NYS---Net loss in population every year for the past 20 years.
Downstate may be different since NYC seems to be staggeringly immune to the economic woes of the state. IN the upstate regions, there are small towns where a few people are left. Most of them do not migrate to the cities, but just move out.
As kids, we used to refer to upstate as the Igloo. Downstate has been doing VERY WELL due to the stock market and real estate. Upstate hasn't been the same since the loss of the steel mills, textile mills, and other industrial concerns.
Eleni, I understand that many upstaters are moving to Arizona. Is that the case?