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I know it's a popular narrative on this site to complain about people fleeing high tax, high density NYC and NY in general, but the metro area had population gains, leading to a net NY population increase. On the other hand, there were steep declines in the rural areas, where folks like to keep things just the way they've always been.
Really? Quarter million left last spring but your probably right. A million crossed the border so far and guess who will give them a drivers license? No Joke.I know it's a popular narrative on this site to complain about people fleeing high tax, high density NYC and NY in general, but the metro area had population gains, leading to a net NY population increase. On the other hand, there were steep declines in the rural areas, where folks like to keep things just the way they've always been.
"Almost all of the growth occurred in 12 downstate counties (828,346), led by New York City’s gain of 629,051 people, according to the analysis [of the census data] by the Empire Center, an Albany research organization.
It was a very different story in Upstate New York: All but 11 of the 50 Upstate New York counties experienced a population decline between 2010 and 2020."
I know it's a popular narrative on this site to complain about people fleeing high tax, high density NYC and NY in general, but the metro area had population gains, leading to a net NY population increase. On the other hand, there were steep declines in the rural areas, where folks like to keep things just the way they've always been.
"Almost all of the growth occurred in 12 downstate counties (828,346), led by New York City’s gain of 629,051 people, according to the analysis [of the census data] by the Empire Center, an Albany research organization.
It was a very different story in Upstate New York: All but 11 of the 50 Upstate New York counties experienced a population decline between 2010 and 2020."