@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp “I noted that I supported a family of four in Manhattan comfortably on ~75-80k. People lost their minds, claiming there's no way the math works...” - still waiting on that math
@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp So you no longer live in the city and are in a different financial situation now but you’ve spent all night defending the viability of “comfortable” lifestyle…sigh… just check the budget in the DMs.
@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp Re: The NY times article - it would not be the first time they found a few outliers to make an example out of. Again, just go look at the budget I sent you and you’ll soon realize how fragile your fantasy situation is/was. No subjectivity needed to prove a budgetary shortfall.
@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp You keep sending census data but those same residents are telling you that they don’t feel the city is affordable at that income level. 🤷🏻
@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp Even if we keep it simple and say you can find a reasonable place for 3k/month, you cannot live comfortably when you’re spending ~60% of your cash flow on rent. That’s absurd. A surprise hospital bill would send you into medical debt. That’s not a comfortable lifestyle.
@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp “I’d say living near the median is comfortable”. Again - just a totally subjective argument about affordability that is divorced from reality.
@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp And you’re also conflating people “living” with that income level and people “living comfortably”, which is the entire conceit of your argument.
@Musa_alGharbi@DKThomp Holy shit dude - the whole premise of your piece was that you’re paying 2800/month and everything in that query exceeds that rent + fees.