83 Percent of Renters Want Out of New York City

(Image credit: Natalie Jeffcott) It's not surprising to learn that there are a lot of people who want to leave their expensive cities for a lower cost of living. But what is a little surprising? The concentration of people who want to move out of the Big Apple--a whopping 83.2 percent of renters in New York City want to settle elsewhere, according to a Apartment List's annual survey.