My generation is the one that got mercilessly bullied for interest in science, engineering, and computers.
Gen Z watched The Social Network and suddenly decided that software development was cool. It is, by no means, a caricature, since these people graduated. The software profession is thoroughly infested by status strivers, at this point.
The media still openly pokes fun at tech whizzes like Mark Zuckerberg and even Jeff Bezos in a way that they would never do to e.g. Jamie Dimon. The perceived statuses are still incomparable, and I think any competent Gen Zer knows it.
Tell me your viewpoint is unreasonably biased without telling me your viewpoint is unreasonably biased.
It reads like you are projecting your own beliefs of what New Yorkers and tech workers are like, and then screaming about that intersection.
You need to understand that when people bitch about the "cost of living", they're not speaking in broad terms. They're speaking in specific terms, inclusive of their insane budgetary choices that they believe are mandatory to be seen as high-status.
Yes, you can live just fine on the median income. But in order to have your ego stroked as the super important high class person that you obviously are, you have to spend some money. Choosing to live in NYC in the first place is certainly part of that, the rest is just gravy.