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Re:Made for People, Not Cars: Reclaiming European Cities by deltarholamda on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @11:42AM (#45199350)
According to Zillow they start at about a million for 2/1 apartments and go up from there.

We have completely different definitions for affordable, unless $250K+/yr jobs are just falling out of the sky.

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Re:Made for People, Not Cars: Reclaiming European Cities by sombrero_john on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:10PM (#45199794)
Renting is perfectly fine. NYC has the strongest tenant protection laws in the country.
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Re:Made for People, Not Cars: Reclaiming European Cities by kortilla on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:21AM (#45208438)
Renting has to support the mortgage on that. The only difference between being able to afford a house and affording rent is having the capital for a down payment
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Re:Made for People, Not Cars: Reclaiming European Cities by rafram on Thursday September 11, 2025 @08:27AM (#45210751)
That’s not really true. Renting is significantly more affordable than buying in NYC right now. I don’t know the exact reasons, but presumably most landlords bought a long time ago and refinanced when rates were low.
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