Poughkeepsie Is Top Pick for New Yorkers Seeking Small-Town Life
Poughkeepsie, New York.
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Plenty has been written during the pandemic about New Yorkers relocating to Florida or the Hamptons. Poughkeepsie is climbing up the list too.
New York-to-Poughkeepsie ranked as the eighth most popular relocation in a survey of Americans who left big cities last year -- up from 17th a year earlier. The study by StreetLight Data, a transportation analytics firm, examined migration out of the country’s 10 biggest metro areas, based on cellphone data.