Posted on 04/13/2023 9:22:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Escape from New York!
New Yorkers are so worried about crime, sky-high housing costs and struggling schools, 27% percent of state residents said they want to move away in the next five years, a survey revealed Wednesday.
A stunning 30% of respondents — who also cited inept political leadership and soaring taxes as reasons for wanting to flee — said they already longed to live somewhere else, according to a Siena College Research Institute quality of life poll.
Nearly a third — about 31% — plan to leave the Empire State when they retire while even more said they believe it’s not safe for kids.
Angela Gutierrez, 38, of East Harlem, is one of the many New Yorkers who will soon ditch the state.
“We’re going to Pennsylvania at the end of the month,” the home health aid and mother of three told The Post.
“We moved twice in the last 3 years! We moved out of the Bronx and it is better here but still not safe,” she said, adding “all the crazy people” have driven her family away.
“And everything is expensive! They’re raising the rent again and we can’t. It’s going up almost $800 a month so we are moving down where my sister-in-law lives,” she said.
A total of 40% of respondents said New York is not a good place to raise children — including an alarming 61% of black respondents — and 26% said the overall quality of education is fair or poor as a statewide debate rages over opening more charter schools.
The widespread urge to hit the road is distressing for New York, which hemorrhaged residents during and after the worst of the coronavirus outbreak.
“These are high numbers. These are take your breath away numbers,” Don Levy, SCRI’s polling director said of the number of New Yorkers
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Stay there.
You voted for it overwhelmingly. Stay and reap what you have sewn.
Don’t further infect states that may be somewhat more sane by refugeeing to them.
The connection between how they vote and the state of their city is completely lost on these stupid bastards
Sown, not sewn Duh!
Good grief. Now the cancer will surely spread. We are doomed here in Florida as more and more liberals come and infest the entire state.
Interesting map.
Seems that mostly they are going places that are as bad, nearly as bad, or even worse than NYC. (other than Florida, anyway)
Visual proof why the country will be lost shortly.
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Did that affect DeSantis’ re-election?
So over two-thirds of New Yorkers are okay with crime and overinflated costs and actually want to stay?
They need to stay and fix it, especially since most probably voted for it.
What I usually hear from liberals who move to a more conservative area, when told their voting choice and beliefs ruined the area they were leaving, is "We'll do it better this time!"
I am seeing this in Williamson County (Texas), a fairly conservative county until the past 5 years. Back in 2016, Trump beat Hillary in this county by 9.5% (Trump won the state by 9%, so right in line). In 2020, Trump won in Texas by 5.5%, but lost Williamson County by 1.2%.
The decay is happening at an accelerated rate, something I didn't expect from Texas when we moved here in the fall of 2018. And yet, here we are. Low voter turnout in local elections, leading to a leftward swing in city and county office seats. CRT being implemented in the local schools, once considered far better than those in Austin. Now, they're starting to look like Austin. Sigh.
New Yorkers just have to stop voting Dem time after time.
They seem like little children or possibly mentally challenged people having to be taken care of.
If you are a Dem voting New Yorker insulted by this, I’m sorry.
“..Nope....stay, and, EMBRACE the suck, that you all voted for....”
^THIS^
They are NOT welcome to come into red areas to destroy them with their woke BS. They need to stay and enjoy their lib utopia.
They should move to California.
Yes, I was just to ask, what is wrong with the rest of those idiots?
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