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And those projects are such nice places to live, too. I sure as hell wouldn't call that generous.
by ahoyhere 17y ago
And those projects are such nice places to live, too.
I sure as hell wouldn't call that generous.
- olefoo 17y agoHey now, bringing common sense into a discussion that should be ruled by the theories of the Austrian school of economics is an unfair debating tactic. ;-)
- yummyfajitas 17y agoActually, some of the projects are pretty nice places to live. I know this because I looked at several and nearly rented one. It was newly renovated, laundry in building, 24 hour security, close to the subway (135th st 2/3) and even a (east) river view (!). The only reason I didn't live in the projects was that I found a decent place closer to the 125'th st MTA, and my gf (who I lived with) worked in CT. NYC projects are nothing like what you see on "The Wire". They are too boring for TV. No matter how you cut it, subsidies amount to thousands of dollars a month (the difference between market rate and project rate for low income people) are generous. Section 8 vouchers can be used anywhere in NYC, not simply projects. Landlords are not even permitted to discriminate against tenants who use them.
- ahoyhere 17y agoSome of them may be OK, for NYC standards (lots of non-project housing there is, in my opinion, unlivable), but that doesn't make them nice. A lot of the problems that people imagine, when they think of the projects, are real. You should come to Vienna (Austria). They're clean, well-kept, entirely safe, and with gardens in the courtyards that are simply amazing. Beautiful flowers, hardwood floors, lots of windows. For the record, I lived in east Baltimore.