[bmwcyle]

Could it be too much taxation?

[68skylark]

Most cities in New York State have lost population in the last five years.

NY is a left-wing "workers paradise."

[Gritty]

Two words...

Tax es

[LdSentinal]

I expect New York to lose three electoral votes after the next Census.

[Windcatcher]

Anyone have the PA numbers? I can't help but wonder if people are moving just across the state line. Taxes in PA are *low* compared to NJ and NY (though they are *really* low in DE).

[gondramB]

>>Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse lost population, around 4 percent in each city, during the year ending July 1, 2005. All three cities have lost population each year since the last nationwide census in 2000, according to the bureau.<<

My beloved wife (who is from NY city) responded "I guess people are coming to their senses."

[Tribune7]

Check this link. Among other very cool things, it gives the highest population attained of the major cities in the state. Buffalo, in 1950, had 580,000; Rochester, 332,000 (about what Pittsburgh & St. Louis have now); Syracuse, 220,000; and Albany, 135,000. Utica had 101,000 in 1930.

[WashingtonStateRepublican]

New York is a Liberal's paradise where more than half of all NY pregnancies end in infacide (abortions).

The thriving state of Utah who does not seem to be having any population issues has a infacide rate of about 15%.

[Santa Fe_Conservative]

Oh dear, I hope no New Yorkers head my way-well, liberals from the NE that is.

Of course, a very evil lady will put her spin with The NY Times' help and call it a miracle.

[Paul_B]

Hopefully they're moving to purple states such as NH and FL, where their votes will count. Those two states also have no income tax (though NH has a business tax and FL has a portfolio tax).

Sad to see NY bleeding, but the liberals in charge for decades here have made it so.

p.

[Tamzee]

Thanks, interesting post. I grew up in Rochester, born at Rochester General Hospital.

It's very sad to see her going downhill. Visits back are painful, too, the city looks and feels much different than it did 20 years ago.

[Torie]

You have to look at metro areas, not cities. Having said that, upstate NY is one of the most stagnant areas on the fruited plain economically. The weather sucks, and the taxes are high, and it does not have much to offer in the form of entertainment for the young and the educated.

[funkywbr]

That "AINT" population, that be TAX PAYERS, fools!~}

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Not to worry. The illegals will fill up the empty space.

[Dustbunny]

Most cities in New York continue losing population

Yea, they move here and bring their retarded big city ideas of how things should be done with them.

[stockstrader]

Yep, just keep on raising taxes to placate the recipient class (it gets their votes, you know,,,,,lol).

Yep, higher taxes always encourage people to move to those areas. Not to worry, though, as revenue is lost from those who leave--you can always make it up by raising the taxes on those left behind. (s/off)

[JoeGar]

I think everyone in Long Island moved into my eastern North Carolina neighborhood.

[Sam Cree]

Saratoga adds 7%!
While nearby Schenectady drops 1%.

[Cowboy Bob]

The new data appear in the Census Bureau's Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places. Among 61 cities in New York, 42 lost population from 2000 to 2005.

Wasn't that when Hillary was elected Senator?

[FormerACLUmember]

If it were not for massive immigration, the population of socialist New York State would utterly disappear overnight.

Actually, the native population of New York is in full flight for less corrupt, lower taxed states.