this isn't anything but anecdotal, but still:

I've said earlier that, to a degree that it was noticeable, people were leaving NYC but only from Manhattan.

In September, what I'm noticing is that not-rich people in the boroughs are permanently relocating too. And far, far away.

Specifically, people who actually have to plan a relocation over weeks/months are now revealing the final steps of their moves, so July->September these folks were looking at their options, lining up jobs, searching for apartments, etc.

This is in contrast to ultra-wealthy people who paid cash for a Connecticut farmhouse on March 27th. THAT reveals a lot of privilege, because the move is at least just-as-hard (especially with kids, nice furniture, selling a NYC co-op, etc.) but vastly more expensive.

But it's starting to become clear, over time, that the NYC exodus has broadened down to the entire range of people who can afford to move at any point. The people who need to take the most time to line up everything are now heading to their new apartments elsewhere.

It remains true that NYC can't fully empty out, the majority of people here live near family AND really can't afford to move, so they're here for the long haul. But - it's also a sign that lots of people have thrown the NYC mystique overboard because it's too fucking much

"Why do I live here if this place is intentionally miserable?"

This is a very tough question particularly since the days of Giuliani and Bloomberg, where the endstage result of their planning is a bunch of $14 salad places in the theater district & small businesses going extinct