Blue Cities Across the US Are Spiraling Into Financial Collapse
4th May 2026
Many people are familiar with the “blue state exodus” over the past several years, but are they aware of the blue city business exodus?
It might be one of the biggest economic stories in modern US history, and Democrats are trying to keep it as quiet as possible. There is a blood letting going on in blue cities; a financial disaster in the making. And, like most financial disasters, it will probably be ignored until the house of cards comes crashing down completely.
For this examination let’s look at three very different examples, all facing similar crises. We start in New York City, where taxes have been consistently increased in order to offset the loss of billions in public revenues due to citizens leaving. NYC has experienced a net loss of around 220,000 residents since 2021, but it’s not the number of residents that is most important. Rather, it is the wealth of those residents that matters.