Herman Yung 5/18/20 Herman Yung 5/18/20

Where New Yorkers Moved to Escape Coronavirus

This New York Times article charts out the locations that New Yorkers decided to go when the city went into lockdown. If you know your general NYC demographic and geography, you’ll instantly recognize that the breakdown centered mostly on upper middle class neighborhoods where the obvious expense of owning or traveling to another destination could be made without hesitation.

This map isn’t new though. New Yorkers who are on the up and up or who have been on the up and up often own another home elsewhere (think the Summer Hamptons crowds or the Montauk homeowners or the Martha Vineyards types and you’ll get the idea). Whether it’s coronavirus or just summer break, these maps always show how wealth has been so oddly distributed throughout NY.

Wondering if you’re living in one of those neighborhoods? Just check your street parking (HA! Street parking…) spaces on the weekends come this summer. If you’re finding a lot of empty spaces on your street, you might just live in a well off neighborhood.

Herman Yung 10/31/19 Herman Yung 10/31/19

New York is building a wall to hold back the ocean Convert & Download

Herman Yung 7/12/19 Herman Yung 7/12/19

There Goes The Neighborhood podcast

I’ve been listening to this podcast during my at-home work hours. Really interesting podcast about how cities like New York (season 1) changes and how gentrification happens over a slow period of time.

Season 2, which I haven’t gotten to just yet, is all about gentrification in Los Angeles. Listen on Spotify or right here.