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iamnyc t1_jcailct wrote

Reply to comment by Grass8989 in Not Even This City Councilman Can Find an Apartment in New York City by CactusBoyScout

I'm not a fan of his, but going to Friends on a scholarship and having a grandfather from Bensonhurst doesn't scream privilege to me.

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Grass8989 t1_jcaj6tc wrote

Does complaining about an $150k salary at 24 years old and not being able to find an apartment with a washer and dryer scream of privilege?

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SchaeferJ17 t1_jcalh5g wrote

It sounds like you’re projecting your miserable life onto other people.

Im on track to make close to $150k this year and apartment hunting has been a fucking struggle. Can’t find a “livable”studio for less than 2.8k a month.

Additionally, we shouldn’t validate shit landlords overcharging for small prison cell apartments by leasing there because we don’t want to come off as privileged

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Grass8989 t1_jcalrl8 wrote

No one’s going to feel sorry for someone making $150k not being able to find the perfect apartment. Talk about being tone deaf.

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SchaeferJ17 t1_jcancws wrote

You missed the point of the entire article dummy.

The point is that making $150k is no longer considered a bench mark upperclass goal as it once was.

$100k plus is the new middle class and even with that amount of money, it’s not a middle class cake walk like it was pitched to most of us throughout the 80’s/90’s/00’s.

Of course Chi will be fine but he’s using this as a jumping off point to discuss how fucked the economy is for people under the age of 50.

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Grass8989 t1_jcaodls wrote

He’s literally in the top .1% of 24 year olds. He’s going to be fine.

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Pool_Shark t1_jcbegqn wrote

The point is we should stop focusing on this guy no one cares about and hone our anger at whatever is wrong with our current system that are causing rents to be some damn high

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Zlec3 t1_jcasf62 wrote

You sound incredibly bitter and resentful lol

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