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Why discriminate against rich people? Edit: Yes, my gut feeling was that I would be downvoted for asking this, but it's a genuine question. Thanks for correcti

Why discriminate against rich people? Edit: Yes, my gut feeling was that I would be downvoted for asking this, but it's a genuine question. Thanks for correcting me HN </s>.

mcguire 8y ago
Would anyone care if they weren't rich people?
- ada1981 8y ago
  Exactly. How about the impoverished little kids of NYC who have to deal with the noise of domestic abuse, gunshots, police sirens, etc.
  - jonfw 8y ago
    I think a whole lot more people care about the impoverished, than those who live on this block.
    - ada1981 7y ago
      Are you saying that the people caring for the impoverished is greater than the care for the people who live on the block? Or that the total number of people who care for the impoverished is a greater number than the number of people who live on the block? Seems both are true.
- avn2109 8y ago
  This is not in the paper because of rich people. It's in the paper because the article's author lives near the jobsite and is self-interestedly complaining in print. "But along West 69th Street and stretches of West 68th Street (where I live and work and am also serenaded by the drilling, including at this very moment)..."
- rmellow 8y ago
  It's still newsworthy regardless: I live in Toronto, where we have Winter season and Construction season. It's everywhere in the city and a noisy construction might just pop up anywhere, poor neighborhood or not. Dealing with construction noise is relevant to anyone in Toronto regardless of wealth. If the rich had any other way of dealing with it, I would like to see it in evidence. If the rich have as much recourse as the rest of us, I would like to see it in evidence. The article is relevant regardless of the people depicted being rich. They're humans like the rest of us and I think it's unfair to write them off without a second thought.
pavel_lishin 8y ago
Because they have more options to deal with the issue than poor people would.
british_india 8y ago
They already have massive advantages. That's why

Why discriminate against rich people? Edit: Yes, my gut feeling was that I would be downvoted for asking this, but it's a genuine question. Thanks for correcting me HN </s>.

mcguire 8y ago

Would anyone care if they weren't rich people?

ada1981 8y ago
Exactly. How about the impoverished little kids of NYC who have to deal with the noise of domestic abuse, gunshots, police sirens, etc.
- jonfw 8y ago
  I think a whole lot more people care about the impoverished, than those who live on this block.
  - ada1981 7y ago
    Are you saying that the people caring for the impoverished is greater than the care for the people who live on the block? Or that the total number of people who care for the impoverished is a greater number than the number of people who live on the block? Seems both are true.
avn2109 8y ago
This is not in the paper because of rich people. It's in the paper because the article's author lives near the jobsite and is self-interestedly complaining in print. "But along West 69th Street and stretches of West 68th Street (where I live and work and am also serenaded by the drilling, including at this very moment)..."
rmellow 8y ago
It's still newsworthy regardless: I live in Toronto, where we have Winter season and Construction season. It's everywhere in the city and a noisy construction might just pop up anywhere, poor neighborhood or not. Dealing with construction noise is relevant to anyone in Toronto regardless of wealth. If the rich had any other way of dealing with it, I would like to see it in evidence. If the rich have as much recourse as the rest of us, I would like to see it in evidence. The article is relevant regardless of the people depicted being rich. They're humans like the rest of us and I think it's unfair to write them off without a second thought.

pavel_lishin 8y ago

Because they have more options to deal with the issue than poor people would.

british_india 8y ago

They already have massive advantages. That's why