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Is this set of people greater than 0? A) can't afford $15 B) have a car C) need the car in Manhattan D) can afford to wait N days to enter Manhattan I grew
by refulgentis 3y ago
Is this set of people greater than 0?
A) can't afford $15
B) have a car
C) need the car in Manhattan
D) can afford to wait N days to enter Manhattan
I grew up poor -- thank you FAANG, am not anymore -- but sometimes I still feel the same icky anger I used to feel when people would make abstract arguments that presumed being poor is pure destitution, just to keep things interesting for some argument.
- shipscode 3y agoYa, you just described any low margin business in downtown Manhattan. Maybe they can “afford” it but swiping $450/month from them is bs when they’re literally running the city.
- refulgentis 3y agoWhen you frame it that was ($450/month) I'm more amenable, but then I check myself: am I reacting emotionally to "low margin" and the bitterness, and maybe I'm just amenable to that? Double checking myself, the person we're looking for: - [works at / owns] a low margin business in downtown manhattan - has a car - needs their car in Manhattan - has to take their car out of Manhattan at some point - can afford to wait N days to enter Manhattan Looking at that...yeah I do still think that's a null set. If you're gesturing at the more general "it sucks people gotta pay $450/month", yeah, I can imagine this being a substantial addition to a pizza place's budget if they were relying on workers driving their own cars in from Queens.
- shipscode 3y agoWash n fold services don’t deserve to exist in lower Manhattan. Good take.
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