How come more people don't live upstate? (New York, Buffalo: transplants, houses)
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A lot of people have moved upstate, to Jersey, or to PA who wanted to remain in the region but couldn't afford to live in or near Manhattan. Clearly a lot of people do commute in from the lower Hudson Valley as the highways and metro North gets crowded. Others take buses to say the last stop on the 2, 1, or other Bronx trains and go into the city.
A lot of people have moved upstate, to Jersey, or to PA who wanted to remain in the region but couldn't afford to live in or near Manhattan. Clearly a lot of people do commute in from the lower Hudson Valley as the highways and metro North gets crowded. Others take buses to say the last stop on the 2, 1, or other Bronx trains and go into the city.
Westchester and Rockland aren't more affordable than NYC though, you have to go up to Orange County before you start seeing a decline in housing costs
I seriously considered it but job opportunities in my field are scarce. A former coworker of mine recently relocated to Buffalo. He sold his home and bought one in Buffalo. He was unable to find a job in Buffalo but he was able to get a job in NYC that allowed him to work from home. It worked out quite nicely for him.
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The commute is too far for my job. Nassau to Brooklyn alone already has me at 90 mins each way and it's slowly killing me. I'd love to go up to Putnam, or points north.
I'm an NYC employee and realistically, yes, similar jobs for me exist in upstate counties. But before I can apply to those civil service jobs in my new county, I'd have to be a resident for at least 12 months. And then pray there's an opening. I'm thinking about leaving the state altogether and joining the world of the private sector, all to help make ends meet. Grass is always greener on the other side, right?
My father owns a home in orange county but he's retired so he doesn't have to commute to the city to work. I would only move out there if the price was right and I didn't mind that ridiculous daily commute.
Have to do some research but I will be headed somewhere to the Hudson line for greener pastures and commute into the city. Brooklyn is way to expensive and I would not be able to afford anything with a yard. Hopefully I don't die of boredom.
Too cold, too much snow, the need to drive, not city enough. For me it's fun to visit here and there, but it's too desolate for my tastes. Also the job market isn't as good as the city.
In 5-10 yrs by now most millennials are no longer living in the city because they either have a family or they been priced out by the next gen or by rich immigrants.
Every decade and 1/2 another generation moves in to claim the city belongs to them.
Eventually the city's wow factor wears off, starting a family, or economy changes and people leave in droves.
One thing that haven't changed is that immigrants are moving in and claiming more land and they rarely give up land back.
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