Agreed. If anything the people I’ve noticed fleeing the city are young and relatively new transplants, or the wealthy with summer homes. I’d wager that the fair

Agreed. If anything the people I’ve noticed fleeing the city are young and relatively new transplants, or the wealthy with summer homes. I’d wager that the fair weather New Yorkers will be the ones that might end up leaving permanently. Maybe some of those are older people, but probably not disproportionately. I’d rather the author spend time thinking about what the city could look like as we come out of this to yield a better future for the city. For instance, let’s finally hand over some streets fully to cyclists, so more people can feel comfortable using bikes as a serious mode of transport. Let’s stop subsidizing luxury apartments and malls throughout the city (looking primarily at you Hudson Yards). Can we make it so the trains don’t break when we do need them, so we don’t have to pack shoulder to shoulder on the subways all the time? Life is definitely going to be different in the city, but I’m not mad if my neighborhood stops being a shopping mall for European tourists and can become a regular community of New Yorkers again.