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If you\u2019re building a new home, forget about gas stoves, gas furnaces, or anything remotely traditional\u2014everything has to be electric under Governor Kathy Hochul<\/a>‘s\u00a0 All-Electric Buildings Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n Want a weekend road trip? Better trade in that gas-powered car for an EV <\/a>and hope your electricity bill doesn\u2019t give you a heart attack.<\/p>\n Jupiterimages\/Think Stock<\/p>\n Jupiterimages\/Think StockCost of Living<\/p>\n It\u2019s frustrating because policies like these\u2014while \u201cgreen\u201d and forward-thinking\u2014hit everyday residents right in the wallet.<\/p>\n Families juggling bills, renters trying to save, or small business owners and farmers all see costs climbing faster than the electricity meters themselves. And let\u2019s not forget the normal cost-of-living nightmares: rent, groceries, insurance, taxes\u2026 the list goes on.<\/p>\n New York is seeing a steady stream of people packing up and leaving. Between 2022 and 2023, the state lost around 217,000 residents, marking one of the highest population drops<\/a> in the country. And this isn\u2019t a new trend\u2014since 2020, over 631,000 people have left the Empire State.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0One CNY City Among Top 10 Gen Z Population is Moving To<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s no wonder people are moving to states where they can actually afford a roof over their heads and dinner on the table.<\/p>\n doble-d\/Think Stock<\/p>\n doble-d\/Think StockExpensive to Survive<\/p>\n New York has a lot going for it\u2014culture, jobs, natural beauty\u2014but all those perks come with a price tag that keeps rising while the average paycheck barely moves.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the people calling the shots pat themselves on the back for \u201cclean energy\u201d and \u201cprogress.\u201d For the rest of us, it\u2019s just shocking how expensive survival in New York has become.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Top Two New York Cities Everyone is Moving Out of<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n At this point, staying in New York feels like a financial endurance test. Who\u2019s winning here? Certainly not the everyday residents.<\/p>\n LOOK: Here’s where people in every state are moving to mostStacker<\/a> analyzed the Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey data<\/a> to determine the three most popular destinations for people moving out of each state.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Amanda Silvestri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No wonder everyone is leaving New York. Honestly, who can actually afford to live here anymore? Between skyrocketing…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":174088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-174087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115088933657905064","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"WIBX](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/attachment-900.jpg\")
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