Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by spaniard89277 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @10:00AM
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No one forces you to do that.
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Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by missedthecue on Thursday July 14, 2022 @10:01AM
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I don't think anyone should have to be subjected to that type of treatment.
Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by noelherrick on Thursday July 14, 2022 @10:18AM
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The alternative for many is worse - many roommates, incredibly long commute, or homelessness. Remember that Googler who lived in his car? (https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employee-lives-in-tru...)
Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by missedthecue on Thursday July 14, 2022 @10:57AM
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The alternative is to literally just let developers build new properties. That's all you have to do. Upzone. Stop with the rent control. Stop with the mandatory parking minimums. Stop with the NIMBY bullshit.
Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by 8note on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:56PM
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This alternative being "kick people to the curb"
Its hard to build over top of places that are already being lived in, and once you kick those people out, you have even more people that need a new place to live
That said, if you're going to kick poor people out of their homes for the sake of rich moving in, why not just have the rich people live in those homes and call it a day?
Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by beebeepka on Thursday July 14, 2022 @11:58AM
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Oh man, careful what you wish for. Dropping reasonable parking spot minimums would likely result in fights and/or cars being parked at all the wrong places.
Re:Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
by spaniard89277 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @10:13AM
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I don't know what type of treatment you mean. I guess you're thinking on a guetto, which is adressed in my first message.
Also, people apply voluntarily. You're free to live in a private-owned rental