Thank you. Yeah, me and the rest of NY! Sadly, I think NYC is done. The shut down has decimated the city and (not to be political) but our Governor is doing more harm than good. He and the mayor think “New York has been through worse and will be back better than ever” I completely disagree. This may be the worst. Yes, even worse than 9-11. The loss of life is greater and the economic fallout will be worse. I see no less than 5 moving trucks a day taking people out of the city. I myself am at the point.
I agree with you on alot of points here. This is worse than 9-11, even for NYC, we live on Long Island so we don't personally know but from what I have heard this shutdown has decimated the city as we know it. From an business and economic point of view the Governor has done more harm than good, however, from a life saving point of view the Governor gets straight A's.
The same things could be said about Hawaii and Governor Ige in Hawaii evern though the numbers there have recently gone up. If the usual mass of tourists had been coming to Hawaii since March who know how many cases thee would have been and people would have died!
As far as people moving out of the city, I can't speak for NYC but I can speak for Honolulu. We own a high rise condo in Honolulu as well as a private house. We left Honolulu in late March and have been on Long Island since. We are so glad we did. While we love the Honolulu that we know from pre Covid, we don't love the Honolulu that we have heard and read about now: We love being able to take an elevator without
worrying to walk the beach with thousands of people around swiming, surfing, and enjoying Waikiki Beach or walking down Kalakaua at night with thousands of people
safely walking around enjoying the street performers, lilttle shows, shops, stores, restaurants, and Blue Note shows. We love taking a bus to live theatre all over Honolulu and
safely coming back at night. We love walking or taking the bus to
safely go to Ala Moana Mall, Target, Walmart, Sam's to get groceries or to visit other shops.
That is
NOT Honolulu now! The elevators, the walking around at night, the buses all now present Corana Virus or Mugging danger in Honolulu. The crowds of happy people are gone, leaving the streets mostly to the homeless and undesirables that commit crime. There are no live shows, many of the restaurants and shops are closed. On Long Island we can walk out of our private house to safely enjoy outside with our inground pool. We have cars right outside to take us door to door safely to pick up food curbside so no contact with people. We get pizza delivered once a week to our porch so no contact with people. We get packages delivered to our porch so no contact with people. It is safe, crime is not a threat.
I don't know about those people you see moving out of NYC, but if they loved NYC like we loved Honolulu and NYC city has changed like Honolulu has changed I don't blame them. They are saying to themselves; Why do I want to be HERE!