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ejpusa t1_jcfomj4 wrote

Reply to comment by CactusBoyScout in Nearly 1,500 buildings ban Airbnb and other short-term rentals by fluffykintail

NYC is very, very, very simple.

If you want the amenities the city provides, you need to make more money.

You can find an apartment upstate for the price of a single dinner in NYC. There’s your option.

So can we can wrap up the conversation. Just head North, to a prison town. Apartments are many.

As my friend from one of those “other cities” is fond of saying: OMG, does every girl look like a super model in NYC? How can you survive this on a daily basis? This is INSANE!

But we did drop him off in the Meat Packing District, may have had something to do with it.

Needless to say, NYC ain’t going to be cheap. The amenities are many.

:-)

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CactusBoyScout t1_jcfs9r6 wrote

Telling people to just move elsewhere hasn’t worked so far. Good luck with that strategy.

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DutchmanNY t1_jcfx0d4 wrote

It's really the only answer. Everyone can't just live wherever they want. You gotta pay to play. (Unless you're seeking asylum of course)

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CactusBoyScout t1_jcfylhm wrote

Unfortunately virtually every major city says the same thing and that’s why this is a problem nationwide. People can’t just all move to Utica where the lackluster economy is the reason for the cheap rent.

Every city/state that saw the slightest influx of people during the pandemic is now saying the same thing: Don’t come here.

It’s not a realistic response to increased demand. Just have to build more housing.

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ejpusa t1_jcg1lgn wrote

On Zillow my UES is a sea of rentals. The average income is well into the 6 figures.

People want $700 a month apartment, it’s unrealistic, but it’s their hill to die on for them.

NYC has the greatest amenities in the world, to have that all $0? Just don’t that’s possible. Figure that should average out to about $50 extra a day vs living in Cincinnati.

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tonka737 t1_jci9sfy wrote

Wouldn't Dubai have greater amenities?

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theageofnow t1_jciifd4 wrote

Upstate towns with prisons probably have higher rents than those that don’t even have any major employer like that

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ejpusa t1_jd8539h wrote

Makes sense, but does not work out that way. These communities can be so soul crushing. Rents reflect that. It's really rural America, not many people are rushing to work in maximum security prisons, most people want to work for Apple. Those jobs just don't exist in those communities. There is nothing. Just the prisons.

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