NYC Exodus Accelerates Moving Companies Turn Away Customers

Edited by TJV News

The combination of the corona-virus pandemic shut-downs which have decimated commerce, the anti-police leadership and the crime wave, New Yorkers are fleeing the city in droves to the point where moving companies are so booked, they are turning away businesses:

While the moving industry is fractured among numerous small business owners, and official statistics are tough to come by, one thing is clear: From professionals who are downsizing following a job loss, to students moving back in with their parents, to families fleeing the city for the suburbs, New Yorkers are changing their addresses in droves.

According to FlatRate Moving, the number of moves it has done has increased more than 46 percent between March 15 and August 15, compared with the same period last year. The number of those moving outside of New York City is up 50 percent — including a nearly 232 percent increase to Dutchess County and 116 percent increase to Ulster County in the Hudson Valley. –DNYUZ

Matt Jahn, owner of Brooklyn-based Metropolis Moving, told DNYUZ that he’s been flooded with so many customers that he’s had to reject new business. “We are turning people away because we just don’t have the capacity,” he said, adding “Normally, in a given summer, we spend a bunch on advertising. But we cut it this year because we couldn’t afford it. And we have still had amazing demand.”

When the governor declared moving companies are essential and allowed the to resume working: “Within 30 minutes of the announcement I got a flood of calls,” said Jahn of Metropolis Moving, who added that things haven’t slowed down since.