After years of draconian Covid lockdowns and the highest crime rates in decades, cities are witnessing an ongoing exodus. According to The Wall Street Journal’s Paul Overberg and Janet Adamy, in the year ended July 31, 2021, “San Francisco’s population fell 6.3%, a loss of 55,000 people.” And, they continue, “It and Chicago have lost so many people that their populations have fallen close to their 2010 levels.” It wasn’t just San Francisco and Chicago that lost residents. Matt Murray writes for The WSJ: People kept leaving U.S. cities as the pandemic dragged on. The exodus to suburbs and … [Read more...]
Escape NYC “High-Rise Hell”
No way I'm heading to NYC. Check this out. And consider the big-name residents all over the city selling. Karen Zraick and Ashley Wong report for the New York Times: When it was completed in 1931, the City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building towered over the financial district as one of the tallest buildings in New York City. It was, in fact, the tallest with a stone-clad facade, which featured 14 Assyrian-style busts, called “giants of finance,” watching over the narrow streets from their perch on the 19th floor. Replicas of coins from around the world adorned the entrance, representing … [Read more...]
THE BIGGEST LOSERS: San Fran, Manhattan, Lead Population Loss
In summer 2020, city dwellers were pinched by COVID lockdowns on one side and the rampant violence and crime unleashed by the rhetoric of Democratic politicians on the other. That combination led them to flee their cities in droves. The cities with the largest losses of residents were San Francisco and Manhattan. CNS News’s Terence P. Jeffrey reports: New York County, which is the borough of Manhattan, and San Francisco County, which is the City of San Francisco, led the nation with the highest percentages of population decline from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021, according to data published … [Read more...]
RECALL: San Fran Parents Revolt Against Woke Agenda
In San Francisco, voters have chosen to recall a trio of "woke" school board members who spent the COVID era ignoring efforts to get kids back in school. Instead, they focused their efforts on renaming schools to cancel such supposed villains as Abraham Lincoln and even Dianne Feinstein. The LA Times reports: Like most people who leave the city they grew up in and build a life somewhere else, I did not pay much attention to my hometown school board — until the barrage of bad decisions out of San Francisco became so extreme that I couldn’t turn away. Voters there clearly felt the same. In a … [Read more...]
ESCAPE STATE: Here’s Why Massachusetts Wants to Give Illegal Immigrants Drivers’ Licenses
Yet another reason to leave Massachusetts in search of your freedom in a Survival Guy Super State. The Boston Globe fawningly reports that the Massachusetts State House has passed a bill "to allow driver’s licenses for residents without legal immigration status." They write: The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow residents without legal immigration status to get driver’s licenses. Buoyed by support from law enforcement, the measure won enough votes in the heavily Democratic chamber to overcome a potential veto from Republican Governor Charlie … [Read more...]
RON PERLMAN: It’s Time for Red and Blue States to Separate
In a garbled tweet, Hollywood actor and leftist, Ron Perlman, has suggested that America's red states and blue states should separate from one another. That's fine with Your Survival Guy. The Blaze's Samuel Mangold-Lenett reports: Ron Perlman, the Hollywood movie star known for playing tough-talking, cigar-chomping loudmouths, recently endorsed the concept of a national divorce via social media. “You don’t wanna live in my world and I certainly don’t want to live in yours,” Perlman wrote. It’s time that every state they would elect republicans to represent them, and all of the rest of … [Read more...]
Great Escape Cities: New York City to Where?
You’re seeing the great escape from cities unfold in real time. Where are New York city slickers going? Palm Beach, Miami, and Naples to name a few. The Wall Street Journal editors lament the recent assassination of two NYPD officers, writing: A second New York police officer died of his wounds Tuesday after being ambushed on Friday night while responding to a call about a domestic dispute. Wilbert Mora, who was 27 years old, died after being shot in the head by an assailant who kicked open the door of a bedroom and opened fire on officers. Another officer, 22-year-old Jason Rivera, died … [Read more...]
Your Survival Guy’s Great Escape States: California
You know it’s time to plan Your Survival Guy’s Great Escape from California when Union Pacific says it may stop coming. KTLA reports: Rail thefts have spiked in Los Angeles County, with thieves climbing aboard cargo trains, breaking into containers and stealing packages, railroad company Union Pacific warned Sunday. Union Pacific said it has seen rail thefts increase by 160% in the county over the past year. And it’s been more of a problem during the past three months — including through the busy holiday season — when more than 90 containers were compromised on average every day, the … [Read more...]