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    From a CUNY survey (surveying New Yorkers):

    More than a third of respondents said they or someone in their household had lost a job.

    Nearly 60 percent of those who pay rent said they feared being evicted.

    A third of city residents said they were seriously considering moving.

    • There is very little reason to live in NYC under a lockdown.
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    • Except if you live here, derp.monospaced
    • I'm paying NYC rents to sit in my tiny apartment 23.5 hrs per day.
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    • Which is a great reason to live in NYC during a lockdown ;)monospaced
    • I've an offgrid place upstate & i wish i could just put my rent on hold for 6 months, but moving & re-finding a good/cheap new place in 6 months is no sexy ideahardhat
    • I'm about to close on a new house and move in 6 weeks! I'm freaking out.monospaced
    • I had to fire myself yesterday. Yay NYC! Can't form an LLC for my side gig because in NYC that would derail Unemployment regardless of revenue. Fun.MrAbominable
    • to be fair, probably more than 1/3 of manhattan turns over every 2 years. So that considering the "to move thing" is probably a constant metric.MrAbominable
    • in 2016, 1/3 of the country was considering moving to Canada ;)monospaced

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