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People with money and power have it better. Yes, clear, thanks for yet another confirmation. This is why I could never enjoy NYC. As a normal middle class dude

People with money and power have it better. Yes, clear, thanks for yet another confirmation. This is why I could never enjoy NYC. As a normal middle class dude you always feel everywhere that you are a nothing: no fame/no power/no money = people are rude, aggressive, hostile to you. I never felt that in London, which is a quite comparable city to NYC. I felt welcome in most places despite not being rich or famous.

alephnan 5y ago
> no fame/no power/no money = people are rude, aggressive, hostile to you. No, some New Yorkers, rich or poor, are rude, aggressive, hostile regardless of who you are. Unless you work for Axe capital. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF46Cel3EUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF46Cel3EUo
kingkawn 5y ago
NYC gives you the city you look for in it
jollybean 5y ago
NYC as assertive, that's just the way it is. And most rich and famous people are not identifiable as such. This is a non-story. If you don't have gang relations, no criminal record, no violence, no gun ownership ... there's no reason for the cops to bang down the door. That said, I think cops are too aggressive in general about this. That also said - the cops do have a policy of 'bang down the door' because I think it's actually safer for the cops (I loathe to find that data sorry). So, like everything, it's complicated. Definitely policing, like everything else has to be 1) 'smart' i.e. materially proportional, use force where required and 2) we have to accept at least some wiggle room. No matter what, the cops will be wrong some time. So, like everything, we have to be smart about it.
- spacemanmatt 5y ago
  > we have to be smart about it. We could start by prohibiting IQ caps enforced by police departments. No, really, they went to court to ensure they could continue to refuse candidates who exceed their own intelligence or any other arbitrary intelligence limit they want to enforce. https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...
- confidantlake 5y ago
  There is a reason, they get the wrong door. This has happened repeatedly.
ss108 5y ago
I've lived in NYC for some years, I don't think people are as rude or aggressive as the stereotype goes. If anything, it's "friendlier" in the sense of it being easier/more normal to just talk to random people. It is expensive AF though, so yeah, depending on how one defines "middle class", living here could be really suboptimal.

alephnan 5y ago

> no fame/no power/no money = people are rude, aggressive, hostile to you. No, some New Yorkers, rich or poor, are rude, aggressive, hostile regardless of who you are. Unless you work for Axe capital. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF46Cel3EUo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF46Cel3EUo

kingkawn 5y ago

NYC gives you the city you look for in it

jollybean 5y ago

NYC as assertive, that's just the way it is. And most rich and famous people are not identifiable as such. This is a non-story. If you don't have gang relations, no criminal record, no violence, no gun ownership ... there's no reason for the cops to bang down the door. That said, I think cops are too aggressive in general about this. That also said - the cops do have a policy of 'bang down the door' because I think it's actually safer for the cops (I loathe to find that data sorry). So, like everything, it's complicated. Definitely policing, like everything else has to be 1) 'smart' i.e. materially proportional, use force where required and 2) we have to accept at least some wiggle room. No matter what, the cops will be wrong some time. So, like everything, we have to be smart about it.

spacemanmatt 5y ago
> we have to be smart about it. We could start by prohibiting IQ caps enforced by police departments. No, really, they went to court to ensure they could continue to refuse candidates who exceed their own intelligence or any other arbitrary intelligence limit they want to enforce. https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...
confidantlake 5y ago
There is a reason, they get the wrong door. This has happened repeatedly.

ss108 5y ago

I've lived in NYC for some years, I don't think people are as rude or aggressive as the stereotype goes. If anything, it's "friendlier" in the sense of it being easier/more normal to just talk to random people. It is expensive AF though, so yeah, depending on how one defines "middle class", living here could be really suboptimal.