A Dollar and a Dream
“Kit Schultz, for example, is 28 and just arrived from Columbus, Ohio. In some ways, her story could have been told anytime in the last 50 years, and in other ways, it’s very typical of right now. She lost her job as a nanny late last year and found her prospects were dim. Before Christmas,…
“Kit Schultz, for example, is 28 and just arrived from Columbus, Ohio. In some ways, her story could have been told anytime in the last 50 years, and in other ways, it’s very typical of right now. She lost her job as a nanny late last year and found her prospects were dim. Before Christmas, she went out for drinks with some old college friends who are living in Brooklyn, and they invited her to come out and stay with them. So she packed a van, headed east, and arrived in New York on New Year’s Eve. A new year, a new life, she thought. Now she says, I am having a great time here, but it’s also very hard. I’ve never been this poor in my life. I don’t exactly know what tomorrow’s stories will be or even how I will pay my cell-phone bill. But I am confident this city will continue to open up for me in ways that I cannot even imagine, and I look forward and forward.” — New York Magazine
These little town blues, are melting away
I’ll make a brand new start of it – in old new york
If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere
It’s up to you – new york, new york
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I’d wager that 95% of people in this forum have never stolen their dinner, squatted, lived in a car, gone without food for a week a time, prostituted themselves to pay rent or anything even resembling “poor”.
put me in the other 5 percent than lol
and yeah i KNOW that im luckier than 99 percent of planet Earth’s population, but at the same time it doesnt matter what sometimes nyc just makes you feel poor regardless. also im a renter and we are always thought of as paupers.
*rob*
Anyone that complains on a blog about how poor they are…have never been poor.
~Poor~ is relative. A poor person in NYc does not have a computer, internet access nor a cell phone.
I’d wager that 95% of people in this forum have never stolen their dinner, squatted, lived in a car, gone without food for a week a time, prostituted themselves to pay rent or anything even resembling “poor”.
And Rob, you have never been -poor- either.
didn’t Family Ties with michael J fox take place in ohio? ’nuff said.
*rob*
If I were homeless, I’d “take the summer off” and walk across the country to somewhere with a better climate.
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Rob, being poor in this city isn’t as bad as being poor in say, Fresno. I think you need to remember that more.
oh i know that..
also it’s gross but people know how to “go shelter” here in this city. basically you put yourself in the shelter system even if you dont need to be, and then you get high on the list for public housing before people who might otherwise need it.
also it’s very easy to steal in this city. very easy to mug people and get away with it and very easy to deal drugs despite what some people might think.
so yes, id rather be poor here than elsewhere… but still. im not poor enough for it to be a good thing . grrr
*rob*
It was painful at first to be around that all the time. When I arrived in New York I was overwhelmed and excited and just manic about everything it had to offer. I think booms and busts and everything in between, this is such a beautiful and alive city. People hate you and love you at the same time. I think there are safety nets here…and she will have access to them too. The thing is, I don’t want to think of what the city would be like without them…and Rob, the fact that they exist makes your life better.
It was painful at first to be around that all the time. When I arrived in New York I was overwhelmed and excited and just manic about everything it had to offer. I think booms and busts and everything in between, this is such a beautiful and alive city. People hate you and love you at the same time. I think there are safety nets here…and she will have access to them too. The thing is, I don’t want to think of what the city would be like without them…and Rob, the fact that they exist makes your life better.
Possibilities:
1. Have something to contribute that NYC needs.
2. Find a sugar daddy
3. Marry someone with money
4. Hook
5. Welfare