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America’s cities have always been changing, and COVID took them into a new direction
Our work and our lives may never return to a pre-pandemic normal, and that’s caused for some major shifts in where people are choosing to live in the US. Subscribe to CNET: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on TikTok:
Al13n1nV8D3R
November 30, 2021 at 4:31 pm
Benefit? You messed up your city and you come to my city? Please leave whatever you left behind in Cali and NY and do not make my city as bad as yours.
Harrison Gibson
November 30, 2021 at 5:25 pm
Please enlighten us as to what “messed up” those cities. I’ve lived in multiple of the cities people are moving to, the cities you’re saying to not “mess up”. There are all sorts of problems that already exist in places like Phoenix and Miami.
LLC
November 30, 2021 at 5:27 pm
Move then I’m on my way 😆 🗑 I bought my crazy 🤪 freinds with me. This my city now
Reality Troll
November 30, 2021 at 4:31 pm
Austin Texas will be the new silicone valley.
California as a whole is unsustainable as it is currently governed.
Tucker Monticelli
November 30, 2021 at 7:06 pm
Until the people of Austin start asking for the same equality, inclusion, amenities and education and standards that Californians did, it will be the same. The reason is because the companies in silicon valley are made to siphon every last bit of money they can to the top. They don’t let any of that money go back into the community or to the people living in silicon valley which causes high housing prices and high cost of living. The same thing will happen to Austin it has nothing to do with politics it has everything to do with capitalism.
GateKeeper
November 30, 2021 at 4:36 pm
Cities are gonna become more dangerous with more homeless
Michael Gordon
November 30, 2021 at 4:38 pm
LongIsland,NY= AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!!
John Doe
November 30, 2021 at 4:39 pm
The mishandling of California is a large contributing factor and it’s been that way for years
Harrison Gibson
November 30, 2021 at 5:28 pm
@J.B. The cost of living problem is largely a zoning issue that is driving up property vales and rent prices.
Michael b
November 30, 2021 at 8:47 pm
@J.B. ok but look at the low Covid rates in the states that have relaxed restrictions like Florida..
B K
November 30, 2021 at 8:52 pm
@J.B. Funniest thing I have read in awhile. CA has been a hellhole way before Covid came along. People aren’t leaving because of the vax. You think way too highly of yourself on these issues.
emdec55
November 30, 2021 at 10:13 pm
@J.B. Californians have sacrificed liberties and wrecked their economy over a virus that wasn’t even the leading cause of death in the country. Their Covid handling has been anything but right. And, what’s more, they haven’t done any better, by any meaningful metric, than states that did not follow their lead. California Covid policies have been a failure, like so many other things it does.
James Foster
December 1, 2021 at 1:24 am
@Michael b We have 40 million people and densely populated areas yet we are handling Covid better than any other state. The reason it took longer to open up was because of the anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers. It’s not hard to make an appointment and get a shot.
Eyebrow
November 30, 2021 at 4:40 pm
Ruin your city, shrug and say, “let’s move”. Then go ruin another.
JDubbs07
November 30, 2021 at 4:57 pm
That’s not what this video was about or even suggested at all.
Abortion rights would’ve saved us from you
November 30, 2021 at 7:48 pm
If you don’t like it then leave.
Andy Martinez
November 30, 2021 at 4:55 pm
If u flying wear your mask 😷
N boyer
November 30, 2021 at 5:23 pm
Cost of living is high in Miami and there’s not a lot of room in the city. Traffic is terrible, there is no train from the suburbs to the city. Miami is like a poorly designed New York. Don’t move here.
Ismael Gonzalez
November 30, 2021 at 5:32 pm
Vote blue, hate what they do and move to a red city to vote blue again… 🤦♂️
Tucker Monticelli
November 30, 2021 at 7:07 pm
Austin and Denver and Phoenix are all blue cities.
Ismael Gonzalez
November 30, 2021 at 8:27 pm
@Make_Me yeah, those are “blue cities“ but in red states because of what I just said…
Make_Me
November 30, 2021 at 8:44 pm
@Ismael Gonzalez So people that vote blue are moving to another city that is already voting blue. You probably getting bad information from some right-wing podcaster.
Ismael Gonzalez
November 30, 2021 at 9:26 pm
@Make_Me yeah you probably right, tell me where do you get your info again? CNN 🤔😭😂😂😂
Make_Me
November 30, 2021 at 10:16 pm
@Ismael Gonzalez I get my info from common sense and understanding where I live. Are you even American?.
sanjuansteve
November 30, 2021 at 5:40 pm
Working remotely allows us to work while traveling in other countries as well. This can have an positive impact on the great inequalities between countries too.
Jesper Beerends
November 30, 2021 at 5:42 pm
let s hope
CK Gaming Channel
November 30, 2021 at 6:41 pm
Relocating is spreading the virus.
Jesse S
November 30, 2021 at 6:45 pm
Wait… workers don’t like higher taxes and higher living expenses?? 😱 who would’ve known? 🤔
Tucker Monticelli
November 30, 2021 at 7:00 pm
What the video fails to mention is that cities offering “tax incentives” to big tech to move there don’t actually gain anything but more people and higher housing prices. Here in Reno having Tesla, Amazon and apple here has done nothing for the city. It’s a lie, and scam. These companies give nothing to the cities they go to. They are just going to Texas for less taxes… Just wait Texas, you’ll start to see why California has so many regulations.
John Jensen
November 30, 2021 at 7:01 pm
Really good quality video. Fantastic views and perfect color grading. Gets happy when someone makes an effort to get a good picture.
Wayde Wilson
November 30, 2021 at 7:29 pm
I wish millions would move out of California. Sadly hundreds of thousands of people moving won’t make it cheaper to live here.
Don Bohn
November 30, 2021 at 8:46 pm
You first
C A
December 3, 2021 at 12:38 am
No because illegals are also pouring in too
Joel gonzalez
November 30, 2021 at 8:27 pm
It wasn’t COVID’s fault… it’s all the crazy Democrat policies taxes and LOCKDOWNS and mask insanity but ok ….
Pete W
November 30, 2021 at 8:32 pm
US census just posted a report last week that this is not true. It is a popular story tho. Maybe need to do more homework next time.
Pieceof Shitzu
November 30, 2021 at 8:40 pm
Working remote being good is also one sided.
Those businesses like restaurants, print shops, and more depend on people their office workers- whom r all gone now
𝓝𝓸𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓸𝓶𝓼
November 30, 2021 at 8:47 pm
Who cares this is not about covid-19 but the cost of living. In addition, covid did nothing but the idiots who lockdown and fired people did. Oh and why is Cnet covering this crap. Damn I wish I can see the dislikes again.
Seascape Feedback
November 30, 2021 at 8:59 pm
They moved away from bad social economic spending and ridiculously over tax states, from stealing their money and lifestyle
angel2901
November 30, 2021 at 9:15 pm
People are fleeing democratic cities.
chickenwing986
November 30, 2021 at 11:52 pm
California hung themselves. And which political party oversaw the demise of California again? Hmm…. Seems like those policies have been a huge success.
Aerohk
December 1, 2021 at 12:47 am
Moved from SF to LA for cheaper cost of living
stachowi
December 1, 2021 at 1:13 am
hahahaha what?
James Foster
December 1, 2021 at 1:21 am
135 thousand people in nothing considering California has a population of 40 million.
Bart S
December 1, 2021 at 2:32 am
Sounds like covid is not the reason but the idiotic stats like California and New York that try to make a pandamic from a flu and other ridiculous legislation.
Joseph Rotello
December 1, 2021 at 2:55 am
Beginning to see some new, accelerated influx here in East and Central Tennessee. Clearly not wholesale influx, yet a steady growth.
Matt Jensen
December 1, 2021 at 3:55 am
Did you query Apple Maps for the location of NYC?
Louie Barbosa
December 1, 2021 at 4:43 am
LOL Apparently NYC is landlocked, who knew. 😂
TheLoneJourney
December 1, 2021 at 3:57 am
lol 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
Nevets Coulibaly
December 1, 2021 at 4:04 am
Covid was created to make this happen 😀
Pitch Black
December 1, 2021 at 5:12 am
It happens only in USA. Other countries, you shall be in office even though you might get infected with the pandemic.
Aussie God
December 1, 2021 at 9:13 am
California is a failed on party state. That’s why people are leaving.
trayNTP
December 1, 2021 at 11:42 am
Great, more traffic pollution externalities.
Lawlzinator
December 1, 2021 at 9:48 pm
Don’t bring your lib politics to your new states. It’ll turn them into what you were fleeing from to begin with
Japan log -cityscapes and landscapes-
December 2, 2021 at 2:35 am
Wow, that’s really changing …
Thank you for the wonderful video! I’m looking forward to the next video!
Falsificationism
December 2, 2021 at 12:56 pm
Um…maybe check your statistics? Geographic mobility in the US is at all time historic lows. The stats shared in the video focus on a small, very specific subset (mostly tech workers) making a shift. Is it significant? Yes. But is it representative? Absolutely not.
And this is a problem. People are staying where they are more than ever. That impacts everything from the housing market to small business formation.
C A
December 3, 2021 at 12:37 am
Yeah a crappy one! Our supply chain is crap… thanks Dr. GEORGE FU GAO! Nobody mentions him!
Kushsmokinboss
December 3, 2021 at 12:47 am
Nobody is moving to la wtf everyone in la is moving away or to texas
Zinedine Zethro
December 3, 2021 at 1:55 am
in this episode of America: America realizing that over regulation is bad, house prices are stupid, and auto dependency is bad.
that’s actually a pretty good progress right there
G N
December 3, 2021 at 3:23 am
It’s not covet 19 that they are leaving for . It’s bad government. The government there forgot that they work for us not us work for them.
JayTX
December 3, 2021 at 3:57 am
If Cali and NY are so great, why are yall moving to my great state of texas?
Quagthistle
December 3, 2021 at 5:47 am
Small towns out in the boonies of western Kansas have also seen an influx of people moving in, but mostly because house prices out here are insanely low. (You can easily buy a 3-bedroom house with a large yard for $10-15k, and small towns are, by definition, walking-friendly… and often chicken-friendly, too.) All that being said, you sacrifice something, too. Driving to the store is 65 miles one-way (takes about an hour each way), and that can be very inconvenient. (That said, medical care is both cheaper and more available in the rural areas, largely due to the fact that city doctors often refuse all but the healthiest patients with the best insurance, which rural doctors tend to take anyone and sometimes even actually try to help you, hard as that might be to believe.)
However, I think this migration has more to do with the inability of large cities to control the rampant, immoral profiteering on housing that’s driving up rent and property values (creating a massive housing bubble that will likely burst with devastating economic consequences at some point, see: 2008 financial crisis). It doesn’t do any good to make $20 an hour (instead of $10 an hour) if your rent eats up $15/hour or more of that income ($2,400/month rent = $15 an hour * 8 hours per day * 5 days per week * 4 weeks per month). Unless we put controls in place on large expenses like housing and medical care, it will eventually economically destroy us, no matter what minimum wage we set. That said, putting limitations on profits would drastically affect businesses that profit off of taking advantage of working class people with little bargaining power.
In short, the problem is far more complicated that some tech workers using the pandemic’s home-friendly work policies to move to better or cheaper cities. It’s a systemic blight of rot at the very root of the great tree of our nation and economy, one that is choking the very core of our society.
WishesNWorks
December 3, 2021 at 5:35 pm
Now Florida is gonna be dense and expensive… Awesome….