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| Americans leave large cities for suburban areas and rural towns |
| 2020-07-07 |
| [The Hill] A combination of the coronavirus pandemic, economic uncertainty, and social unrest is prompting waves of Americans to move from large cities and permanently relocate to more sparsely populated areas. The trend has been accelerated by technology and shifting attitudes that make it easier than ever to work remotely. Residents of all ages and incomes are moving in record numbers to suburban areas and small towns. A perfect storm of factors makes the decision to leave major cities like New York very obvious. The dense nature of urban living and the lack of proper local government planning led to the coronavirus spreading five times faster in New York than the rest of the country. The city that never sleeps now resembles a ghost town in many areas after thousands of its wealthy and middle-class residents fled early in the pandemic. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 Please leave your big blue city problems and politics behind. We like our red conservatism. |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2020-07-07 13:19 |
| #11 In the 90s I moved to Spokane to escape California's tepid economy. I didn't bring any liberal nonsense with me. i did return to California because San Diego is amazing. Was amazing... |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-07-07 11:47 |
| #10 /\ Yes, very 'temp' in anywhere in proximity to Atlanta. Changing quite rapidly to the south, as are home prices and politics. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-07-07 10:50 |
| #9 #8 But all of these advantages are temporary, right? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-07 10:32 |
| #8 “As you go farther out, your taxes fall, your housing generally costs less, your schools improve, you get increasing amounts of public recreation facilities, you are safer from crime, and you are more likely to be surrounded by people like yourself. Given its ability to deliver all that, it is no wonder the public loves sprawl.” Robert W. Burchell, Rutgers University, quoted in Scientific American, October, 1997 |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-07-07 10:30 |
| #7 ...in the name of social justice, just show them the available real estate in the diverse neighborhoods. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-07-07 10:18 |
| #6 I feel for the residents preparing for this invasion of urban locusts. I think the visitors will find it a rough go. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-07-07 08:46 |
| #5 And that is how the plague spreads. Can we file this as 'appropriation of native lands'? Asking for a friend. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-07-07 08:23 |
| #4 those city slickers will return. Not soon enough. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-07 07:28 |
| #3 In due time, those city slickers will return. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-07-07 07:07 |
| #2 ^ It happened in the '80's to Washington state when hordes of Californians moved from Silicon Valley to the Silicon Rainforest, |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-07-07 06:26 |
| #1 Bringing Covid19 and lumpen-Marxism with them? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-07 04:35 |