Into the woods! Big Apple business exodus leaves Upstate brokers scurrying to meet ‘snowballing’ demand

They’re heading for the hills. Big Apple business owners are fleeing for the bridges and tunnels in search of a better life upstate — taking their unique talents to the charming towns of the Hudson Valley and Catskills. The trend toward city-weary New Yorkers moving up the Hudson River in search of greener pastures gathered real steam during Covid, and has shown no sign of reversing, according to area real estate insiders. More and more, that growing population — estimated to have swelled the regional ranks by well over 100,000 new residents in the Covid-years alone, according to reports — appears to include some of Gotham’s most go-getter entrepreneurs. And they’re finding themselves warmly welcomed by locals both old and new. “It’s amazing how many people I see from the city; they’re lik