Posted on 04/02/2020 12:56:23 PM PDT by C19fan
Small coastal towns that have taken in an influx of NYC’s elite fleeing the coronavirus epidemic are now reeling from a spike in COVID-19 cases as the prices of Hamptons rental homes soar from $5,000 to over $30,000 for just two weeks. The exodus of the Big Apple's residents has caused some town populations to burgeon and practically double and rentals to skyrocket - but locals in these 'refugee' towns are becoming hostile and demanding city dwellers stay away from their vulnerable towns for fear they may bring the deadly infection. Suffolk County, home to the Hamptons, is seeing the biggest outbreak with 7,605 cases reported as of Wednesday, a 892 jump from the day prior with 897 people hospitalized and 69 deaths. However, the region only has 2,710 total hospital beds. As of Monday only 575 beds and 85 of 322 ICU beds were available.
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He was.....
GREAT!
Brilliant quote!
Wealthy upper-class East Coast elites have little regard for anyone but themselves?
Tell us something we don’t know.
Spread the virus, New Yorkers, who look down on the rest of us.
What happens when the two weeks are up and the New Yorkers refuse to either vacate or pay? Does $30k buy them a house for the duration of the plague?
When I read that book a long time ago that was one of the passages that stuck in my mind.
Hey, I have a small 2BR cabin in very safe backwoods ND. I’ll let it go for only $20,000 a month. Steal of a deal.
Never been to NYC.
Out of interest I’ve done Google street view searches on Jackson Heights, Corona, Elmhurst, and other neighborhoods in Queens.
Literally apartment after apartment. Per media (which I rarely believe), many families will pack into one apartment.
If I had the means and resources, I would have gotten the hell out of NYC weeks ago. I would not have stopped until I got to northern Maine.
It’s a fantastic quote even apart from the perfection of the current application. Well done!
better not eat the rich
What happens when the two weeks are up and the New Yorkers refuse to either vacate or pay? Does $30k buy them a house for the duration of the plague?
= = =
Well, of course.
No foreclosures or evictions.
Got to love that virus.
Money cannot buy you safety. So, live in your false sense of security and...have a ball!
I would not have stopped until I got to northern Maine.
= = =
An inch north would be Canadaia, rignt?
Snoopy and Prickly Pete have company.
The locals had no problem with taking the out-of-towners for every cent they could loot from them. I don’t feel a single pang of sympathy.
You can run, but you can’t hide.
Out far from people...more cows out here.
I'd rent it out for $30k a month...
Can you say “Price Gouging”?
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