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3200? Did she say the cost for that apartment is 3200? First I thought I heard 320. That would be okay. It's the size of a university dorm room (at least where
by erikb 10y ago
3200? Did she say the cost for that apartment is 3200? First I thought I heard 320. That would be okay. It's the size of a university dorm room (at least where I live). 320 is an okay price for that. But 3200? There are a lot of places on that planet where you can rent a villa for less, a lot less.
- geofft 10y agoYes, but the goal of building housing in New York City is for that housing to be in New York City, not anywhere else on the planet.
- erikb 10y agoYou are aware that most people on this planet, even in highly developed countries, earn less pre tax than $3200, right?
- geofft 10y agoYes. Again, the goal here is building housing in Manhattan, not building housing for highly developed countries in general. People who aren't familiar with New York City (especially people whose impression of housing is influenced by San Francisco) may not realize that the city has a generally-competent public transit infrastructure, making is possible to work in Manhattan without living in Manhattan or even in New York City and without hating your life. Of course, housing in the outer boroughs and in nearby cities is also expensive compared to, say, housing in a small university town somewhere in the Midwest. But this project is specifically about increasing the density of housing in Manhattan itself, which will hopefully let demand from people who can pay $3200/month shift away from the outer boroughs and nearby cities.
- erikb 10y agoYou are right that my confusion is about the squaremeter price in NYC in general, not in this project specifically. That is exactly my point. I don't want to bring any other point. Why are we still arguing about this point?