Die-Nacht t1_jegl0ph wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:27 PM

Talk to anyone who leaves NYC and they'll tell you the reason.

No, it's not "taxes" or "oppression" or "crime" or whatever nonsense FoxNews and the Post push regularly. It's housing costs. That's it. We've added a shit ton of jobs over the last 10 years and almost no housing.

All the ppl fighting Hochul's Housing Compact plan need to fucking ask themselves: where the heck do you think your kids will live? Do you think they're gonna live down the street? Or are they gonna have to move to CT or NJ (which have added a lot more housing)? Or do you not give a shit cuz you already have plans to leave?

This quote from the mayor of Bellerose in Long Island shows this craziness the best:

> BELLEROSE MAYOR KENNETH MOORE hopes that his three adult children who live with him will be able to move out on their own soon.

> “Believe me, nothing would give me more satisfaction than if they were to say ‘Hey Dad, we’re moving out,’” he said of his kids, ages 30, 27, and 23. “But they just can’t afford it yet.”

> Moore also opposes adding any new housing in Bellerose, where home prices regularly approach $1 million and building new housing has been banned since 1976. With excellent schools and a half-hour commute to downtown Manhattan, it’s a highly desirable place to live — and an exclusive one.

> “We don’t want to change the laws and we don’t want housing,” Moore told New York Focus.

Seriously, this is nuts. I love how he says "yet". The "kid" is 30, what does "yet" mean?

Silvery_Silence t1_jeh1tjk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:30 PM

It’s appalling that both sides of the aisle in the legislature are opposing that plan which doesn’t even go far enough as it is. It’s shameful that we don’t build more. I’ll hold on to my sort of run down yet rent stabilized apartment as long as possible because lol not like in middle age w a good job I can afford a house without an inheritance at this point.