Fantastic maps. What is the theory as to why the population increases in the NYC exurbs stopped, and then reversed, around 2010?
High gas prices and the housing bust probably hurt the NYC exurbs the most. NYC's exurbs are more far-flung than most other cities', making commuting costs even to suburban edge cities like Morristown and White Plains a factor when deciding where to live. It's one thing to commute 20 or 30 minutes to work from Victor to Rochester, New York, and another to commute 90 minutes or more from the Poconos or Mid-Hudson Valley to NYC.
Also real estate in NYC and its surrounding suburbs is cheaper than the exurbs. Which probably led to that Post-2008 crash change in population growth.
