That's already happened: In most of those firms everything that can be outsourced has been outsourced, so the next step would be the firm leaving NYC. And as so

That's already happened: In most of those firms everything that can be outsourced has been outsourced, so the next step would be the firm leaving NYC. And as someone in NYC I think that's a bad idea. Other cities like London are in the same boat in terms of how they treat their financial industry as well. By the way I say this not because I love that industry, but because it adds to the diversity of the local economy and really helps the tax base.