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More context: The City of New York grew by over 362,000 residents between 2010 and 2016, a growth rate of 4.4% (Table 1). City officials consider this to be am

More context: The City of New York grew by over 362,000 residents between 2010 and 2016, a growth rate of 4.4% (Table 1). City officials consider this to be among the strongest periods of growth in the last half century (NYC Planning, 2017a). The population grew by 402,000 people through natural increase, and net foreign migration added an additional 500,000 residents. Net domestic migration was -524,000, as more people moved out of the city than moved in. If foreign and domestic migrants are consid- ered together, approximately one person moved out for every person that moved in. The greater NYMA has approximately 20.2 million people and grew by three percent during this period, adding over 586,000 residents. Approximately 672,000 people were added through natural increase while foreign migration added an additional 849,000. The metro lost 903,000 people from domestic out-migration. NYC is a major driver of the metro area’s population change; 62% of the metro’s net population growth occurred within the city. I don’t see the problem here.

ataturk 8y ago
The problem is manifold--first off, the people leaving are the ones who had decent incomes and paid those high taxes. The influx is mostly all on the low end, meaning minimum wage or thereabouts. Do your own math--NYC wants to give everyone universal health insurance freebies. I don't see how that is even remotely sustainable with a huge population making median or lower than median income. It is already ridiculously expensive to live in NYC and most of the worker-bee underclass live on the margins, have hellish commutes, and basically exist like animals in substandard conditions that are just barely better than wherever it is they came from. It sucks being middle or lower middle class in NY, it is how I grew up and that was decades ago. With all the intervening inflation, it must really suck by now. In general, things aren't getting better for most inhabitants of the US, citizens and non-citizens alike. We are headed for 3rd World status where there is tiny, rich elite and everyone else is a low-wage debt slave running in place on a hamster wheel. We have to turn this around or it will be revolution for real--everyone is exhausted. Every stupid policy in the last 30 years has rewarded big business and done harm to middle class people.

ataturk 8y ago

The problem is manifold--first off, the people leaving are the ones who had decent incomes and paid those high taxes. The influx is mostly all on the low end, meaning minimum wage or thereabouts. Do your own math--NYC wants to give everyone universal health insurance freebies. I don't see how that is even remotely sustainable with a huge population making median or lower than median income. It is already ridiculously expensive to live in NYC and most of the worker-bee underclass live on the margins, have hellish commutes, and basically exist like animals in substandard conditions that are just barely better than wherever it is they came from. It sucks being middle or lower middle class in NY, it is how I grew up and that was decades ago. With all the intervening inflation, it must really suck by now. In general, things aren't getting better for most inhabitants of the US, citizens and non-citizens alike. We are headed for 3rd World status where there is tiny, rich elite and everyone else is a low-wage debt slave running in place on a hamster wheel. We have to turn this around or it will be revolution for real--everyone is exhausted. Every stupid policy in the last 30 years has rewarded big business and done harm to middle class people.