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> At some point, New Yorkers ought to ask themselves why everyone wants to move to these nice midwestern cities.

Not sure why you chose the midwest as a qualifier here - out of all the cities you listed, only Omaha would be considered a midwestern city.

Out of the 15 fastest growing cities according to the Census, almost none of them are in the midwest [1] (Only one really: Columbus). Admittedly it's over a short time span.

Also: #5 is LA, a city I don't think anyone would consider to be low cost of living.

The real story is that the south (+ Texas, depending on what you consider Texas) seems to be growing rapidly, not the midwest.

1: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2018/estimate...

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I mean, you could focus on whether the word "midwest" is accurate, or you could take my point that there is a reason why people are moving out of places like NYC in favor of less dense cities that don't smell like urine.

> I mean, you could focus on whether the word "midwest" is accurate

It's actually pretty important, because the crux of your argument is that they're moving to places with much a lower CoL. If people are moving from NYC to LA/Seattle/etc., your argument doesn't really hold much water.

> or you could take my point that there is a reason why people are moving out of places like NYC in favor of less dense cities that don't smell like urine.

Where are you getting that information from? As far as I can tell, NYC has had about a 6% population growth since 2010. It actually matches the US overall population growth pretty well, which is pretty impressive for what is far and away the most populated city in the country.

> If people are moving from NYC to LA/Seattle/etc., your argument doesn't really hold much water.

Gee, I don't remember mentioning "LA/Seattle/etc." by name. Unlike some other cities that I mentioned by name. Did you see the part where I mentioned cities by name?

> As far as I can tell, NYC has had about a 6% population growth since 2010. It actually matches the US overall population growth pretty well

Great, now compare that to the growth rates of Dallas or Nashville or etc.

Columbus is considered the midwest? It is North and EAST of Nashville.

Ohio is definitely considered the midwest.

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