The changing face of post-pandemic New York City

Post by airstrike » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 7:14 PM UTC

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> Everything is outrageously expensive > Middle class gets crushed I moved out of New York City in 2020. The overriding reason was not this, it was just a fluke that I got a very compelling out of state job offer in 2019, and they requested I move in 2020. However, I am making about about $150-$160k as an SWE, and it goes a lot further here (although having to spend $700-$800 a month for a car, which I did not have t…

I've worked at hedge funds for over 10 years, I make FAANG money... and yet, I lived in a 1 bedroom rental without washer/dryer into my mid 30s. Unit hadn't been renovated since the 80s. My boss did similar until he nearly lost his mind WFH with a working spouse and toddler all running around the room. Meanwhile my current team is remote and my 24 year old coworker in Miami rents a 2 bedroom with his non-working wife…

Post by misiti3780 » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 7:20 PM UTC

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I moved from Brooklyn to Miami. Mostly because I had a child IMO NYC is not a good place to raise a kid.

Interesting because we moved our family from Miami to the Chicago suburbs for the same reason.

Post by steveBK123 » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 7:22 PM UTC

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I live in NYC. The problem is that there’s literally 0 housing. That’s it. Literally so many people want to move here, but you look on all of streeteasy on a given day and there’s like 500 apartments. In a city of millions. Sure you can pay more and get something. But it used to be that you traded a lot of quality of life (in unit washer dryer, dishwasher, ac, no walkups, cars, space, etc) for a lower price and the s…

When people (including myself) talk about New York not being fun any more, it's almost always in relation to the price. Rent is incredibly expensive at this point, and that drives up the price of literally everything else, too. New Yorkers also don't understand that the "tier 2" cities in the US actually have most/all of the food, culture, and activities that they think are exclusive to New York. On the other hand, l…

Post by alex_lav » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 7:23 PM UTC

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It's funny to see these bickerings still happening. It was a no-win situation. Trying to save lives inflicted measurable harm. Doing nothing would also inflict measurable harm. Either side presenting their position as the "correct" position is just biased. I would also assert that tying your faith in humanity to an unwinnable situation is probably not the correct move, but YMMV.

Perhaps the problem they have is that one was not allowed to choose which measurable harm was acceptable to themselves in the no-win situation.

Post by zdragnar » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 7:24 PM UTC

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On the other hand, there's a deep learning deficit that that generation will never recover from. That has costs too, and people trapped in a bad economic situation because of shitty schooling have reduced lifespans as well.

I agree that longterm closure of schools was a bad move and created many problems. However, I do think to be fair we need to look at some of the other issues at play regarding education. The system was barely working to begin with. It seems that countries with better school systems (or educational cultures), or just individual schools/districts here faired much better. The broken system can't play catchup if it was s…