Covid showed that people who say “NY is dead” should never be taken seriously again. (New York: buyer, high school)
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A simple drive around the city for a few hours will show you how dead the city is and how many stores are closed.
Some tourists here and there, but suits are gone mostly. You know the suits that make money. Will NyC die, I doubt it, will it be as lively? Doubtful as well. Detroit didn’t die either, but it’s a shell if it’s former self.
If you define the city alive by the amount of sturbucks that are open, then yes, it’s alive.
City has this apocalyptic feel to it. Blame the shut downs and politicians who caused them.
What hurst is that no politician will be held accountable. I find it a miracle that at least Cuomo was removed, because even he was a threat of masculinity to what’s to come.
The city isn't dead but it's definitely changing. The "middle class" is definitely getting hollowed out and it's very noticeable. The city is increasingly becoming (more than before) of upper middle class + and the welfare class.
People like my wife and I can hang in there because we make enough where $20 or $30K/year won't make a difference either way. For many others who work and (let's say) make under ~$200K household, the politicians are just robbing them blind to pay for the votes of their welfare voters. The tech boom coming to NYC over the past decade has allowed the politicians to do this but the easy money is over and it's not infinitely sustainable.
Much of the talk about something being "dead" or "done" is often hyperbole used to bring particular attention to a problem at hand, though I submit that some do actually believe it.
NYC isn't dead, for sure, but it is not a place that I intend to ever call home again. No, thank you.
Much of the talk about something being "dead" or "done" is often hyperbole used to bring particular attention to a problem at hand, though I submit that some do actually believe it.
NYC isn't dead, for sure, but it is not a place that I intend to ever call home again. No, thank you.
Much of the talk about something being "dead" or "done" is often hyperbole used to bring particular attention to a problem at hand, though I submit that some do actually believe it.
NYC isn't dead, for sure, but it is not a place that I intend to ever call home again. No, thank you.
I'm a NYS/NYC resident and still vote there, pay taxes there (my military pay isn't taxed by the city/state, but my non-military income is), maintain an active NYS driver's license, etc. I'm active duty military and NY remains my "home of record." I visit family in Brooklyn semi-regularly. I just don't plan to return to live there full time ever again
I'm a NYS/NYC resident and still vote there, pay taxes there (my military pay isn't taxed by the city/state, but my non-military income is), maintain an active NYS driver's license, etc. I'm active duty military and NY remains my "home of record." I visit family in Brooklyn semi-regularly. I just don't plan to return to live there full time ever again
I can’t see myself ever living there but……”I’m a NYS/NYC resident that still votes there.
Speak for yourself. You probably don’t look like what a New York is known for looking like. r
LMAO Wtf does that even mean?
NYC is a city of over 8 million people.
"What New York is known for looking like" could mean a guy that looks like Woody Allen to a lot of people.
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