Gen Zers are fleeing NYC faster than any other US metro — flocking to a city just 90 miles away

New York may still be the city where young people come to make it — but a growing number of Gen Zers are making their exit.

The Big Apple lost more members of Gen Z than any other US metro in 2024, posting a net outflow of 29,554 young adults, according to a new Redfin analysis of Census Bureau data.

And many aren’t venturing far.

A whopping 9,284 Gen Zers traded the New York metropolitan area for Philadelphia just 90 miles south, making it the country’s second-most-popular migration route for the generation, behind only trading Los Angeles for nearby Riverside, California…

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