New York City will remain vital, but its future will be clouded by serious health and economic issues trib.al/5Fix1ju
New York City will become the province of young people, which will be good for the city’s long-run vitality trib.al/7BK3Sx2
It will be more like the New York of the 1970s and 1980s, with fear of infection replacing the fear of crime trib.al/7BK3Sx2
This is bad on its own terms, and worse when considering the lower tax revenue it will bring and the second-order effects on school quality and pension plans trib.al/7BK3Sx2
Combined with social distancing, that will eventually make the city visitable once again 🗽 trib.al/7BK3Sx2
Survivors will have time-stamped immunity certificates and lead relatively active social lives trib.al/7BK3Sx2
Different bars and even different parts of town will have reputations as better for one group or the other, leading to segregation trib.al/7BK3Sx2
@tylercowen shudders to think about the casualties, but it will probably be a safer experience than it is at the moment trib.al/7BK3Sx2
But as the country recovers from the very worst, New York and other major cities will adjust and recover some of their natural advantages trib.al/7BK3Sx2