Heh, the only people I know that "own" their own places that they purchased in the last few years live down here in Sunset Park and nearby "lower Brooklyn" neig

Heh, the only people I know that "own" their own places that they purchased in the last few years live down here in Sunset Park and nearby "lower Brooklyn" neighborhoods which only have a tolerable commute if you work near a D line below midtown. I'm wondering when it'll stop... Sunset Park is largely a working class neighborhood. Many of Manhattan's kitchen workers live here, for example. I can't see where they'd go if prices around here doubled. Anyway I agree with you. New York is fun to live in as a software developer don't get me wrong (you make enough money to actually enjoy the city) but when it comes to family and/or house-owning even the highest income earners I know moved upstate.