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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:15 AM Original message |
New York City renters are speeding toward poverty; 500,000+ spend more than half of income on rent |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well DUH........ Having lived in Manhattan I can assure you 50% only would be a godsend. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. New York doesn't want you if you make less than six figures. |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Off topic but ... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Right on topic, actually. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. It wants you to ride a train in really early |
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BrklynLib at work (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. This applies to the outer boroughs as well...as I can testify to. |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well, yeah, but... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. But, but.. You don't have to have a car in New York? |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Doesn't matter |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. If you don't have to spend a quarter of your income on your car.. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Gee, they should move to a cheaper location like east of the rockies and south of Chicago |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I don't understand this hostility towards affordable housing. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I don't understand your hostility toward the average working citizen. |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The article wasn't about cops fireman and teachers was it. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Unlike the rest of the country - its tough for a family to live on 65,000 near NYC |
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Carnea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I don't disagree but five years into any career can be tough.. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The problem is not the people or snobbery... |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. Why don't they just institute rent control? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Taxes are also skyrocketing because of increased values - rental properties are going bankrupt |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. We have rent stabilization... |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. Largely true for Westchester and Rockland County as well - 30-60 miles north of NYC |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I lived in Westchester (New Rochelle) in the mid- to late-90s, and even then..... |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. A friend of mine works for City Planning. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Why give the developers what they want? |
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