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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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20. Most NYC Dwellers have a lifestyle that would make me jump off something.

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 05:56 PM

Jul 2012

Until some of my friends moved out to Long Beach (Long Island) about two years ago even with a significant income they were still living a lifestyle that anywhere else in America would be considered poverty. Such as living in a 600 square foot apartment that should have been condemned in plenty of time to have been burned down in the 70's and not being able to afford a car.

It was the car issue that finally got them out of New York, one of them needed a car for work and it was simply unattainable with the insane rent they were paying their slumlord for the privilege of risking their lives every time they got in the elevator or turned on the heat in the winter and being accosted by masturbating homeless men when they took the stairs.

If that is the lifestyle available to a professional couple making a whole lot more than $50,000 - I don't even want to contemplate what hell those making less than $50,000 are living.

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Attention: Most NYC Dwellers Make Far Less Than $250,000 A Year [View all] Yavin4 Jul 2012 OP

Tell Senator Schumer??? elleng Jul 2012 #1

Thank you! JackRiddler Jul 2012 #2

More than one idiot trying that recently NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #3

Where do you live in Manhattan? The median income in zip 10128 (Up E Side) is $205,379/yr. leveymg Jul 2012 #4

West Village, NYC n/t Yavin4 Jul 2012 #8

You realize there are probably over 100s of zip codes for NYC LynneSin Jul 2012 #10

that zip code represents about one half of one percent of NYC's population fishwax Jul 2012 #11

ROFL progressoid Jul 2012 #12

let's balance this with Manhattan's Chinatown .... marasinghe Jul 2012 #23

I think I just hit 250k now Lawlbringer Jul 2012 #5

Is it fair to just count Manhatten? HooptieWagon Jul 2012 #6

Additionally if you live in NYC your deductions are likely higher, and therefore the net income Lionessa Jul 2012 #7

If you live in NYC, you have to pay substantial state and CITY income taxes. pnwmom Jul 2012 #14

Which effectively lowers their net income so only those with considerably higher than $250K will be Lionessa Jul 2012 #15

Is the law referring to net income or gross income? pnwmom Jul 2012 #16

Taxable income, not gross, ie the number after deductions. Lionessa Jul 2012 #17

So is the law referring to taxable income only? I didn't realize that. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #18

YES! Dozens of posts about this here and on DU2 over the past two years, and yet even here Lionessa Jul 2012 #19

Thanks for clearing that up. This may be part of why pnwmom Jul 2012 #22

NYC is a big city so alot of that depends on which borough or which neighborhood too LynneSin Jul 2012 #9

Who said you're poor if you make less than $250K? pnwmom Jul 2012 #13

Most NYC Dwellers have a lifestyle that would make me jump off something. Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2012 #20

If you have been in Manhattan 16 years, Lucky Luciano Jul 2012 #21

One Word: Roommates Yavin4 Jul 2012 #24

That is an ultra-sacrifice. Lucky Luciano Jul 2012 #25

and yet more than half the households in nyc make under $60K. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #28

It's about time someone said that. AJTheMan Jul 2012 #26

that's who butters his bread... choie Jul 2012 #27