"During the pandemic and the years that immediately followed it, the migratory forces of people moving up from New York City... did not change the number of us, but it did change the constitution of us in the Mid and Upper Hudson Valley."
"As those people moved up, a greater number of people who had been living here for some time... moved out and went to other places, and what the data show is they went to the neighboring counties and the neighboring states."
"These data show something that we, as people who study demographics, have known for a long time, which is that these forces of domestic migration haven't really changed the number of us in a positive way."
"We've actually lost population of migration. What they've done is they've changed the constitution of us."
The Hudson Valley experienced a population decline of over 10,000 residents between 2021 and 2022, despite an influx of new residents from New York City. The demographic shift has resulted in a higher proportion of metro area transplants, while long-term residents have moved to neighboring counties and states. This migration has not increased the overall population but has altered the region's demographic makeup, leading to changes in local businesses and housing market dynamics, with rising prices driven by new residents with higher disposable incomes.
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