Completely meaningless stats. More workers in NYC and other large cities live outside their city of employment than in it.
Just look at the commuting area and numbers for NYC:
https://www.newgeography.com/content/004967-commuting-new-york
That’s true not just in big cities, but in certain resort areas, even one state that I know of. Vermont employers can have a hellacious time finding employees because there’s so little affordable housing available in VT. I was talking to one employer just before CoupFlu broke out who was based in a small VT town and had employees driving in from an hour or two away because of the lack of affordable housing.
Another critical point is that the socialism in cities ATTRACTS PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT TO WORK. Here in NJ, Newark is joining Paterson in launching a “guaranteed basic income” program for its idle population.
We already provide thousands in “income” by way of freebies to these parasites; I can only assume they want to give out cash (it will be in cash) to reduce the crime and corresponding murders.