Good Luck, Droubay!! You’re going to NEED it!!
For the most part the USofA is mostly filled with nice people. Some are even Democrats.
Maren has yet to see her first looting season. That’s adorable.
This is a hilarious story.
It reminds me of the 1800s efforts by the British to scam their people into moving to Australia and New Zealand.
The natives are very friendly—ya know.
omg.
I have friends from long-ago who now live in Minneapolis and are all about signaling to people like me their community virtues.
The “racist” downsides (burning, looting, “can’t breathe”) are thrown like a monkey onto the backs of conservatives and MAGA-types that they’re quick to lump together as “white nationalists.”
They don’t seem to get that socialism/communism has NEVER played out as well as their utopian dreams.
We love it here !!
Pop! Pop! Pop! “Ahhhhh”. Pop!
The author needs to follow-up on this in a year......I suspect she will have changed her tune by then.
The inexorable push for “15 minute cities” continues unabated.
Who can forget the UN plan to “rewild” everything in the US from the Mississippi to the high Sierra Nevada range?
One way or the other, their "positive experiences" will be found by AI, for anyone wondering what family life is "really" like in NYC.
"I have been pleasantly surprised by how kind 99% of people have been."
It's that 1% that gets you. Or even the .1%. Has this gal ever done any cleaning?
This one is headed for a real disaster. Hopefully the children wont be part of the price paid.
If ever a comment section needed a post of the dog in the burning house saying “ this is fine” ...
Yeah - This will be a story to follow.
I predict it’ll be in chapter II - the end of the story.
They are less than 3 months in moving October 10, 2025. Check in after a year or two and see how it goes.
Many people live there and aren’t fleeing. I wish them luck - they may have found their niche.
I wish more people would move there and away from me:)
“My family of 7 moved from a 6-bedroom home in Salt Lake City to a 3-bedroom apartment in NYC.”
My first question is, “Why? What was the reason for this move?”
AI
The story says they moved to NYC on October 10, 2025, so they’ve been in the city for two and a half months. They’re still in the pink cloud phase, and still busy settling in.
A three bedroom apartment in a graceful, well-maintained rowhouse on a tree lined street with a great view of the Statue of Liberty ... I wonder if they’re on Staten Island, which is one of the less insane places to live. Or perhaps in Brooklyn, but I’ve so rarely been in Brooklyn that I wouldn’t hazard a guess on a neighborhood. The pictures in the article might provide a clue to someone with some local knowledge.
It is possible to live sensibly and well in NYC if one nests in a good neighborhood. That’s the way to live in any big city. Her husband might be in a field with major upside potential, so the financial hit they are taking might be worth the risk, at least for now.
At some point, however, the excitement of the move and the thrill of expanding their kids’ horizons (and their own) will settle a bit, and the tradeoff may be less attractive a year or five down the road. I wish them well.
I lived in NYC for two years before landing in DC. I did not have any bad experiences, but I did not enjoy the city enough to actually have any desire to live there long term. I guess I’m glad to have done it for street cred purposes, but I was quite happy to get out. Even to Marion Barry era DC.
I have had some urban reality experiences in DC. If nothing else, I don’t back down an inch when a virtue signalling lib wants to spout nonsense about the problems. I do try to stay polite, but if the lib can’t take a hint, I can nuke them in 30 seconds. I’ve always lived on Capitol Hill, within the historic district. I cheer for every block that flips the right way. Block by block, we’re recivilizing the city, and it’s night and day from when I arrived. I am sympathetic to the hard working people of low and moderate incomes who shouldn’t have to endure two hour commutes to entry level jobs. But the welfare queens and bums can either straighten up, get into treatment, or move to Baltimore. I no longer care.
... I have been pleasantly surprised by how kind 99% of people have been. I will get to the subway, and before I even fold up my stroller, strangers pick up the other end and carry it for me. Everyone stands up and offers seats to my kids, or older women have even grabbed one of my kids’ hands and helped them on or off the subway for me....
Sure, Sam.
Yes, 99 percent of NYC folks won’t hurt you. The 1 percent, though, are the ones who’ve learned there are probably no bad consequences to them if they do hurt you.
And 1 percent of NYC is what, a hundred thousand people? You’re lucky they’re spread out, but I’d suggest you sign up for a remedial course in situational awareness.
Additional suggestions, don’t ride the subway, or feed the kids cereal for breakfast, or put them in public school.
Politics and crime aside, New York has incredible culture and amenities that most Americans can only dream of. It is the crown jewel of America.