After 60 years I left Chicago to move to Wisconsin. Most Illinoisans moved south to Florida, Tennessee or Arizona. Some just moved over the border to Indiana. I assume NYC is the same. As the taxes went up to the highest they could, 11% sales tax and a million dollar home pays $30,000 every year in property taxes. Property values have not gone up in decades. And many major businesses have left the state. I’m guessing the poor will stay.