Posted on 11/03/2025 6:45:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Nothing says 'socialism' like people fleeing from it.
This is as true in New York, Illinois, and California as it was in the U.S.S.R., Venezuela, and Cuba.
But the prospect of young and dogmatic socialist Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City has taken the phenomenon to a new level.
Mamdani's lead in the polls has narrowed, but he still leads by six points. The majority of New Yorkers have split their votes between disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and peripatic safety advocate Curtis Sliwa, divving up more than 50% of the vote it would otherwise be if the two united.
According to the New York Post:
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday’s mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, an alarming new poll warned early Monday.
Around 765,000 people of the 8.4 million residents who call New York City home are preparing to leave, with about 9% of New Yorkers sharing that they would “definitely” leave the city if Mamdani is elected the 111th mayor, the Daily Mail reported, citing a survey conducted by J.L. Partners.
If those residents were to leave, it would be equal to the population of Washington, DC, Las Vegas, or Seattle fleeing the city.
Thatt's quite the advertisement for the impact of socialism, which is to say, high prices, high taxes, unequal justice, lack of representation, lack of freedom, waste, fraud, ripoffs, crime, a lower standard of living, and a crummy, corrupt nomenklatura elite growing rich off the people who have to work for a living.
Those are the 'fruits' of socialism, everywhere it is tried.
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Do NOT come to Texas with your religious (lack of) belief systems, ideas and voting records. You voted for what lead to this. DO NOT BRING THAT IDEOLOGY HERE. You will constantly be asked to leave. I, personally, will do so.
Texas is CLOSED to NYCers trying to flee. Gov Abbott said he’ll impose a 100% tariff on any of them trying to sneak in. 😂
“Lock the gates! No escape from New York.”
They’re just now figuring out that New York City is not the place to live?
If NY’ers really gave a shit, they would have left long ago.
Enjoy the suck.
Years ago many Jews decided not to leave Germany. So this time many Jews will stay in NYC.
Uh huh.
And Cher left America when Trump won.
I was going to be more generous, and tell them that they could come to Texas if they filed a sworn affidavit that they would never vote here.
Jupiter was the destination iirc.
Talk is cheap.
UpState/OutState needs to revolt and succeed from Albany.
Everyone with a house or a purchased loft or apartment as they apparently do in NYC will have to sacrifice to sell quickly.
Ones with rentals have a lease which you have to pay a big fee to break or else wait months and months to get to the expiration date.
I think most people will, as usual, say “I guess I have to adjust and just put up with it. I can complain to friends at the bar or somewhere.”
Search today showed:
Approximately 1.1 million apartments in NYC are owner-occupied, meaning the person living there bought the property. As of 2023, this represents slightly over 30% of all households in the city.
2.3 million people rent their apartments in NYC.
Go to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Flip these states crimson red.
Fla.?
Historically, lotsa trouble there...
All they need to do is move Upstate. They don’t need to torture the other states with their crap.
It’s more likely we’ll find Little Green Men on Jupiter than nearly a million New Yorkers will flee Gotham if Mamdani wins.
The market will take care of itself.
If too many people leave, real estate prices will decrease, those holding property will be under water and buyers will get some good deals, and prices will level.
Rush Limbaugh (and many others):
“Socialism is just Communism with a smiley face.”
Move to my neighborhood where they’ll vote for the same socialists that made New York the place it is today. :)
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