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.
I was dining with a guy whom I was sleeping around with at a Thai restaurant that used to be on East 6oth St and we were seated next to martina Navratilova and Brooke Shields back in the 1996-7 timeframe. Francisco and I were talking about how we weren’t really right for each other and Martina spoke up and said that she thought our conversation was more interesting than their own. We wound up pulling the tables together and having dinner together.
Thats my best celeb story. I used to see Rueh Mclanahan & Brian Denehey a lot in my old UES neighborhood…and the Brit who was the second captain kirk on star trek.
And your mother should have taught you not to be a raving bitch, but that’s neither here nor there.
‘Go pick on slopefarm or others who actually DID name drop.’
But their posts aren’t full of or allude to: ‘I do think I’m extraordinary’
‘There’s a word for girls like you, but my mother taught me not to use that word.’
Your mother should have taught you not to be a pompous, haughty, self affected individual always flaunting personality qualities that you insist you have, but no one else sees.
‘C U Next Tuesday!’
And which celebrity are you going to be with?
I’ve never seen Canada’s one celebrity, Celine Dion, and never want to.
I once saw Mason Reese on the UWS!!
“hahahahah. doesnt sound as funny now and i guess he’s not a celebrity.”
Actually, that does sound funny! I’ve worked with a few celebrities, and it seems the more important they are, the more some rely other people to tell them where they’re going and what they’re doing. I’ll bet Al reamed someone in the entourage when the elevator doors closed!
I’m baaaaaaack.
I bumped into Giuliani and his girlfriend in the animal hospital. It wasn’t the celebrity, it was the location.
Since then I’ve bumped into Al Sharpie, Julia Roberts, Jerry Orbach (RIP), and Parker Posey. None of them recognised me however.
WAIT WAIT WAIT MY BIGGEST CELEBRITY ENCOUNTER EVER! okay so i work at the front desk at work and who gets off the elevator?! AL GORE! and like three people surrounding him. (bodyguards?) this was after he lost the election that time and i think maybe around the time of his documentary? he goes “im here for a meeting.” im like um, huh? who are you here to meet with? he was like ‘do you know who i am?’ i totally laughed and my whole office was like wtf is going up there and laughing too. i was like sorry you have the wrong office. he got off on the wrong floor. he was supposed to go to the onion floor hahahahah. doesnt sound as funny now and i guess he’s not a celebrity.
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