Who Rents Here?
More fun with demographics! The average brownstone Brooklyn renter in the first quarter of this year was a twentysomething artsy freelancer who makes $50,000 a year, says the Eagle. The profile is based on data from a firm called Ideal Properties Group. More: 33 percent of new Brooklyn renters were in the entertainment business, 24…
More fun with demographics! The average brownstone Brooklyn renter in the first quarter of this year was a twentysomething artsy freelancer who makes $50,000 a year, says the Eagle. The profile is based on data from a firm called Ideal Properties Group. More: 33 percent of new Brooklyn renters were in the entertainment business, 24 percent in art, design and architecture, 10 percent in legal work, 9 percent in advertising, media and public relations, and 7 percent in sales. (How about finance?) According to Ideal’s report, fewer new renters are coming from across the river: In the first quarter of 2006, 53 percent were from Manhattan, compared to 24 percent in Q1 2008. The vast majority of renters surveyed had roommates.
As Brooklyn Grows, More People—And Young Ones—Are Renting [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
11:50 and 1:00 might make a cute couple…
This post is like a renters anonymous meeting. “Hi, my name is doug and I am a renter.”
The first step to recover is acceptance.
Personally it’s no one’s business if you have a trust fund or not (in fact I venture to guess most of us would love to have one…sigh). And whether or not someone rents or owns is really no one’s business either- to try to assess personality,achievements,goals and abilities based on that is a complete waste of time as well as bound to produce very inaccurate assessments. As well evidenced by polemicist.
12:41: it’s not retarding, it’s the truth. i’m telling you that having worked in private wealth many children of means prefer not to share their status with other personal friends. it’s not even an insult upon them. i don’t know that if i were rich i would either since many people would be bitter towards you about it. i didn’t say the majority, I said some do lie about their wealth. you’re quite defensive. did I touch a personal nerve?
I’m 32, live in PS, make roughly $80k a year working for a classical music record label.
No kids, homo.
My husband is 34, a freelancer in media and makes $100K a year sometimes more. (And not from a trust fund). In the specific kind of work he does, it would be unlikely to get much paid work at all in another city elsewhere in the country, and what he did get might add up to $40K a year. Maybe. Plus he wouldn’t have the networking opportunities in his field he has here.
You raise an excellent point 12:39. I think, anecdotally, that they are not. In fact, they seem to be having quite a good time!
im not bitter.
im happy
and I rent
Tdeezy thats retarded and you know it.
thats like sayin everyone wants to rape children.
HOW DO WE KNOW???!!!!!!! THEY NEVER TELL US!!!!!!!!