http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2020/05/17/nyt-exposes-how-wealthy-residents-escaped-from-nyc-as-the-coronavirus-spread/
The New York Times is out with a big report today on how New Yorkers escaped from New York City as coronavirus got worse and worse in March and April:
Jerry Dunleavy ~ Where New Yorkers Moved to Escape Coronavirus http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/16/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-moving-leaving.html
Well, not all New Yorkers, of course. Just the wealthiest ones:
Alec MacGillis ~ Quite a graph here. In neighborhoods of the top 1 percent in income in NY, more than a third of residents left town. In the neighborhoods of the bottom 80 percent, only 7 percent left. (NYT)
The reporters used mail forwarding data to get their results:
NYT Graphics ~ In March, the U.S. Post Office received 56,000 mail-forwarding requests from New York City, more than twice the monthly average. In April, the number of requests rose to 81,000. Sixty percent of those new requests were for destinations outside the city. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/16/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-moving-leaving.html
Many ended up in Florida, where it's a good thing Gov. Ron DeSantis quarantined them:
Patricia Mazzei ~ (And then Florida quarantined them: nytimes.com/2020/03/25/us/coronavirus-united-states.amp.html)
In other words, President Trump was 100% right in wanting to quarantine New York City to keep them from spreading the virus around the country:
Greg Pollowitz ~ Trump was right. We should've sealed up NYC.
Build the wall!
China is lying ~
Well, that didn't work out so maybe just put tariffs on them:
Doug Stafford ~ Build a wall around NYC and make Mexico pay for it.
It's the "New York virus," for real:
Craig Burton ~ Way out: Wuhan virus
Out: European virus
In: New York virus
Exit question: How many cases would Florida have had if New Yorkers just stayed home?
Stephen L. Miller ~ New Yorkers flee their infested hellhole.
Florida sees a sudden influx in cases.
New York Media blames Florida Governor.
Gives New York Governor a pass for cramming nursing homes and not wiping down the pee trains.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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