As New York City started to change in the 1980's and suburban sprawl was the thing to do, New York City especially Manhattan was the center of the economy for many in and around New York City. When suburban neighborhoods started to take a strong hold for the population people started to think that cities would no longer be the center of the job market but it would be a 50/50 share or more between the two.
"With the emergence of the American suburb in the 1940s and its growing prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, the expectation arose that the suburbs would eventually become independent of their central, or "host," cities."- Source (Crane and Chatman [2003]).
Today we can now see that cities such as New York are still the centers for the job market and a lot of the American population still commute to these areas for the 9 to 5 work day. Even though over the past 30 years neighboring regions have shown a 100 percent increase in commuting such as Hunterdon, Sussex, Monmouth, Somerset, and Morris counties in New Jersey and to Putnam and Orange counties in New York.
If we take a look at the numbers the 100 percent gain falls far short of the population still commuting to the city. One of the biggest counties that had a growth was Nassau County which drew 195,000 commuters in 2000. Manhattan on the other hand drew 1.5 million workers. Also today more than ever people are being desensitized to the fact of 30 min-1 hour commutes to work.
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