My question is how much would it take to get me to pack up my family and move IT?
More than anyone could offer.
My parents left NYC for New Haven in 1950. Dozens of shuls, bakeries, butchers, Yeshivas, day school, Mikveh, affordable single family homes with land and business opportunities.
I left for Fairfield County decades ago. Not as many choices, but I can be in NYC in 90 minutes. That’s close enough for me.
With on line and phone shopping, I seldom come into the city, just for simchas, special occasions or to visit the family cemetery