By Valerie Bauman Social Affairs Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:07 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 19:44 GMT, 21 March 2019
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More than a third of New York City residents say they can't afford to live anywhere in the state – and they expect the rising cost of living to force them to move elsewhere in five years or less, according to a new poll.
In separate poll responses, 41 percent of New Yorkers said the city is too expensive and that they fear they will have to leave, according to the survey of 1,216 registered voters by Quinnipiac University.
Overall, the perspective among New York City residents has worsened in the past year: just 31 percent said they expected to have to leave in May 2018.
'They are making this city a city for the wealthy, and they are really choking out the middle class,' 49-year-old Ari Buitron told The New York Post.
This graph breaks down what proportion of New Yorkers can afford to live in the city, along with different demographic groups based on race, gender and political party
'A lot of my friends have had to move to Florida, Texas, Oregon,' the Queens resident said. 'You go to your local shop, and it's $5 for a gallon of milk and $13 for shampoo. Do
