[throwaway9980]

I've noticed a lot of NY plates where I live too. Since most people who live in NYC don't own cars, it seems like these must be people who are being displaced. I know quite a few New Yorkers who have moved upstate or out to Long Island semi-permanently.

[eugenekolo]

Anecdotally, many NYCers own cars as family units, especially common in the non-Manhattan suburbs. It's just not typically a 1:1 adult/car pairing like the suburbs are.

[eugenekolo]

Typo'd "non-Manhattan suburbs" -> "boroughs"

[ghaff]

If you look at NYC as a whole (i.e. all 5 boroughs), 45% own cars, so a minority but still a lot of cars.

ADDED: Manhattan is about half that percentage but, again, still a lot of cars and people.

[ahoy]

Specifically that's 45% of all households, not 45% of residents. Those rates are super low the closer you are to manhattan, and much higher as you reach the outer parts of the outer boroughs [https://edc.nyc/article/new-yorkers-and-their-cars]

And for context, the average US household owns about 1.9 cars. Not an apples-to-apples comparison, but its easy to see that NYC car ownership is MUCH lower than the nation on average. [https://www.bts.gov/archive/publications/highlights_of_the_2...]

[ghaff]

You're right. I misread the data.