Freight companies can't keep up with the influx of people wanting to relocate from New York

As New Yorkers leave the city in droves, the demand for the services of shipping companies is skyrocketing. The newspaper writes about where the residents of the Big Apple most often move. New York Post.

Rich residents of Manhattan are leaving the city en masse in connection with the pandemic, moving to suburbs and other states. Therefore, the shipping companies that are in great demand today can barely cope with the volume of work.

Workload has increased by at least 70% over the past few months, Perry Chance, a Show Up employee, said. "This is madness! - he said. “We have four trucks of our own, but there are so many things that we had to start using U-Haul trucks (another American company that provides services in the field of moving and truck rental - Ed.)”

Most of the clients are moving out of luxury buildings. “People say the rich are leaving New York. Well, it is! " - confirmed Chance.

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According to him, 25% of the company's clients are sent from the city to the states of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Another 5% move to other places within the Big Apple. The remaining 70% move to New York, mainly Long Island.

But it's not just wealthy New Yorkers who decide to move from the big city to the suburbs. “I know 10 people who have just moved out of town,” said a Manhattan business owner. "Two of my business partners and eight employees."

Stephen Bisogno, a 41-year-old insurance underwriter, is also relocating with his wife and two-year-old daughter from Murray Hill, Manhattan, to Poughkeepsie, New York. He explained his decision by the fact that “you feel more normal in the neighborhood”, and that the policies of the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio “only add stress”.

28-year-old John Romero (John Romero) before the outbreak of the pandemic earned playing the trombone at the Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan. Today he is forced to move from the Upper West Side to Texas. “There isn't much work for musicians here,” he said. - I'm from Texas and have friends and family there. Plus, teaching is part of my business, and people there will be more willing and less afraid to take lessons. "

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Curtis Sliwa, founder and CEO of the Guardian Angels, radio talk show host and politician, said he has witnessed Upper West Side residents moving in droves. He recently left his office near Central Park and saw a convoy of trucks. He asked people where they were all going, and in response he heard: "Virginia." People were forced to go to last resort as the pandemic worsened the already poor quality of life.

Meanwhile, home sales in the New York suburbs rose 44%, according to The New York Times. In Westchester County, the figure was 112%.

Meanwhile, property sales in Manhattan fell 56%.

As ForumDaily New York wrote earlier:

• The number of vacant apartments for rent in Manhattan has surpassed a record 13. You can find out about what caused such a sharp drop in the real estate market and why it can be dangerous. in this publication.
• Declining population of New York started 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.
• We wrote about the reasons pushing New Yorkers to move in this stuff.