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It Was a Haven for New York Families. Now They Can’t Afford to Stay.

✇NYT | Top Stories
Winnie Hu and Stefanos Chen
Families in Washington Heights are being pushed out by rising rents and costs, and New York City is losing its youngest demographic group.

© Carolina Hidalgo for The New York Times

As the cost of living climbs, parents like Caroline Fermin are finding it harder to raise children in Washington Heights, an Upper Manhattan neighborhood that has lost about half of its under-18 population since 2000.
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