Quote of the Day
If wanting to pay a reasonable price for a home somewhere within a 40 minute commute to my place of employment makes me a loser and a “tool bag”, then I’m happy to be a loser and a tool bag. I’m sorry for all the people who are losing money on their home values right…
If wanting to pay a reasonable price for a home somewhere within a 40 minute commute to my place of employment makes me a loser and a “tool bag”, then I’m happy to be a loser and a tool bag. I’m sorry for all the people who are losing money on their home values right now, but those of us in careers other than banking, medicine and law would like to own our homes, too.
— by cwbuecheler in Has the Buyers’ Market Come to Brooklyn? Duh.
“DOW..it’s incredibly poor taste to throw up someone else’s quote in this thread once the QOTD has already been awarded.”
Not if it hasn’t been deleted. It’s just a comment. Fall back, Dave.
I hate to point out the obvious, but Brownstone Brooklyn is not the only place in NYC.
There are 100’s of neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island that most certainly ARE affordable to working class New Yorkers.
To suggest so means you really don’t leave your neighborhood too much.
You can get a 2 bedroom down on Ocean Parkway for 250K.
You can get a 2 bedroom in Jackson Heights for 200K.
You people who think you deserve to live in a brownstone for 300K are absurd.
Also, I do not work in finance, am not a lawyer nor a doctor and I own my home. Granted it’s a small one, but maybe some of you have ridiculous standards and need to lower them.
No couple needs 3000 square feet.
Seems the rest of the U.S. is catching on that our society has become too much about overconsumption…too bad it hasn’t caught up with you all in NYC yet…
“And At least I’m not posting my Quote of the Day; Nov. 6th 2008 / 110 posts; in here.”
Yeah, be proud BRG: 110 posts and not one having anything to do with your actual quote. I can’t even remember what it was about, yet I quite clearly remembered SnarkSlopes QOTD from 2 months ago.
“I’m actually enjoying all of this bizarre infighting – mostly because I can’t figure out if it’s serious or not. :)”
cwbuecheler, it’s real. BRG has been a thorn in my side since the day she appeared here with her random, communistic, off-topic, thread-hijacking posts. I thought she might be insightful, like her inspiration bxgrl, but my hope quickly died. Maybe bklyngirl will successfully carry the torch instead.
BRG…seriously, your 4:48 post is just socialism in its purest form, otherwise known as communism.
I’m actually enjoying all of this bizarre infighting – mostly because I can’t figure out if it’s serious or not. 🙂
BRG: I’m not sure what defines middle-class anymore in New York. I make way above the average salary for the US, but I’m not sure about how I compare to the NYC average.
DIBS…I’m not disruptive.
And At least I’m not posting my Quote of the Day; Nov. 6th 2008 / 110 posts; in here.
CW – great quote and so on point.
Working class NYers have been priced out of buying homes. NYC needs a price correction in real estate so Middle Class citizens can afford a nice home within commuting distance.
“DOW..it’s incredibly poor taste to throw up someone else’s quote in this thread once the QOTD has already been awarded.”
So true, so true.
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September 17, 2008
Quote of the Day
In Wasilla, a comparable home would be more horizontally oriented, clad in aluminum, and perched on wheels and/or cinder blocks. But with the de rigeur meth lab, it would be a more profitable investment than this place.
— by SnarkSlope in House of the Day: 47 Sidney Place
DIBS –
Foul rarely
Lewd mostly 🙂