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.
Hot fruit?
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And I’ve seen you post some of the dumbest crap on this blog than I have ever seen anywere. I’m no princess- I don’t know any either, but it’s obvious there are a few queens around here. You’re hardly an innocent poster- no one makes the kind of comments you do without knowing exactly what they are saying and why they are saying it. You do it all the time- you love baiting posters and your record of comments proves it.
oh bite me. just cuz youve never met someone like me doesn’t mean im 1/2 the things you claim. that said, im not talking to you anymore unless you bring this to the open thread.
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I don’t like Nathan’s hot dogs.
and i was really excited to take a job in manhattan for 50k 🙁
i grew up in houston in the 80’s and hated it. i go back to visit family twice a year and see that it has changed for the better in many ways.
it always had “walking” communities near downtown even when i lived there and that has increased. neighborhoods like montrose, west university, the heights, etc are the antithesis of the suburban sprawl found in the rest of the city.
i think a place like houston is a good alternative now in this economy especially if you really knew the city. a lot of friends from my art high school have stayed (or moved back home) and have careers in the arts without struggling. and raising families too. the main reason why i couldn’t live there is i hate to drive. thank god for (fairly reliable) mass transit.
I’m here for the operas and fashionista events.
And museums, and getting to sit on a subway car with people from 20 different countries, and to go see Billy Elliot tonight, and to run into Amy Sedaris on the street and have her ask you to go grab a drink with her, and to sit in Prospect Park with a bunch of friends and smoke a j, and to live comfortably without having a car, and to eat a great dinner at Al Di La and be able to WALK there, and to be able to take the train to Coney Island on a nice summer night and ride the Cyclone and have a Nathan’s hotdog, and to be able to have a large selection of people whom I might be able to date and find love, and, and, and…
Speaking of…did you hear Fashion week is moving to Lincoln Center starting next year? I know you can’t wait Sam!
“Brownstoner this is the QOTD!”
What, up What? Not sure this will be QOTD but I do agree with you that it is a noteworthy quote. NYC will always outlast the latest trends.
queens? that wouldn’t be a gay slur would it, bxgrl?
Slopefarm…. YES you can. Don’t be ridiculous.