The Great Exodus Out of America’s Blue Cities
24th April 2018
Am I the only one in my spinning class at Equinox in Manhattan who’s fed up paying $200 every month for a gym with clean showers, $3,000 in rent every month for an apartment without cockroaches and $8 every morning for a cup of coffee? Am I the only one moving through the greater part of New York City boroughs and seeing an inexorable march of urban decay matched with the discomfort of crowding and inexplicable costs? I know I am not.
New York is the most expensive city in America. Its lower-cost neighborhoods are riddled with crime and homelessness. Its public schools, some of which are among the worst in the nation, look more like prisons than places of learning.
Y’all come to Texas. Plenty of room. I’m paying less than $2000 a month for a house with 2850 square feet in a Dallas suburb run by Republicans.
April 25th, 2018 at 09:11
Ahh, dammit! Now we’re gonna have to build a wall on the North side of Texas….