New York Suburbs Have a Moment With City Dwellers Fleeing Virus
- Contagion angst, social distancing spurs a rental-home frenzy
- Virus reveals downsides to living in crowded urban environs
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It wasn’t long after Katy Bekiarides listed a home for rent in suburban New Jersey that a client from New York City came by, had a look, and said he’d think about it. Two weeks later, as coronavirus cases mounted, he was done thinking. He wanted the house in Tenafly immediately.
“I didn’t realize what he was doing at first, but then it dawned on me,” said Bekiarides, a broker with Sotheby’s International Realty. “He wants to get out of Brooklyn.”