... The economy has not been hiring anyone in substantial numbers for years, job growth has consistently been trailing just actual working age population growth.

The tech sector is massively laying people off, for the last few years.

If you're gonna move to NY, that means you're not very likely to find a well paying inperson job, or be able to keep your remote job.

Right now, Zillow lists 220 studio apartments under $2000 a month, in NYC.

220

City has a population of about 8.5 million people. Median household income is ~82k.

2000 x 3 x 12 = 72,000.

The median household in New York City only makes 10k a year more (before taxes) than what is the safe minimum to afford a studio apartment.

So uh yeah, yeah, you're gonna need roommates.

And I'm sure it will just be easy to move to an entirely new city and just win the roommate lottery, find ones that are responsible, reliable, low drama.

In summary, moving to NYC in pursuit of its theoretical dating pool is a wonderful way to become homeless.