because of high taxes, then accelerated during the pandemic as the city went into lockdown. Now people are leaving in droves as the metro area descends into chaos.
For some more context about the exodus, 2022 totals are 55% higher than the same period in 2019 (pre-COVID). A stunning trend that is only gaining momentum.
New Yorkers are frightened to walk the streets, nevertheless travel in the subway, which is plagued with criminals. In April, a mass shooting in a subway car left more than a dozen people injured. Last Sunday, a Goldman Sachs research analyst was shot in the chest, in an unprovoked attack, on the subway. The analyst died on the spot.
The toxic environment of crime and high taxes have forced some Wall Street firms to move operations to the Sunshine State as an attractive place for long-term expansion. City dwellers have fallen in love with the state because there’s no personal income tax.
If migration trends persist, the number of New Yorkers leaving the state for Florida could shatter last year’s figure of 61,728.
Meanwhile, Mayor Eric Adams has been absolutely wrong about migration trends reversing. It’s only accelerating as NYC descends into darkness as another failed liberal city implodes under the weight of violent crime and high taxes. An environment businesses and or households will no longer tolerate because technology has allowed them to become more mobile.
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A sea of young Left wing single woman and bitter divorcees who want
Daddie govt to pay their way plus the Amish who feeds off them .
Fl will be blue real soon .
I live in NYS, Upstate. The only people we know who’ve bugged have been conservatives.
Don’t assume everyone bugging is a flaming leftist.
BTW, if NYC is so reliably lib, why did Deep State shove RCV down NYC voters’ throats, hmmmm....
The sea of calls from NY , ILL , and Cali lefties is hair raising .
A sea of impolite demanding Single old and young lefty women that my wife screens out .
Trust me its not conservatives .
Thank goodness almost all have bad credit and cats .
I really hope these people don't turn Florida into Maryland. I just moved down here, for Heaven's sake!
Build a wall, DeSantis. Let them stay in Georgia, where they’ll love the new governor, Stacy Abrams.
Oh, yeah, that’s something to look forward to: a national security threat right on Florida’s northern border.
My friend from Long Island moved down to South Carolina. I’m in a quiet neighborhood in Brooklyn, but I’d still rather get out.
Here’s what’s interesting, though: Most of those new hires weren’t even from NYC in the first place. So I’m not sure what the long-term effects of this out-migration really are.
The pukes in those pictures wearing masks outside are obviously libs who will be moving to a red state to avoid crime and high taxes and will then vote for the same kind of people who ruined the state they’re leaving.
Don't worry Floridians...he's moving there because of Desantis and will vote the right way.
...that those same useful idiots voted for.
Sadly, I believe you’re correct.
Billy Joel was a prophet.
Florida is getting really congested in many places.
that’s why i moved to the wilderness of suwannee county... 😎
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