Those fleeing NYC have to go somewhere.
My “Statehood” solution for PR, is simply to make it a part of New York.
Its a good idea to brush up on your Spanish...
Unfortunately, many are coming here to NH.
Where we have ZERO income tax, ZERO sales tax.
We have a rooms and meals tax and high property taxes.
However, your property taxes are a direct correlation to the amount of school age children in the town and the tax base. There are many towns where the real estate taxes are lower than average. So, your overall burden is the lowest in the USA.
I think the bulk of the NY City flee-party went to Florida.
New York attracted a lot of Puerto Ricans in the 50s-70s.