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The article pointed out that a significant portion of renters spend over half their income on their rent. If they are not working, they will not be able to ever
by sethammons 7y ago
The article pointed out that a significant portion of renters spend over half their income on their rent. If they are not working, they will not be able to ever make up the difference.
- ramraj07 7y agoSeems about par for the average New Yorker. Folks in NYC seem especially gullible to spend more than half their paychecks on rent, something even folks in SF would hesitate. This is not for lack of options - my colleagues who make the same as me would rather pay $1000 more a month to stay in Manhattan instead of (a very comfortable still) place in Brooklyn. The commute is still very tolerable by any modern city standard, probably around 30 minutes (12 if you want to stay in downtown Brooklyn), but apparently thats too long?
- sv9 7y agoMaybe instead we should ask ourselves why the rent is so high instead of blaming people who just want to minimize the time they take out of their short lives to spend commuting to a job they need to survive.