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Some people on HN are living in a bubble, with their level of empathy akin to those of pwASPD. Sometimes I get sick reading some comments to see how detached so

• gen220 4y ago
  Respectfully, you're projecting far too much into my comment. There are many human circumstances in NYC that are not acceptable, tenable, or sufferable. In fact, there are many that are exploitative, coercive, and frankly disturbing. The reality is that there are 20+ million people living in the NYC metro area, a number that is increasing monotonically every year. Their experiences can't be reduced to a number like this, but if you try to do it, you should do it in a way that doesn't insult or mislead. Part of being a New Yorker is "finding a way", and many of those ways fall outside the purview of studies like this one. This fact is our collective loss. All I'm saying is that there is a lot to be learned by studying the whole economy of the city and state, not only what's reported to the IRS and Census bureau. If you look at my cousin comments in this tree, hopefully you can see some context here. I understand that calling for more data can come across as callousness, when the goal is helping the city's poor. I think you're missing the fact that the two are orthogonal: you can want more data and action now, which is the camp I'm in.