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In NYC lots of younger folks are also subsidized by mom & dad and/or live 5 to an apartment.

by j0hnyl 4y ago

slothtrop 4y ago
Sharing an apartment doesn't mean the minimum standard? I.e. one has to be able to afford a one-bedroom apartment on their own, or else they don't have a living wage?
- z0r 4y ago
  You can also beg for food on the street and technically survive, so there has to be some reasonable standard for what living wage. I'm pretty sure the poster you are replying to is not implying that those 5 people would be splitting a 5 bedroom apartment... Probably more like 5 people in a 2 bedroom.
- unglaublich 4y ago
  Yes. Plus a kid. Because that's what society relies on in the end, that we don't stop existing after a generation because it was too expensive.
  - slothtrop 4y ago
    This could be trivially rigged by walling up the current large open apartment spaces to create very small private apartments - then voila, a large demographic suddenly has a living wage. Yet the living standard would arguably be worse. Or do we plan on drastically increasing the builds and availability of one-bedroom apartments in a metropolis through sprawl? That doesn't sound very YIMBY.
    - nobody9999 4y ago
      >Or do we plan on drastically increasing the builds and availability of one-bedroom apartments in a metropolis through sprawl? That doesn't sound very YIMBY. Not through sprawl necessarily, but yes that's the plan[0][1] [0] https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/01/hochul-wants-build-800k-housing-units-over-next-decade-how-do-you-do/381381/ https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/01/hochul-wants-b... [1] https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-08/new-york-mayor-pledges-to-boost-citys-housing-by-500-000-units https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-08/new...
quotz 4y ago
Absolutely. I know plenty of people in their 20s doing this. Living room converted into bedroom, 4 people (including couples), still paying some 2K in rent a month, but hey its manhattan

In NYC lots of younger folks are also subsidized by mom & dad and/or live 5 to an apartment.

by j0hnyl 4y ago

In NYC lots of younger folks are also subsidized by mom & dad and/or live 5 to an apartment.

Sharing an apartment doesn't mean the minimum standard? I.e. one has to be able to afford a one-bedroom apartment on their own, or else they don't have a living wage?

z0r 4y ago
You can also beg for food on the street and technically survive, so there has to be some reasonable standard for what living wage. I'm pretty sure the poster you are replying to is not implying that those 5 people would be splitting a 5 bedroom apartment... Probably more like 5 people in a 2 bedroom.
unglaublich 4y ago
Yes. Plus a kid. Because that's what society relies on in the end, that we don't stop existing after a generation because it was too expensive.
- slothtrop 4y ago
  This could be trivially rigged by walling up the current large open apartment spaces to create very small private apartments - then voila, a large demographic suddenly has a living wage. Yet the living standard would arguably be worse. Or do we plan on drastically increasing the builds and availability of one-bedroom apartments in a metropolis through sprawl? That doesn't sound very YIMBY.
  - nobody9999 4y ago
    >Or do we plan on drastically increasing the builds and availability of one-bedroom apartments in a metropolis through sprawl? That doesn't sound very YIMBY. Not through sprawl necessarily, but yes that's the plan[0][1] [0] https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/01/hochul-wants-build-800k-housing-units-over-next-decade-how-do-you-do/381381/ https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/01/hochul-wants-b... [1] https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-08/new-york-mayor-pledges-to-boost-citys-housing-by-500-000-units https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-12-08/new...

quotz 4y ago

Absolutely. I know plenty of people in their 20s doing this. Living room converted into bedroom, 4 people (including couples), still paying some 2K in rent a month, but hey its manhattan