15 Reasons NEW YORK is DEAD
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In this Alux.com video we will be answering the following questions:
Why is New York dead?
What happened to new york?
Why are people leaving new york?
Is New York still dangerous?
Why are people moving out of new york?
Why are there so many empty buildings in new york?
Why are there so many empty apartments in new york?
Why is new york so unsafe?
Why is new york so expensive?
What's the rent in new york?
Why is tourism down in new york?
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00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Cost of living
01:40 - Gentrification
02:33 - The stress, the skyscrapers and the claustrophobia
03:36 - The Pandemic hits
04:31 - Smaller businesses start to close down
05:14 - Restaurants take the worst hit
05:52 - Cultural life comes to a standstill
06:47 - People move to other cities
07:31 - People - and companies
08:06 - Colleges are working remote too.
09:11 - Lack of safety
09:51 - A depressed property market
10:41 - Other cities are on the rise
11:30 - Tourism is down
12:12 - New York could fall into disrepair
12:52 - Question
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$2500 for a two bedroom apartment? Where’d you get that number? It’s laughably low!
3500$ for sure
Brooklyn that too deep brooklyn 😂🤣
SF is around $3500-$5500 if in a decent area.
If $2500 is considered cheap In New York, that’s laughably pathetic. NYC sucks.
Tony Q For a studio apartment, not a 2BR.
Main problem is the politicians.
The main problem is the people who vote for those politicians... They are the problem...
That is the main problem across the entire country. They all need to be flushed out and replaced. The entire Democrat and Republican parties need to screw off too.
Laziness and corruption goes hand in hand
The real main problem: Commercial rental rates.
@@GearHedd When you live in a one-party town, you're not given much of a choice. One-party rule always leads to tyranny.
Lady Gaga net worth $320M - Her dad wanted the public to pay for his restaurant. Unbelievable!
Remember that is her dad he may not get help from her at all some of these celebrities don’t take care of their family or don’t have the closest relationships hopefully she helped him out I hope he is more vocal if he isn’t getting help from his daughter so the public would know the truth.
@Abhishek lol gaga isn't a "degenerate".... she's an artist with an image
That was greed and entitlement on steroids'.
I wouldn’t want to subsidize my parents constantly if I had that net worth. Sometimes, you have to put your foot down and say no, or you’ll be seen as an ATM forever.
Gaga has her own big drug habit to support
Back in the 1970's the media said NYC was dead.
That was BB or before bandwidth. This is AB or after bandwidth. I heard that elsewhere but it's true
HIGH NY State Taxes and Regulations and NOW with the Internet AND ZOOM....you DO NOT NEED
Commercial Property anymore...AND....why DO YOU NEED NYC...to have an Online or Financial or
Investing business????
And they needed to change a lot to save themselves, doubt it'll happen again
Gevixel
It’s safe???
There was a subway shooter just a couple of weeks ago.
NYC is far from safe, abs it’s one reason ppl are leaving.
I call this year "THE GREAT RESET"... Use this time to sharpen your skills so you can put yourself in a better position
Exactly.
Incredible perspective! 👍👏✊💪🙌
Im always in reset mode
Before and after the pandemic.
Seth Stone well spoken. I am glad you said it because I have been saying that since the beginning of this pandemic.
Seth Stone stock trading and investing is doing me in
The condition of NYC in the US is just the same as the condition of Mumbai in India.
" Majority of people in Mumbai are not Living, they're Surviving"
Well that's what the financial capitals of all countries are known for!!!
Yikes! Not in Malaysia where I'm from. The financial capital is doing very well, however, the southern city that borders with Singapore has taken a huge hit. Borders were closed and the south depends on tourists from Singapore. Now it's gone
Haha, try visiting Tokyo. While the surviving thing may also be true for its inhabitatns, its much more crowded than NY, although way more balanced between noise and silence. Walk two blocks form a crowded commercial street and you might end up at some temple. Also, crime rate is practically zero if you compare to other mayor cities. ...they have their problems for sure, but they manage to have a needed amount of silence in the mega city that it is.
@````and what does a third world country have to do with that???? For ur info third world countries r those that took a neutral stance during the cold war....
@N Pa just so u know BOMBAY or now MUMBAI was built by the British 😑😑.... including all the land reclamation...
Such an upbeat narrator- like she enjoys NYC's downfall
She reads any script like this, is kind of a reading machine.
Some women like to watch the world burn,
People displaces other people.... This is life. New people will displace old people in NYC. A very stupid narration.
@i.e.d Most of the USA that had to suffer NYC's arrogance is celebrating.
@@hardysingh5003 🍷 🕶 ... Yup! not gonna argue with that one.
People don’t wanna live in high tax cities and states ? Weird
HIGHLY taxed and the concinnity levels are astoundingly LOW = bad combo for attracting and holding residents
@@Gevixel They have astoundingly generous welfare programs
@@Gevixel and being correct as I get taller
@@Gevixel poor SOB immigrating towards the money
@@Gevixel spoken like a true lifetime state welfare recipient .........bye
I like how they’re trying to tax their people as they leave. Smh 🤦🏾♂️
Tommy
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If NY is dead Cali is long decomposing
@@CaseyBurnsInvesting bro you are everywhere lol
The people who complain about taxes the most are also the same weirdos who want free healthcare and free education 🤣🤣🤣
dubreil07
Haha, that’d be weird.
I guess people grew tired of being overtaxed while surviving😏
The tax is crazy here
What's REALLY sad is your tax money isn't helping the average American. In fact, America is the ONLY 1st world country with no free healthcare and no free college. People in Europe pay high taxes but at least they don't go bankrupt from medical bills and student loan debt. Also, 78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, while the top rich 1% have more wealth than half the population combined. This is corruption in a nutshell.
I find it weird that the income tax of NYC+NYS and lower than average national property taxes that it is less taxed than California’s rural places
@@Cod4Wii I'm not paying for nobody to attend college. parents should have considered college costs when they having intercourse producing kids
@@autumn_b905 What a selfish way of thinking.....your taxes are paying for public school, roads, public libraries, public parks, police, fire department, etc.... By your logic, why do you pay for this but have a problem with college and healthcare? Why pay taxes at all? You have a chump of a president named Donald Trump who has over $3 billion dollars and doesn't pay taxes. The rich people are the ones getting away with it....and you don't even know it. All your tax money is just going to rich people and corrupt politicians. All they care about is profit and security, so all your money is going to the military. OH you know what's funny? Your tax money is just going to government wars and military families, WHICH BY THE WAY, have free college and free healthcare. BUT in countries in Europe, you don't have to risk your life in pointless wars to get the same type of benefits.
America as a whole is dying. You can thank extreme partisan politics for that.
but nobody wants to talk about that lol
you can think extreme left wing politics BTW before the pandemic the US economy was the strongest economy in the history of the world.
You can thank extreme leftism and never ending freebies for that...
Kinnish it goes both ways. i hate people like you that blame everything on one side and refuse to put blame on another.
Alex P how is leftism killing america when it’s controlled by conservatives?
A radio host recently commented that “Cuomo and D’Blasio have undone 20 years of progress”. As much as I love NYC, I have to agree. My friends that live there, are moving out cause they no longer feel safe.
Yes, safety is pretty basic, isn’t it?
Most of this is actually beneficial, I don't know why so many people are showing it to be as such as sombre and bad thing. This will help dis-congest metropolitan areas, lowering rent, giving more flexibility for workers instead of forcing them to be close to very expensive areas, it will reduce costs for businesses and add in lifestyle quality for employees if they are allowed to live in larger areas in rural areas they like rather than being crammed up in a 350 square foot apartment at 7th floor in some building. Over here (Germany) I have started seeing some government jobs now being offered with flexible time between 6:00 - 21: 00 remotely from wherever you want to be, that would be almost unthinkable last year. I think that is a good development in the long run.
Random Guy because most of us want our cities to be safe.
@@everetteborr Yes, but even that you could argue would be beneficial in the long run too. I am speaking long run not people going unemployed during pandemic of course. But let us say that metropolitan areas are decongested, rent prices and living costs fall and overall demographic density reduces, that too can help lowering crime rates in the long run if there are less people grouped together. I am sad for the lives and jobs lost during this pandemic of course, but I think in the long run there may be positive things we can get from it. Home-working, more flexibility, lower living costs and so on.
@@randomguy4989 long run that city is Detroit and another city becomes the metropolis that everyone goes to NYC is just a city and is easily replaced the de blasio and cumo have destroyed it maybe they can pay out of their pockets for the damage they have caused.
The city had 3 problems :
1) Coronavirus
2) Andrew Cuomo
3) Bill DeBlasio
The number one is number three actually
Not necessarily in that order
socialism.
@Kanley West I I'm a New Yorker too. but I agree with the end from your comments that we need to stop the political games we need to say that for the democrats
4) James Dolan
As a person that was born and raised in NYC and have many family still there, I understand and can appreciate New York's resilience, but this is different. Everybody I know in NYC including childhood friends, family, and old neighbors are all tripping over each other to get out. There are just way greener pastures throughout the country. NYC lost their richest people because they don't need to live in NYC of CT to trade at Wall St , they can do that from anywhere in the world with an internet connection and overbearing taxes isn't helping anybody but welfare recipients and politicians. Crime and shootings are ridiculously high, with some the strictest gun laws that basically makes it impossible to get a gun license, preventing you from defending or protecting yourself. Space is another one, the amount of house cutting in NYC is crazy, I know many people spending $1,500 for a single bedroom in a piece of a basement, when a place like CT or upstate NY you can rent an entire house with a yard in a quiet neighborhood for that amount and that not even talking about places like Texas, North Carolina, and Delaware that have way better taxes and cost of living. The riots happening continues to show you it's not worth it to be there to deal with that, as people are getting their businesses burned that they invested all their money and a decade of labor into, really sad to see honestly. Scientist saying viruses like coronavirus will happen in more frequency makes NYC a petri dish, with everybody on top of each other, it's a death trap. Everybody I talked to who left were all NYC born and raised say, "I can't believe I waited this long. I'm never going back."
NYC will always have a special place in my heart as it where I was born and raised and I love the city during Christmas time. But too many years of bad policy finally broke the camel's back.
I'm a native NY'er from Queens. I appreciate your insight. The protests, looting, rioiting, crime, closure of popular cultural nightlife spots, activities, safety issues, and more have really put a damper over NYC in the past few months. Some neighborhoods, like Astoria, have kept up and remained well. But when I go somewhere like Port Authority/Times Square area, it is not really that great walking down the streets there. There is not much reason for tourists to come and visit NYC in these times. I am curious to see how NYC will shape up and evolve/recover in the next year.
@@noldi123 I'm not from NYC, not even from the US for that matter, but the way I see it, NYC can still make a pretty good comeback, I mean you hsve a housing bubble that will eventually burst, which will get some douchebags like kushner poorer but will sure as hell give some life back to the city, From where I'm from (Europe) there is still a lot of hype around New York, and I really think and hope that the city will eventually come back to that pre pandemic life or why not, a better, and stronger version, like it happened every time
Everything you just said is music to my ears. I love New York City but it's just not worth it anymore. Living here is a headache never get to save money there's always some no BS policy the benefits of City you never get a fair court trial and the list goes on. Florida sounds really nice to me
@@noldi123 I would love to see NYC thrive myself as it always has. I live in CT now, and the same is happening here even if it's on a smaller scale, and I am usually in Queens at least once a month but that mostly because my family is there. The thing that is helping CT is the fact New Yorkers are leaving and coming here because it is a better situation, but many CT residents see the same thing happening and are running out as well. My family is in real estate in CT and the market has jumped 100%-300% price wise here and all my relator friends are telling my it's New Yorkers, paying 300K for a house is a deal for them though the same house was overpriced selling for 125K in February. I may be like the idiots that called Apple dead in the early 2000's and NYC a few decades before, and if I'm wrong I'll gladly admit so. But I was planning to expand my real estate into NYC last year but as I did the research it didn't look promising as I was trying to forecast the next 10 years, I never expected for Coronavirus to happen and speed up what I predicted was going to happen over the next decade. The one thing that is worrying and the reason I don't think it is the same as before, is the population deficit, it's the first time since population has been recorded (1790) that New York has actually lost people. NYC lost more people than any other state and #3 percentage wise to their population. NYC lost an estimated 76,790 people between 2018 and 2019 and since NYC tends to get 23,000 immigrants every year, that means roughly 100,000 people actually left. Even scarier it is a growing trend as the past 4 years the deficit is growing more and more.
But the harder the comeback the greater the story. Just like you said, I too, "am curious to see how NYC will shape up and evolve/recover"
@@alexcontreras8829 I sincerely understand and empathize. I have family that moved to Florida and they are loving it. I would be remiss if I didn't tell you the South is great is many ways but the job market is tough. Most of my family did a transfer within their organization and if this is an option for you that is what I would suggest, unless you have you own business, or of course have in demand skills and or can work from home. But the fact they have no personal income state tax and cost of living is significant cheaper makes it so you don't need to make 60K just to survive. All based on information 3 friends and 4 family members living in Florida have specifically told me. Hope you the best Alex!
The narrator has got to be from Canada. That “been” stands out.
Eh heard it elsewhere.
Correct, she does live in Canada!
Gen "zeders"
No she sounds like she’s from stuck up L.A California
Stuff N ThingS B.C I live in Cali and we don’t talk like that wtf
I left NYC many years ago due to the harassment from the NYPD and high cost of living. My life and career took a complete 180° from driving a $300 car to owning a Porsche and actually having money in my account that I can use to invest. It’s a great place to visit but not to live.
Congratulations!
@Dani Portlandia drove me back n forth to work and out of the the state to where I live now
Good for you!
Nice to hear that .sr
The lack of police and lawlessness is why many good ppl are leaving these cities.
No one wants to live where crime is high, abs ppl will keep fleeing.
“NEWWWWW YORKKKKKK concrete jungle where nightmares are MADDDDEEEE OFFFF 🎶 😩😩😩”
It’s my dream to visit New York some day, I’m 21 now and hustling to make my way out of life and Seeing this just makes me sad.
Went there in Sep 2019 for the first time. Love it! Stayed at The Dominick. Would go there again. Don’t bother people before 10:00am. Watch videos about rules New Yorkers live by. Quite helpful. Would go there again AFTER the pandemic. People there were wonderful!!!!
I stayed on the wealthy side. Did not go to any sketchy areas
What could possibly happens with NY? It'll be there until WW3 at least.
Same.
People are exaggerating especially the Trump supporters. They hate that New York is Democrat and THE cultural hub of the USA or heck the world. Downtown and Midtown are fine. Yes there’s the homeless but they wouldn’t bother much except the occasional yeller. This summer, all restaurants were outdoors dining and it was packed. NYC is not dying. It’s just been affected by the virus like every other place and will bounce back
IN ONE WORD: DEMOCRATS
More like COVID
@@Fartz4L NO. It’s Democrats.
@Whirlmode Flutter
www.google.se/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alabama-black-belt-un-poverty-expert-extreme-developed-country-sewage-crisis-roy-moore-philip-alston-a8105886.html%3famp
Republicans
Yes RATS IS RULING
Jerry Seinfeld lives in the Hamptons. He has no right to lecture.
He owns Manhattan Real Estate, He doesnt want to lose his tenants.
Bullshit. Jerry is in the city everyday.
@@kingsolomon2478 Beresford, one of the most expensive apt bldings in the city
1. Cost of living 1:02
2. Gentrification 1:41
3. The stress, the skyscrapers, and the claustrophobia 2:34
4. The pandemic hits and takes out NYC office space 3:47
5. Smaller businesses start to close 4:41
6. Restaurants take the worst hit 5:20
7. Cultural life comes to a standstill 5:53
8. People move to other cities 6:56
9. People and companies get used to working remotely 7:32
10. Colleges are remote too 8:17
11. Lack of safety 9:12
12. A depressed property market 9:52
13. Other cities are on the rise 10:42
14. Tourism is down 11:40
15. NY could fall into disrepair 12:23
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Thank you for your summary and for the starting times for the 15 reasons!
Spammer
The internet makes it possible for most people not to risk living in New York but still continue working and doing business.
awesome summary,
This channel teaches things in like 15 mins which our school teachers can't even in a week😂
Agreed lol
It isn't about the teachers... they almost no blame to take... it's the goddamn school system. Their hands are tied.
@Jason Lawson i like the way you think...
@@hardysingh5003 Teachers' hands are tied. The NYC government tells schools what to teach & how to teach it
@Jason Lawson NYC government tells schools what to teach & how to teach or the government cuts the school's budget/funding. "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" book explains how the wealthy that pay high taxes to govt, & in turn, fund schools dictate teaching kids to grow up to become good workers for the wealthy. Wealth is taught at home (Parent to child)
"The more you learn, the more you earn" -Warren Buffet
That’s a lie. People with Bachelors barely surviving
@@Isaactorres60 Not if you own your own business. Additional time in school doesn't offer much either. I have a young man I helped put through dental school at $ 415K for the full stint. He's making good money, but that will change as fewer people will be able to afford his fees. When my late father was in practice 40 years ago, he netted 55% of his gross billings. Total, even in a good practice, a dentist typically nets less than 20%. This is due to excessive expenses, including labor, which are hard to minimize. I know of one dental graduate who boasted he owed over $ 1M in student and other loans. He will never have a life unless he leaves this country, because that amount of debt can't be repaid!
Paul learning doesn’t have to be from a school (aka indoctrination camps)
I left there for the final time in 1979. I was tired of commuting. Tired of the high taxes. Tired of rude people.
In a way I'm sorry to see dying. I was born there in 1951 in Manhattan. It was my family's home starting in 1627 when the Dutch West India Company sent my grandfathers there to build barrels to ship beaver pelts and tobacco back to Amsterdam. The Roosevelts and van der Bilts are my cousins. I had two great grandfathers who arrived in 1653. One to be the Magistrate of Haarlem the other to be Governor General Peter Stuyvesant's adjutant.
We lived Brooklyn. Bushwick, Wyckoff Heights. It was nice because we were a block from Queens. It wasn't run down and crime ridden like other parts. Clean streets and long time residents. But my parents wanted better. We were in a four room apartment counting the kitchen.Nice and cozy because we were over the boiler room in the cellar. The whole family lived within blocks of each other. We were 8 kids and needed more space. So we moved to Miami when I was 13. I went back when I was 19. Got drafted and came back 4 years later. The city wasn't the same. It had gone through a bankruptcy. It was more run down. Everyone was on strike. Cops, Firemen, Sanitation, Taxi cab drivers. Pure chaos. More crime.More trash.The winters of 1977, 1978 and 1979 were murderous.
Id had enough. I asked the company for transfer points. We chose Charlotte, NC. My best friend from Miami was there. (We both worked for Ma Bell) Two of my wife's college classmates had moved there. I stopped going to New York after my grandparents passed. Mostly food items I'll never find here. The people who try to make them failed. They don't have the same taste. Real New York Pizza. Bagel with a shmear, lox and a slice of red onion. Sauerbraten with potato balls and red cabbage. You cant import that taste even if you import the people who make it.
So I'm here almost 42 years. Retired and a lot better of than if I'd stayed in New York. I'm going back one day. My families have two big plots in the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Cemeteries stack them three to a grave. Even in death you're in a high rise.
House Prices in NY need to come down 50% so people can live again there ,california is too expensive too, for my home in Puerto Rico in a great area call Guaynabo I just pay 574 a month for a house 2 floors 4 rooms 2 bath
Real Estate has and will become a buyer's market on steroids ................
Coño pero he escuchado que no hay trabajos ahí y si encuentras uno no te pagan mucho, es cierto o no?
Here’s hoping our territories are offered statehood under our new administration 🤞🏻
Theres no money to he made in PR.. sorry
vidainvestor Retail space prices are going way down. Instead of $200+ per square foot it has fallen to $35 per square foot. As for residential it is up to landlords to start reducing prices.
Sounds like a lot of real estate in NY 🍎 is going to go on sale.
Kelvin Reyes who will buy it
Ike The kid people who can afford to take the financial hit on the short term, because on the long term, real estate is always going to go up in value.
Kelvin Reyes I think Covid already exposed everything that is with capitalism. The country is going through a reset.
Ike The kid De Blasio will buy them. They want more profit. De Blasio and company will continue this shutdown until the very brink of state bankruptcy.
NYC is dead? This time its different?...HA!!! I Guarantee you they said the same thing in 1918 after the Spanish flu. This video will not age well. It will take time but NYC will be just fine.... thanks - life long New Yorker
I'm a native New Yorker, but moved away five years ago to Michigan. I will always love NYC, but living there was indeed just surviving
I do believe, despite the challenges NY faces, it will come back but it needs to reinvent itself.
People have been leaving NYC for years because of the high cost of living. Too much greed.
It’s not greedy for people to leave NYC, they are only seeking a better life for themselves!
I am a proud Native New Yorker. Born and raised in Manhattan. New York Made New York and New York will never be dead. It will change, it will go through a metamorphosis but it will never be dead. It's up to you New York, New York. Thank You Alux!
Yes, NYC made a huge comeback after the eighties, and it can again with great leadership.
Residents can choose great leadership when they have had enough of the current direction.
Marc Schvartz never say never just get you arse here in Miami, boca raton, or Tampa you feel better and winter is great here.
@@mrike5651
Have a house on Santa Maria Island
Ike The kid tbh I love the cold New York winters tho
Well I guess technically Detroit didn't die either...
So glad I left Manhattan two years ago... Dodged a major bullet
Yes, you were lucky.
I left brooklyn 1 1/2 yrs ago..I feel the same
Only the strong survive 🤷🏽♂️
Rae Bonafide lol right. They couldn’t make it in the city so they had no choice but to move and this propaganda video by people were obviously not in NYC during this summer is making them feel better. The city is still the city. People that left were transplants! People who appreciate different culture stayed cause there is no other place like NYC
Rae Bonafide Darwin is often misquoted with “only the strong survive”.
Darwin actually said that only those, who appropriately adapt to a constantly changing environment, survive.
There is a great video of Governor Cuomo (1) begging billionaires to come back to NYC because they pay substantial taxes to NYC and (2) criticizing Mayor De Blasio for encouraging the billionaires to leave.
Governor Cuomo understands survival, Mayor De Blasio does not.
Since this channel is dedicated to those of us wanting to become billionaires, I think it is wise to learn from billionaires and leave NYC at this time.
After all, billionaires are generally pretty good with money, Mayor De Blasio is not so good.
Follow the leaders, not the losers.
Reason 1 : Democrats
Reason 2 : Democrats
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Reason 11 : Democrats
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Reason 15 : Democrats
Yup
DemocRATS
Democrats did not let the Covid virus lag on saying it was the China virus
(BONUS) Reason 16: The planned pandemic.
@@imabina7425 The virus only sped up the inevitable.
Damn this is heartbreaking... New York is one of my favorite cities
Yes, it is sad.
NYC is dead? This time its different?...HA!!! I Guarantee you they said the same thing in 1918 after the Spanish flu. This video will not age well. It will take time but NYC will be just fine.... thanks - life long New Yorker
G A you are absolutely right, NYC will bounce back when New Yorkers get fed up and demand better leadership.
New Yorkers have turned it around in the past, and they will do it again when they are ready.
Magic will not bring back NYC, New Yorkers will do it.
@@everetteborrAgreed.... Also I think the painful years ahead will help to bring the price correction in real-estate that's at the heart of the outrageous rent and cost of living. The idea that there's a mass exodus is an exaggerated joke. Out of 8 million people how many do they really think have the money and job lined up to just up and move? Just because the upper middle class and wealthy are interested in leaving does not equal the entire city being abandoned smh
G A I agree that there is no mass migration, but those who are leaving pay a substantial part of the taxes in NYC so they cannot be ignored.
There is an extraordinary video of Governor Cuomo (1) begging billionaires to come back to NYC because they pay a substantial portion of NYC taxes and (2) ridiculing Mayor De Blasio for encouraging billionaires to leave.
Governor Cuomo understands economic recovery, Mayor Blasio does not.
This channel is dedicated to future billionaires so when actual billionaires leave NYC it is an important clue about the current economic environment in NYC.
Regardless of the current situation, I have great confidence in New Yorkers getting fed up and moving forward again. They have forced the leadership to move forward in the past when NYC was faltering, and they will do it again.
Best wishes in your life journey!
Fun fact
Over 90 per cent of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.
-The Shades
Being under the stress always, is considered somewhat a sign of progress in this screwed up modern world.... pathetic
Yes
This nyc is all show everyone living a lie fronting
I believe it will come back but it needs to change. Taxes are crazy here. No one is coming back at these prices. But if they get better than yes it will at some point come back.
New York is not dead, it's just simply becoming the movie "Escape from New York". It's alive and well.
My advice!! Run if you can. Over price apartments and high taxes are killing the entire state of New York.
Covid crime and high prices.
Will Smith knows exactly how new York will look like in the future
That movie with his dog... Remember?
I am Legend?
Ask Kurt Russel for news further down the line
Predictive programming. 🏁💀🎩
@@xaraxen They don't call me 'Snake' for nothin .. 🍷🕶
I realized that movie is a piece of crap once he started talking to a mannequin
Chandler Bings job in Tulsa doesn't sound too bad now
I thought abt that just the same.. True. 😆
🤣🤣🤣
Many people are leaving Los Angeles too. Look at Joe Rogan
Yawn. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard NYC is “dead”
Yes, NYC can come back with great leadership!
Facts!
Yawn.
I’m sincerely hoping that it would come back. NYC really does have a special place in my heart, and I’d really hate to see it go.
Not the first time.... but this time it is true.
One look at their tax rates says it all.
Yeah, good schools, well funded museums, cops, etc.
If Biden gets in, it'll only get worse.
I have always wanted to visit NY. I am FromTexas🇺🇸. I had several thousand dollars to have my family spend over a week and see some of our Nations history. No way now! I may go to Massachusetts to visit history but I will not spend one penny in travel or visit to NY🇺🇸. My money will stay in Texas where I can ranch, drive in freedom, carry my weapon, see beaches, see beautiful mountains, visit the famous Alamo and Riverwalk, breath clean crisp fresh air. Millions of Americans have no idea what is awesome about Texas and many southern states. We aren’t racist, we take people on what they contribute to society not take away! We are the only state that once was a republic or country. But don’t move here, we are satisfied with our born and bred Texans. My beloved state!
God Bless Crocket, Travis, Austin, and our blessed Hispanic population, true Texans!🙏🇺🇸🤘🎾🌹🌺🌷🦋🙏
Do the socialist leaning politicians have any effect on these trends?
You bet!
Well considering the happiest and healthiest countries on earth right now are socialists... no.
They are the cause - cancel culture just like Obama wanted and replaced with Islam. No major sports allowed. It appears, no restaurants either. Worse, these libtards are moving to your and others' cities that were happily low taxed, low cost of living, living in liberty and these same libtard, crony capitalists, are going to vote for the thieves aka democrats and RINO's (Republicans in name only) because they lost tax revenues in democrat cities so now they want your money ie CA and NY. Just say no! Higher taxes does not equal better schools, housing, roads, security, ect...but it does mean more money for the politicians and their friends.
When did socialism become a dirty word? The best economies on earth have features of socialism.
@@amywalker7515 Where do you get this information? Please stop reading just the BS headlines and do your own research!!🤦🏼♂️
I was born in Downtown Manhattan but I was raised in Rockland County, NY, an hour from the city. Even the suburbs are expensive. No 2 bedroom homes in my town under $300k. Good thing I'm in Orlando now.
Good for ya..I'm still stuck here n forever
Bradley Post yep. Orlando the real deal.
Bradley Post that’s more like it our state is he best for everything except heathcare so stay healthy man
Hey fellow Rocklander aka “upstate” lol I’m in Rochester now, but would go to Orange County.. prices rising, but not as bad as Rockland and Westchester
@@Lover-of_TRuth Leave NY if you can, it's not worth it. If you like four seasons, there's NC, NH, and TN. The entire Mid-Atlantic/Northeast is a dumpster fire tbh.
New York will never be finished it's just going downwards a little and will be back in 5 to 10 years time - I say this as someone who lives in the U.K. 👍👍
Yes, NYC can bounce back with great leadership!
Welly that's what the comedy club owner said as well... But it's not gonna be the same as it used to be....so better be prepared for the worst
@@sora6632 it will get back to how it was just when they have a tablet for the virus
Lol I was hopeful until you said your in the UK. I’m here in Uptown Bronx. It’s getting crazy. Shooting around the corner from me over the weekend. Been thinking about Dallas. This video definitely makes me want to leave out now
@@Nathan.Manchester dude it's not just about the pandemic....just like the video said...ppl already started leaving big cities all over the world, but the rate at which it happened was low....but the pandemic just ACCELERATED the process....
New York dead I’m taking my gf and we leaving in 2021
Congratulations!
Please leave the politics that lead to your last city's failure where you left them when you get to the voting booth in your new home.
@@everetteborr appreciate that
@@Eternalwarpuppy not my city, I’m just a citizen
@AriesAreTheBest that’s wassup bro North Carolina is one of our options. And sameee I’m going after my class a CDL. I drive forklift currently
l think NYC, Seattle, SF, and Portland are going to end up like Detroit.
Why?
You ain't wrong... LA is already more than half way there.. SF is near...
My rich American friends from Portland have all moved out because of the chaos there.
@@poetsguide I saw the handwriting on the wall in left Portland Oregon in 2001. I'm so glad I did!
NYC is just fine and I'm enjoying the slightly less crowded streets. We just need a full restaurant reopening.
Sydney, Australia here...we also took a hit, and I remember the great quote, “a city is its people”. NYC is its people, so long as majority still live there, it will come back. The referred article is short term focused. I would say the big Apple is hibernating, rather than dead
I wish I'm in aussie now.here in concrete jungle cost more than what I earned
NYC is now filled with soy-boy transplants who don’t care what happens to the quality of life here. They aren’t from here so they don’t have a vested interest in the success of the city. They’re more focused on social justice so they couldn’t care less if there’s looting or violence. Most of them aren’t married so they don’t have to worry about raising children in a place like this. Their biggest problem is if they burn their avocado toast in the morning. The rest of the city is filled with welfare recipients, druggies and the homeless. All the good people are moving out and fast. Restaurants closing in droves, there’s no sporting events, no concerts, Broadway is dark ....anything cultural that you used to be able to enjoy has been taken away. The mayor has emptied the jails (using Covid as an excuse) so there’s criminals running rampant. Stores are still boarded up from the riots in June. Graffiti everywhere. It’s disgusting. Let’s not even start on how the mayor and chancellor have utterly and completely failed with reopening schools here. I’m born and raised in Brooklyn...I never thought I’d want to leave NYC. Now I’m actively looking to get out. The bad thing is, there’s not enough good people left to vote differently so they’ll keep electing far-left communists who will continue to destroy this once great city.
@@melissam7379 Bring back Rudy.
Michael Cap we won’t see the likes of him here ever again.......
@Fehad Bilgrami - Maybe, but they will have to lower taxes. Still is the city with the largest population in the U.S., but mostly minority & low income people. Large cities in the U.S. are all run by Democrats who essentially bankrupt the cities and then expect the federal gov't to bail them out. NYC went bankrupt in the '70s as well.
This video should be retitled *15 Reasons Manhattan is DEAD.*
Most of reasons are all about Manhattan. 👀
Exactly
eman7188 cost of living is stupid asf but the real NY isn’t dead just all the places where the rich people used to hang out
eman7188 I’m telling you it’s not. The cost of living is high asf and the hood is still popping 🤷🏻♂️
Manhattan is the epicenter of what makes NY what it is and has affects on the surrounding areas. Most of the money and jobs stem from Manhattan and the people that encompassed the regions. I believe the decline of Manhattan will affect the surrounding areas of the outer boroughs. We will see long term, but even if a bounce back is possible. I believe we will see a long road ahead to get there.
@@adamdrach3894 Why you even arguing with him? He doesn't understand that businesses who closed down permanently in NY because of pandemic *were struggling before* that is why they couldn't last.
Most areas were the majority of the renters are essential workers are not having problems like manhattan.
I have been working almost everyday during the pandemic. I even paid off 4 credit cards. Trains and buses was free for long time. I didn't eat out much or go out with friends. So, I saved a lot of money because of this pandemic. 💁🏾♀️
I remember my area in brooklyn was ghost town during lockdown but now? People are everywhere wearing masks and living their lives. My sister is real estate agent . Her clients still want to buy homes. Which is still shocker to me because prices of homes didn't go down. 😒
Give it a few months, they'll be making this type of video about San Francisco too
Apartment rent cost in NY is mind blowing. Quite a percentage of the population don't even earn that much in a month. LOL.
Cant imagine anyone from the age of 20 to 25 being excited to go to a crammed city that infrastructure is not great, lots of rats, sky high cost of living and not much opportunity in 2020 (compared to day the year 2000)
Ratsz ?? :O
If youre an entrepreneur,, the streets of NYC are like Gold
You dont watch Friends or Sex And The City.
Yes it’s really sad my beautiful city was hit the hardest and I honestly agree NY will never be the same. I’m a real estate agent here and Alux you’re 💯 right everything you said in this video.
We have record high apartment vacancies and office spaces are irrelevant since we are most of not all are working remotely. Salaries aren’t going to be the same.
I hope NYC will survive this but it’s going to take about 5 years to truly recover, if we ever do. I myself am considering leaving after 18 years here. Very sad.
I don’t think New York City is permanently dead, but there will definitely have to be some changes made. And prices are going level set, which I think is good for the city. New York will still be New York years from now.
I'm a New Yorker and this hit me hard. Thank you Alux for the wake up call.
Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco next please!
Chicago Atlanta New Orleans
I left The greater San Francisco/Bay Area due to the poor educational school districts for my kids, filthiness throughout the cities, small square foot home for about 1million in a "ok" neighborhood and high taxes... covid19 and the shutdown of everything was the breaking point! DONE I'm OUT I tried!
@Robert The Genius In a country run by hypocritical reds. Don't forget that part.
946 BIZ oh not not Miami keep Florida red not blue
@Billionaire# Vision Almost all the poorest (and least intelligent and least healthy and most racist) states are red.
In Guatemala, many places have fall down, but also are many zones that are growing, they are like "centennials zones".
I left NY ten years ago too expensive, bad winters, too overcrowded,and nasty rats 🥴
Sadly, America is in terminal decline. Combined with overreaching, power-seeking and wealth seeking politicians, massive, unsustainable debt (at every level of society), increasingly lack of religion (for the lack of a better measure) in terms of declining morals, decency, honesty and integrity, excessive taxes (which don't help those who pay them) and massive decline in personal standards are leading us to complete ruin. People have to stop listening to the pols in terms of this supposed "health crisis" and get back to work. Central banks though constant currency debasement will ultimately destroy what the prior parameters have failed to screw up. In political terms, the reality is you can't get something for nothing! Until people start realizing that fact and take full responsibility for their own lives, and stop acquiescing to this increasingly authoritarian system there is no hope for recovery. A massive reset is necessary. It will have to be accomplished from the bottom up rather than the top down if people are to retain any sense of liberty, freedom and dignity.
When our politicians realized Elected Office could make them rich they no longer worked for us but worked for themselves. They look out for themselves instead of the people who elected them. Ever seen a 2 term senator or congressman that didn't leave office wealthy? Were screwed.
The New York is dead theme has been here since the 1970s and its 2020 now. New York will never die
Thank you....I Guarantee they said the same thing after the 1918 Spanish flu...smh it will take time...NYC will be just fine
For as long as people are horny, New York will rise again, erect and coming.
W/ remote working, millions of people are not going to bars/restaurants, retail, hotels & tourism dead, rent tax/mortgage/ done
I live in San Francisco and think it will never come back. The dotcom/venture capital frenzy is dead.
The mayor says there are 200,000 unemployed in a city of 880,000. People are leaving every day. There are vacancies where there haven't been vacancies for decades.
Homelessness is increasing by the day.
Remote work is not that good because many of the people who work for Uber and others are jammed 4 to a 1 bedroom apartment and paying $2,000 a month each for the rent.
There are thousands of apartments built or being built that will be empty.
The downtown restaurants are gone along with many other businesses that were there for decades. The sports and culture can't survive social distancing.
Google has millions of square feet of office space in Mountain View and other areas that will be empty at least until mid-2021. I suspect they will build smaller campuses in a number of mid-size cities.
Just like New York- high rent, high taxes, maniacal government.
The city and state have been assuming that they will get a big check from Washington. No sign of it yet.
The lockdown is the cause, not the pandemic. Only a handful of people in SF have died strictly from CV.
Nothing like this has ever been done in the history of civilization.
As long as DeBlasio is mayor and NYC is Democrap run all we have to say in Mr. Mosby’s tone of voice is “Good luck with that....”
The 90s was the best years
Amen
@@donantonio5646 yeah it was beautiful tho and it was the best u had to be there ur right about the crime tho kid fr the Asian cultural club had his guts spilled on the gym floor the schools all had metal detectors and they were not hard to get around guns in school I once saw a girl accost a teacher for a passing grade and she got it, I drank with the same gold badge that later came to arrest me in class he also smoked crack guns, gang wars, and grills it was amazing but we all knew someone who got killed
More like late 90's but I get ya
@@fatherleo4603 Late 90s was dangerous
This is a good, measured view. Good job, Alux.
I visited NYC a lot over recent years. This year it was loosened bail laws that were making me consider not going to the Big Apple this year. Then the pandemic hit, and worse, the riots hit. Crime rose in a city that not only didn't stop crime but actively reduced crime fighting.
Is New York City dead? Can it die? It's all economics. If there's no reason to visit, no life on the streets, no culture, no restaurants, no safety, why live there? Why visit there? Detroit died. NYC can die, and maybe is in its death throes now. Who knows?
I did two photography project last year in NY, celebrating life in the city. That city, the city I photographed, the people, the intimacy, the beauty, the life, is last year. That city is gone, and I don't think it is coming back any time soon.
Graham Glover Same I’m just here sitting here thinking I’m glad I live in Florida and born here the cops here put the law down.
It’s getting closer to John Carpenter’s Escape from New-York scenario
Same here in Boston. They just waiting until election day then it will be 'Oh, covid what's that?'
I think it’s because investors are buying too many properties and chasing out residents, mostly.
What are you saying?
Investors are buying, but no one lives in their apartments?
Are investors turning apartments into office building?
Why would there be fewer people because of investment in NYC.
Thank Trump
Rick Blaine The people buying the properties aren’t living in them, creating artificial demand that raises prices.
@@viramparekh2301
How is this Trump's fault?
Cedric that’s fascinating.
Investors buying apartments and not living in them or renting them out!
They must have a huge amount of money to carry the costs without having any rental income.
Thanks, I was not aware of this weird type of investing.
That's why in places like LA having roommates is a necessity. In LA, it's not uncommon to find 5-6 people living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Two in one room. Two in another. Maybe one or two in the living room. I remember living in Santa Monica and seeing about 6 or 7 Asian college students living in a 2 bed room apartment. They were paying I think $525 a month (with utilities). I'm sure it's the same way with New York.
Umm naw sry don't be so sure. Maybe when ur young, but once u get to ur mid 30's girls won't talk to u if don't have your own place. Santa Monica and NY don't compare. I've lived in LA. There's no bad areas in SM except maybe Pico and still NY has exponentially more gangs shooting rape robbery murder . I'm Asian Btw.
@R Cruz I'm talking bout Santa Monica where's the bad neighborhood? There isn't one unless ur scared of the bums on Venice. IDK if u think SM has tough neighborhoods come stay in Harlem, Washington Heights, East NY, SM is paradise!
@R Cruz www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/california/santa-monica.html and www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/pr0706/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-june-2020 like I said u can not compare SM to NYC it's LA or SF that one compares to NYC
My mom visited NY a couple weeks ago and she said it was dead and desolate with little to no sense of life. It's sad I remember when I went back in 2009 there wasn't walking space in the city and it was filled with life and performers.
If you just want to survive and not live, move to NYC. Someone just got cracked over the head with a sock full of coins on the train. This is not a city to raise a family the school system is horrible
I'm a New Yorker born & raised. Brooklynite. Gentrification has definitely made some neighbors not only over priced, but lamer. I miss many of the families that lived here. Don't care for Hipsters at all. The rents are too high, so many friends & family have been moving to NJ, CT and PA. If one can afford to buy an apartment, instead of renting, it will be cheaper than renting. But need to take into account maintenance, HOAs, etc.
It seems the best situation long term is to leave and seek more pleasant pastures...
As a New Yorker much of my life I too and leaving. I will always visit but I am done. It isn't to say this city is dead just too expensive, people's attitudes on the road stink and a lack of community (walk by me, look at me then look away w/o speaking??) I love what USED to be years ago about this town but I can do everything I do here elsewhere. 11
As a New Yorker I am truly saddened to see my city fall but I do have hope that one day in the near future that New York City will return!!!
NEW YORK is dead for the next 25 years. ....Anyway, I am out for 11 years now, Atlanta has it all...and not chocked up like a swine pen.
Arrived 1954 made my mark and left 2005. What a ride it was. Arrived Belize 2005 and loving it all.
She sounds so happy (and that she's having fun) as she's saying it - maybe she wasn't the best choice for this narration.
that type are taught to be happy and upbeat even about vids of Auschwitz
She's the voice of Alux channel, "where future billionaires come to get inspired". She speaks of luxury furs with the same voice she speaks of decaying New York.
I don’t know. I feel like many of the people complaining are people living in manhattan paying ridiculous rents for a shoebox apartment. I think New Yorkers in the outer boroughs who own their homes/apartments like myself and many of my friends would be more inclined to stay here. My family has been in the Bronx since the early 1910s and my parents grew up in the “The Bronx is burning” era during the 70s and 80s. They always tell me the borough and city was in far worse shape back then and how it’s better off now. Anyone who’s complaining now are people who were just begging for a reason to leave and are now using the pandemic as that reason.
You are probably right, NYC could get much worse but still not be as bad as it was.
I currently live in Melbourne, Australia which has the strictest lockdown in the world currently and I prefer to stay here post pandemic because of the living atmosphere.
I think NY will eventually came back some day.
,, Night might be long but it won’t last forever”
naw
I've been living here in NYC all my life (lived in Queens and go to Brooklyn and Manhattan frequently), even before this pandemic, I started hating living here. Everything from the run down neighborhoods, poor transportation (subways still suffer from delays all the time), homeless people everywhere, trash and rats everywhere, smelling like trash everywhere, mediocre education system (although than could be said anywhere else in the US), overcrowded places everywhere, everyone being a rush. The only thing I liked about living in NYC was the diversity, NYC being more ethnically diverse than elsewhere, although sometimes it can be a problem since many even refuse to speak English and cling on to their culture from back home, smh. Overall, it sucks here for me.
But then again, people will still be attracted to NYC for its supposed "prestige" (like being close to wall street and the artistic and entertainment scene). But all of that so-called "prestige" is only seen in Manhattan and not elsewhere.
NY is overrated😣
Being close to Wall St was a thing before the 'net now it's pointless you're as close to Wall St in Idaho as the street itself
As a previous and recent NYC resident for almost a decade, I'd say this analysis is pretty spot on. Companies are also seeing little to no change in productivity while saving on rent and expenses associated with NYC office space. If offices don't reopen and even permanently close, and if people don't go back, how will NYC recover?
I'm a native New Yorker, I was born In the 60's and raised in NYC in the 70's and 80's. Back then we had 5000 murders per year in the early 80's and the mafia controlled every aspect of life. Everyone I knew was victim of crime including myself. My fathers business was robbed multiple times and extorted by gangsters. We had drug dens, Times Square was full of porn houses and prostitutes and several parks like Washington Square and Union Square were known as needle park due to all the heroin addicts and homelessness was some of the worst in the country. This is bad but it's NOTHING compared to the NYC in the 80's, not even close. In the 1970's NYC went bankrupt, during the 80's it was completely controlled by crime and and gangs but I would not trade my youth in during that time for anything. It made me stronger, more resilient and optimistic. What is dying is not the New York of my youth but a soulless version created by an influx of corporate control that erased New York's original character. Not all of it was bad. The plummeting crime rate was a blessing but we paid the price with our character and soul and drove out the New Yorkers decades ago with the rising cost of living. This recent version of New York is dead but that's not necessarily a bad thing because what will be replaced is a place where the New Yorker can live and create again. New York has never been static, it's constantly changing and adapting to whatever the world throws at us. It has been attacked, burnt down and rebuilt many times and always a bit better. New York is New Yorkers and we will survive and transform and thrive again just like we always have. The recent corporate Disney'fied New York needs to die, so a more authentic New York can live again.
Amen, brother!
When New Yorkers get fed up enough, they will elect great leaders who can turn this around.
New Yorkers have forced positive leadership changes in the past, and I am confident they will do it again when they are ready.
This is so so sad to see. One really can’t tell the future
they needed to be humbled. its long overdue.
Alux is the best content creator of all the time...right?
where do you find 2500 for 2 bedroom, i just moved out of upper east side and the rent was $3900 for a 900 square ft 1 bedroom on 72nd and york.
I noticed the uptick in New York influence here in Columbus . The food use to suck here now it is amazing
Me too! I live in German Village, and let me tell you, let's get ready for inflation! In a couple of years, the cost of living in Cbus would be ridiculous.
Well change is the only constant. If you don't change with time, time changes you.
It just depends if the change is good or not blasio aint going no where with the city he is horrible
I see the pandemic as an opportunity for people to move to NYC. Better prices and lots of better job opportunities.
what jobs ? lmao
preppychrisbou Jobs are gone right now and rents and mortgages have not fallen yet. Maybe after winter.
I am also thinking of working here if I get desperate. Only very last resort. Highly unlikely
Actually since many have left there’s many jobs available now and real state is beginning to plummet, but this will not be forever.
As a current New Yorker, I agree with everything being said in this video! New York has been dead for a couple of years, now it's just more violent and political! Moving to Arizona to have a more simple and relaxing life in 2021! I will miss the hustle of New York but not the nasty people, extreme rent cost just to look at a brick wall, and the taxes!
It'll continue to decline. It's not so much people don't see value in NYC, it's more the fact NYC is not worth it.
Why pay $1500-2000 for an apartment, when you could be making those same payments on a 4+ bedroom house with a mortgage in most states.
Also like others said, it's not place to raise a family. And as someone who grew up as a kid in NYC I hated it so much. I used to see kids on TV having a front yard, doing goofy things like building lemonade stands and riding their bike; I tried this and my bike was stolen by a stranger a the corner of the block, and the wood for my lemonade stand was stolen when I went inside to take a break.
I love how y’all mentioned James Altucher. I am a fan! I have read over six of his books. And have followed much of his advice. THE MAN IS CRAZY SMART! My favorite book of his, “ The Side Hustle Bible “ A difficult book to find. But if you do, ITS PURE GOLD!
Glad to see that he is doing well in Florida.
Keep the great videos coming ALUX!
Personal view: it's my birthplace I love it it breaks my heart to see it like this.... but on the other hand (business view) properties will be able to get purchased for pennies on the dollar 👍
why would anyone purchase even cheap NY real estate in a dying metropolis ?
When she said once you lesve New York there’s no coming back. That’s so true. I left New York in 2008 and never looked back except to visit time to time.. but I honestly wonder how I used to live there I honestly will never live there ever again..
I feel the same way about Chicago.
I was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. In 2010, I finally had enough of the exorbitant taxes and snow. In Maryland, I bought a house triple the size of my house in NY. Taxes on that triple-sized house, with 12 times the land, 60% of my NY tax bill. While NYC gets all the headlines, the tax climate and political corruption is spread across the entire state.
NYC has been dead for a long time but people are just noticing the smell now. I lived there fore 3 years and with the advent of broadband and connectivity, businesses and people were moving away to nicer cities and better climates for at least the last decade. The pandemic has just accelerated the escape from NY.
As a over the road driver I always refused a load to New York and know a lot drivers refused loads that's why things are expensive
It's like 92 bucks just to cross the GWB for the big guys... I used to pay 32 just for a tow truck
I live in a bigger city than NYC (São Paulo), i'm lucky to live in downtown and close to the subway, but I still feel how harsh is to live in this chaos
I know someone who was selling a coop ( basically a condo with super huge maintenance fees ) in Queens. This was a ONE bedroom apt. Nothing fancy in a middle class area. Asking price: $627,000.