Not sure anyone will see this but…
Thanks denton and lossforwords.
I use my phones mainly for calls (obviously), texting, email and sometimes online. Also my current phone has a GPS equivalent which I use, but is slow to access.
I have a friend who just got the Droid and will go fiddle around with it to see if I like it.
I was also thinking of getting the itouch for email and online, etc. and then a cheap phone for calls and texting. I don’t want the iphone cause I don’t want to switch from Verizon.
newsweek:”Right now New York is so overregulated and highly taxed that only the most high-end business, such as big media and financial firms, can possibly thrive.”
taxes, taxes, taxes, that is why residents are leaving NJ for deleware and nyrs are leaving period. Look at all the states with net influx of people and it’s the no/low tax states. Until albany is wiped clean there will be less residents for them take money from, an back end “starve the beast”.
etson, agreed on the lack of solutions proposed by the writer, but admittedly that’s a tall order to fill no? I’m no urban planning expert but all I know that the middle-class has been in flux for the last decade or so. As the disparity between wages and cost of living grow, the middle-class will inevitably disappear. That being said, with NYC rents increasing over time, not to mention the impact of inflation (it will soon be here), I am not surprised if people continue to exit NYC’s fine concrete buildings for their piece of the American dream elsewhere.
The main reason why most people leave New York City is that it’s still too expensive. If this trend continues, then I wouldn’t be surprised if housing prices and rents decrease in order to meet demand. I know this is a very basic statement based on a very basic economics fundamental and doesn’t take into account population growth, but it will be interesting to see the development of this trend with Bloomy in his new term. He certainly has his work cut out for him.
While I was guilty of this myself yesterday. It seemed that there were others that were moreso and for longer periods.
Being a Thread Killer is sooooo last year.
Not sure anyone will see this but…
Thanks denton and lossforwords.
I use my phones mainly for calls (obviously), texting, email and sometimes online. Also my current phone has a GPS equivalent which I use, but is slow to access.
I have a friend who just got the Droid and will go fiddle around with it to see if I like it.
I was also thinking of getting the itouch for email and online, etc. and then a cheap phone for calls and texting. I don’t want the iphone cause I don’t want to switch from Verizon.
Thanks again.
taxes are pretty high in detroit too, major reason why michigan is in such trouble
you never know…Detroit Rock City may become Detroit Farm City if this guy gets his way…
http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/29/news/economy/farming_detroit.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes
“taxes, taxes, taxes, that is why residents are leaving NJ for deleware and nyrs are leaving period.”
Yeah, sure, I’m leaving for Detroit.
You get what you pay for.
newsweek:”Right now New York is so overregulated and highly taxed that only the most high-end business, such as big media and financial firms, can possibly thrive.”
taxes, taxes, taxes, that is why residents are leaving NJ for deleware and nyrs are leaving period. Look at all the states with net influx of people and it’s the no/low tax states. Until albany is wiped clean there will be less residents for them take money from, an back end “starve the beast”.
btw rob, not only do I carry not one but two phones,. I also carry a netbook running ubuntu linux… and a camera.
“is that like that old people version of people constantly checking their myspace or something!? :”
nah dude, it’s like you checking brownstoner and ‘working’ at the same time.
etson, agreed on the lack of solutions proposed by the writer, but admittedly that’s a tall order to fill no? I’m no urban planning expert but all I know that the middle-class has been in flux for the last decade or so. As the disparity between wages and cost of living grow, the middle-class will inevitably disappear. That being said, with NYC rents increasing over time, not to mention the impact of inflation (it will soon be here), I am not surprised if people continue to exit NYC’s fine concrete buildings for their piece of the American dream elsewhere.
The main reason why most people leave New York City is that it’s still too expensive. If this trend continues, then I wouldn’t be surprised if housing prices and rents decrease in order to meet demand. I know this is a very basic statement based on a very basic economics fundamental and doesn’t take into account population growth, but it will be interesting to see the development of this trend with Bloomy in his new term. He certainly has his work cut out for him.