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Re:Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage by unglaublich on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:56AM (#34326772)
Yes. Plus a kid. Because that's what society relies on in the end, that we don't stop existing after a generation because it was too expensive.
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Re:Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage by slothtrop on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:28AM (#34327313)
This could be trivially rigged by walling up the current large open apartment spaces to create very small private apartments - then voila, a large demographic suddenly has a living wage. Yet the living standard would arguably be worse.

Or do we plan on drastically increasing the builds and availability of one-bedroom apartments in a metropolis through sprawl? That doesn't sound very YIMBY.

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Re:Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage by nobody9999 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @12:46PM (#34328572)
>Or do we plan on drastically increasing the builds and availability of one-bedroom apartments in a metropolis through sprawl? That doesn't sound very YIMBY.

Not through sprawl necessarily, but yes that's the plan[0][1]

[0] https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/01/hochul-wants-b...

[1] https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-08/new...

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