Stampeding out of NY

NY Post ^ | August 21, 2011

[lowbridge]

New York has lost 1.6 million residents to other states in the past decade, according to a new report from the Empire Center for State Policy.

That’s the rough equivalent of having the entire city of Philadelphia (population 1.5 million) simply disappear from the map.

In a way, this isn’t news: For two decades, New York has led the nation in domestic outmigration — the percentage of residents leaving for other climes.

But the numbers aren’t looking any better these days. A May survey found that 36% of New Yorkers under 30 plan to flee the state because of high taxes, the crippling cost of living and a basic lack of jobs.

[Oceander]

Even within NY I suspect that there is beginning to be net migration out of NYC. I know that I personally am planning to move my family out of NYC and onto L.I. in the next year; since I work, that means a few thousand dollars less tax revenue for the sodom and gomorrah of the east.

[Broker]

Rush Limbaugh is one of them. Simply spending a business day working in NYC makes me liable to their onerous taxes.

Imagine similar stat of "Tax Flight" found across the rust belt, especially Connecticut.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Unfortunately, a lot of those yankees come here and bring their liberal mentality with them.

[Zhang Fei]

A May survey found that 36% of New Yorkers under 30 plan to flee the state because of ... a basic lack of jobs.

That's strange, because NY has one of the lower unemployment rates nationwide, 8% vs 8.4% in Texas. I wonder if that's because New Yorkers are over-represented among those who have no jobs and have given up looking - at least in New York - and therefore do not show up in unemployment numbers.

[Oceander]

Which tax, the personal income tax or the unincorporated business tax?

[central_va]

A message to fleeing NY’ers. Do not migrate South, the weather sucks here and the last thing you want is to live with a bunch of toothless rednecks who like NASCAR and ribs. We hang dead deer dripping blood from out front porches and think “Deliverance” was a documentary. Better to go to California instead.

[Tribune7]

That will probably put it behind Florida in rankings, which will make the top three California, Texas and Florida.

[central_va]

Unfortunately, a lot of those yankees come here and bring their liberal mentality with them.

Bingo.

[proxy_user]

Well, there are a lot of FRpers right here in NYC, you might be surprised.

But the money right now is too good to leave.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Same exodus goes for companies and citizens leaving California as fast as they can. RAT politicians are chasing sane Americans, who cherish freedom, away from cities and states where Liberal RATs rule like Nazis who want total control and are attempting to create a totalitarian state or city. Next comes DeathCare where these same politicians will decide if you live or die. Wake up Amerika.

[bert]

The New Yorkers are old loyalists who didn’t want separation from the King. They feared the westward migration. They remained behind. California therefore is not really and option.

Massachusetts or perhaps Vermont would be better place to flee

[McBuff]

We hang dead deer dripping blood from out front porches and think “Deliverance” was a documentary. Better to go to California instead.

A very clever approach! LOL!!

[hosepipe]

New Yorkers just LUV taxes.. they love them...
Hard for normal people to understand that but its true...

Them folks LUV taxes.. big government.. regulations.. nanny state government..
They are basically political children.. kids.. political retards..

Sure they will argue you about that BUT its true..
I once had to write a computer payroll system for a company in New York City..
Incredible the taxes and taxing those people do to themselves..
And elect people that are willing to tax even MORE ways.. and raise existing taxes..

The North East is populated by CRAZY PEOPLE.. grown children..
Look at Maine and the two republican ditz Senators they have...
The whole area(States) even the republicans are nutz..

Massachusetts.. is an asylum... and the guards are also nuts..
Look at who they elect.. people crazy as a junk yard rats...

Jersey and Pennsylvania are just corrupt..
Because the voters are also corrupt.. the gov’t matches the people..
Those States have serious political machines.. not like a Mafia..
But literally from the Mafia.. the mafia there ARE POLITICIANS..

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Unfortunately, they’re coming down here.

[miss marmelstein]

Don’t forget: the idiot governor Paterson was thrilled at Rush - an entrepreneur and highly successful businessman - leaving the Big Apple.

[Scotsman will be Free]

There aren’t enough freepers in NY to compete with the liberal yankees.

[reefdiver]

After the days of rage at Wall Street do not be surprised to see financial firms packing it up for safer areas. They don’t have to work there any more, and its to damn expensive any ways.

[central_va]

I look at New England as a cancerous tumor on the republic. The fleeing NY’ers are like tiny little cancer cells spreading to other states and potentially destroying the republic from within. Other than that I have no problem with socialist scum Yankees as long as they stay up there, clumped together.

[Oceander]

I look at New England as a cancerous tumor on the republic. The fleeing NY’ers are like tiny little cancer cells spreading to other states and potentially destroying the republic from within. Other than that I have no problem with socialist scum Yankees as long as they stay up there, clumped together.

That's nice; taking each person as an individual, I see. As a native of the Commonwealth, who moved across the Mason-Dixon line for family and who sees part of his mission as bringing some civility to the savages, I'm rather warmed to see that I'm now to be shunned and ghettoed by my erstwhile brethren.