'People flee the city in droves': where New Yorkers are moving en masse

It all started in early spring when the pandemic COVID-19 has swept New York. Since then, the inhabitants of the metropolis began to think about moving. And while some are planning, others are making their plans a reality. The newspaper writes about where the residents of the Big Apple most often move. New York Post.

With the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, many New Yorkers have moved to their country homes. The flow of people leaving the city does not stop today. “People are fleeing the city in droves,” says Moon Salahie, owner of Elite Moving & Storing.

His company, based in Yonkers, provides comprehensive relocation assistance. According to the businessman, 90% of people move to the suburbs; mostly families with children. Most of his clients are Manhattan residents. Least of all people wanting to move from Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue. “These people do not need to leave, because they have second homes,” he explained.

Fatine and Oussama Fatri turned out to be one of the families forced to move. Their apartment is located in downtown New York. “There are two children locked up in the apartment, my husband has to work from home,” said the mother of her 4-year-old and 7-month-old daughters. - A nightmare".

On August 10, with the help of Elite Moving, the family moved into a three-bedroom home in Scarsdale. Now her husband has a separate office for work, and the children have a beautiful courtyard with a playground.

Among the clients of Movers, Not Shakers! many residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan. This was told by the owner of the company Mark Ehrhardt. “Studios and one-bedroom apartments are now empty,” Erhardt said. He also suggested that it is unlikely that young people who usually rent such housing will return.

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An example confirming his guesses might be 35-year-old Noah Simon. The man moved out of his one-room apartment in Hell's Kitchen on March 13. Then he moved to his mother, who lives in Hastings-on-Hudson. In May, shortly before the expiration of the lease, he moved permanently. Simon also decided to buy a house in Westchester. He said he loved city life, but in this situation, New York had little to offer him.

A spokesperson for FlatRate Movers said they were helping 8 New Yorkers move in a day. “We used to often help Brooklyn residents move to Manhattan or Queens,” said David Giampietro, Chief Executive Officer. The distance at which new houses are located today has increased from 30 km to 50, 70 and even XNUMX km. Many move to destinations such as New Jersey, Connecticut and the North of the state.

So, from March to June, more than 16 thousand New Yorkers moved to permanent residence in Connecticut, writes Hartford Courant.

Representatives of United Van Lines and Mayflower movers said they have helped move 1000 people from New York since March, of which 28% to Florida and California, and 16% to Texas and North Carolina.

It is worth noting that population decline in New York began before the pandemicbut she speeded up the process. The total population of New York State as of mid-2019 was 19, an increase of 453, or 561% less than the previous year. It was noted that this is the fourth decline after five years of growth and the largest drop in population of any state.