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Isn’t this just because most people aren’t paying? It is like healthcare benefits. There is a cash price and an insurance price. The insurance price is because
by MattGaiser 5y ago
Isn’t this just because most people aren’t paying?
It is like healthcare benefits. There is a cash price and an insurance price. The insurance price is because the person choosing isn’t the person paying, so there is no reason to care.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI think it is more of the standard ripoff pricing in and around NYC, which I assume is due to all the corruption and government debt. I feel like facilities in that area are uniquely bad in terms of how expensive yet low quality they are compared to many other metros in the US.
- pessimizer 5y agoIt's due to the rent.
- Hnrobert42 5y agoPrices in NYC are much higher in general than the rest country, but (surpringly) someone on quora does a much better job of explaining why than your speculation: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-New-York-City-so-expensive-when-the-economy-of-scale-should-make-it-less-expensive-to-live-there?share=1 https://www.quora.com/Why-is-New-York-City-so-expensive-when...