It's Tough Out There for a Middle-Class New Yorker
Income levels that would enable a very comfortable lifestyle in other locales barely suffice to provide the basics in New York City, says the the Center for an Urban Future in a new report that merely provides data to back up what all city residents already new. The group estimates that the same quality of…
Income levels that would enable a very comfortable lifestyle in other locales barely suffice to provide the basics in New York City, says the the Center for an Urban Future in a new report that merely provides data to back up what all city residents already new. The group estimates that the same quality of life that costs $50,000 a year in Houston will run you $123,322 in the Big Apple; San Francisco is a distant second at $95,489 with LA at $80,583 and Philadelphia at $69,196. In addition, many New Yorkers put up with commutes that double the national average of 25 minutes. One Brooklyn Bridge Park even gets an unnamed reference: “If it wasn’t already clear that the cost of living in New York City is greatly out-of-whack with the rest of the country, it certainly became apparent in early 2008 when a new condo development in Brooklyn Heights began selling individual parking spaces—not apartments, parking spaces—for as much as $280,000.” So it’s no surprise that the report finds that many people have been giving up on New York. In fact, twice as many people with bachelor’s degrees left New York in 2005-2006 than in the prior two-year period. So what’s to do: Among other recommendations, the report suggests diversifying the economy, focus on basic infrastructure and quality of life issues rather than building flashy new projects and increase housing stock that is affordable to the middle class.
And, the closing line out of Joan Crawford as Crystal Allen in “The Women,” 1938 version was:
“There’s a word for you women but it’s not used in polite society, except at the kennels.”
See how this discussion becomes intertwined through a number of topics??
“Jonas Salk is not a celebrity.”
I could argue that someone who found the cure for polio was indeed a celeb. Albert Einstein was a huge celebrity in his day because of his mind. Today we worship Britney Spears and Ashley Simpson…sad.
Years ago I was in a (now defunct) video store in Park Slope.
I picked up “Parting Glances” and was reading the back cover. Then I looked up, and over on the other side of the store I spotted Steve Buscemi (who plays Nick in PG).
I looked back at the cover, then back at him. I gave him that “Are you who I think you are?” look, and he gave me that “Yes I am” look, and that was that.
Great flick by the way.
The only one I saw who I would be interested in would be Keanu. However, my heroine would be Norma Shearer as Mary Haines in “The Women” 1938 version.
Jonas Salk is not a celebrity.
Hmm, maybe the fact I had to list Jack Warner twice indicates there aren’t so many after all. I wonder how many of those celebs live in Houston and how many live in Manhattan (just trying to stay on topic)…
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scot was he not
‘11217. today we’re going to learn the word Bitch. Listen to Mommy, honey. Bitch is a term for a female canine, but you can also say it to a woman that you think is being unpleasant and malicious. You are great my son, the greatest. Now go tell the world.’
DIBS, you need to get out more. Just a few other than Celine…
The Group of Seven
Emily Carr
Karen Kain
Margaret Atwood
Arthur Hailey
Margaret Laurence
Stephen Leacock
Hugh MacLennan
Farley Mowat
Robert Munsch
Michael Ondaatje
Jonas Salk
Samuel Bronfman
Jack Kent Cooke
Samuel Cunard
Jack Warner
Norman Bethune
Terry Fox
Rick Hansen
Alexander Graham Bell
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Pamela Anderson
Dan Aykroyd
Genevieive Bujold
James Cameron
Neve Campbell
John Candy
Jim Carrey
David Cronenberg
Elisha Cuthbert
James Doohan
Marie Dressler
Atom Egoyan
Joe Flaherty
Michael J. Fox
Tom Green
Lorne Greene
Monty Hall
Natasha Henstridge
Peter Jennings
Norman Jewison
Margot Kidder
Eugene Levy
Norm MacDonald
Louis B. Mayer
Eric McCormack
Lorne Michaels
Rick Moranis
Mike Myers
Leslie Nielsen
Anna Paquin
Mary Pickford
Christopher Plummer
Keanu Reeves
Caroline Rhea
William Shatner
Norma Shearer
Martin Short
Donald Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Meg Tilly
Alex Trebek
Nia Vardalos
Jack Warner
Girls, girls, girls, please.