Mass Exodus From New York City

The exodus of New York. Big lines this morning at UHAUL. CATASTROPHIC setbacks in quality of life —-people have had enough. pic.twitter.com/5StqXtKWQO

— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) August 29, 2020

Daily Mail: Exodus from the Upper West Side: Fleet of moving trucks descend on NYC neighborhood and dozens wait in line to hire U-Hauls as residents already reeling from virus call it quits after Mayor de Blasio's decision to move 13k homeless people to the area

* U-Haul trucks and other moving vehicles were seen out in abundance on Manhattan’s troubled Upper West Side across the weekend
* The seeming exodus comes just days after it was revealed residents in the area are planning to sue the city for moving homeless people into nearby hotels
* While the end of the month often proves to be a busy moving period, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa said he believes a 'mass evacuation' is in progress
* Long lines were seen outside of a number of U-Haul stations in the neighborhood across Saturday and Sunday, with moving vans lining residential streets
* The mayoral candidate, who often leads Guardian Angel patrols of the area, said he saw numerous moving trucks ‘stacked up’ down his street Saturday

U-Haul trucks and other moving vehicles were seen out in abundance on Manhattan’s troubled Upper West Side across the weekend.

The seeming exodus comes just days after it was revealed residents in the area are planning to sue the city after thousands of homeless people were put up in luxury hotels in the neighborhood in a controversial attempt to stem the spread of COVID-19 amid the ongoing pandemic.

Natives of the typically up-scale neighborhood say the moving in of the vagrants has caused an increase in crime, random violence, drug use, public urination and open prostitution. Some locals claim sex offenders have also moved into the streets.

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WNU Editor: When you read stories like this one .... Cops use facial recognition technology to arrest man after brazen sex offender is filmed attempting to rape woman, 25, on Manhattan subway platform at 11am as she screamed in terror (Daily Mail). Or this one .... At least 18 shot as weekend violence continues to plague NYC, NYPD says (PIX 11). Add in New York City's taxes, and it makes sense to see why people are leaving. As to where are they fleeing, it is the suburbs .... Big Apple residents flee to the suburbs: Westchester County sees July home sales more than DOUBLE as NYC is ravaged by coronavirus and soaring crime rates (Daily Mail). But my friends who live and/or work in New York City tell me that it is still too early to call this a trend. They say give it another 6 to 9 months before making any conclusions.