Re:How Social Isolation Is Killing Us
by nommm-nommm on Friday December 23, 2016 @04:52PM
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Ehhhhh... What? All my NYC friends are below average in income. None are software engineers and of course they all rent. Their housing costs are probably a very significant part of their income as well, but I've seen a lot of higher income people do the same with McMansions. A few ended up moving to Brooklyn too for cheaper rent.
I don't live in the NY metro area but I visit several times a year since I got friends there. I always crash on the couch.
I vary rarely socialize with people with high income because, one, I grew up poor so most of my childhood friends are still below average in income but more importantly I find it very difficult to relate to people who grew up well off. Sometimes I hear my co-workers talk and I feel I am living on a different planet.
As far as shared housing, yes, 99% of college kids live in shared housing and the vast majority of them still socialize.
Re:How Social Isolation Is Killing Us
by lordCarbonFiber on Friday December 23, 2016 @01:13PM
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Owning maybe, but you can totally rent a studio in Manhattan on a software engineer's salary.
[0]http://streeteasy.com/for-rent/manhattan/price:-2500%7Cbeds%...
I'm talking about the kind of people who have to choose between part of a shared apartment in a conveniently transit-connected part of SF/Manhattan, or their own studio/1-bedroom somewhere with low density and poor transit. Y'know, software engineers making $100k.