What next, can I start whining about how little 350K/year gets me in Newport Beach? Is this something I want my name attached to in the media? It is just bad news all around, not many are going to sympathize with someone who is earning FIVE TIMES the reported median household income in Manhattan (http://www.city-data.com/city/Manhattan-New-York.html). It just stirs up problems for those of us who are well off.
We need to keep a low profile lest things eventually turn into a Sao Paolo/Rio type of situation where you're going to need armored cars with flame throwers, or you're going to need to take a helicopter from your condo to work, because if there is even a hint that you have money you are a huge target. Massive wealth disparity can bring about this sort of thing (and this is coming for a fairly free-market libertarian-esque person here).
It's not big secret how much living in Manhattan costs. Like many here say though, who goes around bitching about the costs of living in some of the most expensive areas within a large radius? The bottom line is the guy has other options and is living way beyond his (for NYC upper middle class ) means.
If people want to get real on this topic, they need to start talking about how much of our tax money goes to Washington D.C. versus state/local. If someone switched the state/local number here in CA for the federal number you would see me skipping down the street singing sesame street songs even though I'm paying the same net amount. It is simply the principal of the thing that I'm sending the majority of my tax money to some central planning bureaucrats 3,000 miles away who have no clue.
We need to keep a low profile lest things eventually turn into a Sao Paolo/Rio type of situation where you're going to need armored cars with flame throwers, or you're going to need to take a helicopter from your condo to work, because if there is even a hint that you have money you are a huge target. Massive wealth disparity can bring about this sort of thing (and this is coming for a fairly free-market libertarian-esque person here).
It's not big secret how much living in Manhattan costs. Like many here say though, who goes around bitching about the costs of living in some of the most expensive areas within a large radius? The bottom line is the guy has other options and is living way beyond his (for NYC upper middle class ) means.
If people want to get real on this topic, they need to start talking about how much of our tax money goes to Washington D.C. versus state/local. If someone switched the state/local number here in CA for the federal number you would see me skipping down the street singing sesame street songs even though I'm paying the same net amount. It is simply the principal of the thing that I'm sending the majority of my tax money to some central planning bureaucrats 3,000 miles away who have no clue.
