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It's funny, because the last generation always thinks the next generation is lazy. If you think the next generation coming up is lazy then you must have some demotivated children. I think the top children of this young generation are more organized, multi-tasking, driven, and harder working then any other generation. Try having the schedule that some of these teenagers have and keeping up.
Yeah, but do they have to walk 65 miles to school in the winter with no shoes?
Long Island is not a place for career oriented entry level jobs. Never has been and never will be. If young people want to stay in the area and live independently they should find an apartment in one of the outer boroughs and find a job in the city. Later, when they are established and want to buy a home they can move back to Long Island. That's what I did.
Most youth everywhere want to move to another region to try something else.. and most of them statistically end up right back where they started.
Plus, New York City is one of the best regions for jobs in comparison to the rest of the country (except for the DC area [and a few other places in the middle of knowhere] which has just as high of a cost of living and taxes); so honestly, it really doesn't get much better than the lower NY state region.
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Most youth everywhere want to move to another region to try something else.. and most of them statistically end up right back where they started.
Plus, New York City is one of the best regions for jobs in comparison to the rest of the country (except for the DC area [and a few other places in the middle of knowhere] which has just as high of a cost of living and taxes); so honestly, it really doesn't get much better than the lower NY state region.
The first part is very valid and it's a good thing to see what else the world has to offer. When your young & single it's alot easier than when your older with a family. Many will choose to return but don't be surprised how many don't
Second part I would beg to differ, I think prior generations didn't take advantage, cross the river and see what the world contains so they maintain a mentality that there is no life past the NY metro. There are plenty of regions in the country with job opportunities, lower taxes/cost of living and road without pot holes. You may find that a larger percentage than you think choose to remain in the "middle of knowhere" places because that is where home is to them..
Most youth everywhere want to move to another region to try something else.. and most of them statistically end up right back where they started.
Plus, New York City is one of the best regions for jobs in comparison to the rest of the country (except for the DC area [and a few other places in the middle of knowhere] which has just as high of a cost of living and taxes); so honestly, it really doesn't get much better than the lower NY state region.
You have made a point that signifies the hey days of this area !! and if you ask me, those are behind us. It may have been true in the distant past but we need some reality check....
Right now NY metro is 21st in the rankings by least unemployed.... which is pretty much average, nothing spectacular to report there.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
But a more telling statistic is that the NY Metro area has not made the top 10 list in year over year improvement in the unemployment rate in 8 of the 10 previous years this decade. I mean if you say "one of the best", then I would expect you meant atleast a top 5 (make it 9 in 10 years it did not make it)..... but not even top 10 ????
Note: On an average it was at the 18th spot this entire past decade.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
I would not be chanting the NY metro = best recovery/jobs anymore, don't get me wrong, its not bad at all, its average.
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