Unusual analysis conducted an online resource of real estate company Easy Street. Despite the common belief that the residents of the Big Apple most often leave the city because of the high price of life and settle in the «budget» regions, however, proved quite different. The majority of those who moved from new York to a new place, moved to the city, which is almost identical with him about the cost of living.
The analysis showed that the population of the metropolis sits on the site. Every third person surveyed Street Easy, has announced plans to soon move to new housing. According to the U.S. census, in new York annually bole 900 thousand. people head out in search of a better habitat.
Of these, almost 400 thousand. residents change County of residence. 300 thousand people choose a new home within a state, and another 200 thousand moving to another region. With more than half of respondents as the main reasons for the change of housing, indicate the high cost of living in the Big Apple. It would seem that everything is logical, the results of the survey demonstrate that the majority of these people settle in the expensive suburbs of new York, Los Angeles, new Jersey and San Francisco.
Of those who last year changed his place of residence, 78% moved to regions where the cost of living is among the highest in the country. These States, only 10% of the total territory of the United States, but it pulls back former residents of new York.
Often leaves their apartment, the population of Manhattan – 15% annually. Of these people, 5% say goodbye to the metropolis and looking for a comfortable place to live. Every fifth moved to cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington , etc.
Residents of Queens, as a rule, prefer to buy new homes in Florida, Texas and Arizona. Brooklyn is characterized by its love of variety, hence people move to different regions. In Staten island and the Bronx in most cases the population «migrate» in their borough.
Among the former residents of new York who made a choice in favor of moving to a great distance, the most attractive place for several years in a row is Los Angeles. With its warm climate, palm trees and the rapid development of technology, it has become an attractive dream for thousands of inhabitants of new York city.
