Posted on 05/05/2021 12:29:06 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - Fears that U.S. cities would be emptied by the coronavirus pandemic are giving way to potential signs of revival, according to a series of analyses that suggest any dislocation from the last year will prove temporary.
Some data suggest a return is already underway. Cellphone tracking firm Unacast had earlier noted that phone users were shifting their overnight locations out of New York, but now sees them coming back.
"New York is growing again," with the city adding a net 1,900 people in the first two months of 2021 versus a loss of 7,100 in the same two months of 2019 and the 110,000 estimated by the company to have left the city throughout 2020.
The turn may have begun last fall, when the usual seasonal jump in population centered around the arrival of college students roughly matched that of 2019, fewer people left the city than the year before, and "there was a large influx from areas surrounding the city, perhaps the return of some who left ... at the height of the pandemic," the company wrote in a new research report.
Manhattan and the Bronx "demonstrate particular resilience," gaining 21,000 residents over the first two months of 2021. Three of New York City's five counties surveyed by the company lost population, though one, Kings County, saw the pace of loss ease compared to before the pandemic.
Similarly, Bank of America economists wrote last week that they "don't see evidence of a broad urban exodus," a conclusion that combined analysis of the company's own card spending data as well as a survey of other reports.
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There are normally 10,000 births a month in NYC.
So a net gain of 1900 in two months is like a negative 18,000.
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There are always people shopping for bargains and those willing to strike a deal.
Grifters coming in?
Cell phone tracking firm Unicast ...
Unacast
You got it!
Sanctuary City, here we come!
All the big NYC employers told their employees they must report back to work-Most by June or July 1st. Goldman Sachs etc.
Employees working from home has been a failure for most companies
Sure. People are moving out of here in droves. Mostly home owners and small business owners of ALL races and ethnic groups. There is simply no reason to stay.
What about deaths? I don't see it in your calculation.
The question is the productivity of the people moving in versus the people moving out.
San Francisco is a ghost town, from what I hear.
People or citizens?
Really?
Interesting. I didn’t know that.
The number of people leaving or going to big cities is unimportant unless you consider their politican affliation. I am certain the conseratives do not desire some leftist fleeing NYC moving in next door. It is best to have all the leftist in one place so the can murder one another.
The big cities will grow by adding all those illegals moving in and having free places to stay, free health care, free money, free stuff. Covers all their life things, so why not live in the cities. Free everything.
Where do you think Biden and his scumball sycophants are sending all the illegals? They will occupy unused privately owned real estate. Squatters.
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