I think a difference is that NYC was probably more of a shift from cramped apartments downtown to larger apartments/homes in the suburbs. I don't know if that m

I think a difference is that NYC was probably more of a shift from cramped apartments downtown to larger apartments/homes in the suburbs. I don't know if that many people fled the greater NYC metro, whereas SF has a lot of flight to other regions entirely. Anecdote: my parents live in an outer suburb of NYC, about an hour driving with zero traffic, that has a train line to Hoboken (with a couple options to transfer to NYC, or just take a ferry from hoboken) that takes like 90 minutes one-way. They've actually seen a ton of people move into the developments around them this year. People want the space, the lower cost, and it's a pretty area near hiking trails and nice parks. Schools aren't top-tier but they're pretty good. Sure, nobody wants a 90 minute+ train ride every day, but if you only have to do it a couple times a week, and there are tech jobs in NJ itself to eventually seek out, it's not a bad choice.