What's the point of this article? What's makes her case different from for example person working at 7-11 in New Jersey and struggling to pay rent in manhattan?

What's the point of this article? What's makes her case different from for example person working at 7-11 in New Jersey and struggling to pay rent in manhattan? It's her choice to work there and to live in a place that she can't afford. Hey look I want to live in Battery Park in manhattan but can't afford it on my job, I will live in my car - write an article about me.