| In New York, a packing company and its services | | | | boom, back when Ellis Island was still a working |
| would have been greatly appreciated back in the late | | | | immigration facility. It is estimated that over 12 million |
| 19th century. This was the time of massive | | | | immigrants passed through this center from 1892 until |
| immigration numbers - but the need for expert | | | | 1954, when it was finally shut down. Today, more |
| professional movers is still very high today. | | | | than 100 million Americans can trace their ancestry |
| Considering its history as one of the country's | | | | back to the immigrants who entered the country |
| biggest immigration centers, it only makes sense that | | | | through Ellis Island. |
| in New York, packing company services remain | | | | Nowadays, New York has become a global hub for |
| essential to this day. | | | | business, finance, education, sports, culture and the |
| The state of New York covers approximately 54,556 | | | | arts. An estimated 19,541,435 people call it home as |
| square miles, making it the 27th largest state by size. | | | | of mid-2009. More tellingly, as many as 1 million people |
| Its borders touch two Great Lakes (Erie and | | | | have moved in and out of its borders. This much |
| Ontario), the Canadian provinces of Ontario and | | | | movement would not have been successful, or even |
| Quebec, Lake Champlain, three New England states | | | | possible, without good moving practices. These |
| (Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut), two | | | | practices are, of course, performed best by |
| mid-Atlantic states (New Jersey and Pennsylvania), | | | | professional moving, packing and storage companies |
| and the Atlantic Ocean. Given these connections, it | | | | with a wealth of working knowledge and experience |
| makes perfect sense that New York became a | | | | in New York. Packing company services, coupled with |
| gateway for the US. | | | | best practices for moving and manpower, make |
| Any NY packing company would surely have had its | | | | relocating in and out of the state a much easier and |
| hands full back in the late 19th and early 20th | | | | more palatable idea - something the immigrants of |
| centuries. This was the height of the immigration | | | | years past would surely have appreciated. |