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   Message 91,230 of 92,003   
   pothead to Governor Swill   
   Re: New Yorkers flee over taxes, housing   
   14 Apr 23 19:34:46   
   
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   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2023-04-14, Governor Swill  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 14 Apr 2023 08:04:46 +0200 (CEST), raykeeler    
   wrote:   
   >   
   >>Affordability, ease of retirement, politics and crime and safety were   
   >>among New YorkersÂ’ biggest gripes, according to the poll. Among the most   
   >>dissatisfied: Republicans, independents, black people and those earning   
   >>under $50 thousand a year.   
   >   
   > Iow, "the poor".   
   >   
   > What that actually means is that New York is such a desirable place to live,   
   folks of   
   > modest means have been priced out of living there.   
   >   
   > Swill   
      
   I grew up in NYC and it is now a shit hole. It doesn't get the press of SF or   
   Portland but it's   
   just as bad. Boarded up commercial property in Manhattan, homeless all over   
   the place, gangs   
   running wild randomly attacking people, smash and grab in stores etc.   
   All due to liberals and defund the police, cashless bail etc.   
   Ride the subway and you take your life in your hands.   
      
   It's really in the boroughs that the prices are insane.   
   Take Brooklyn for example. It was always a melting pot that was affordable but   
   now you have trust   
   fund babies and Asians with a LOT of cash (CCP?) moving in.   
      
   Two family houses in Sunset Park or Bay Ridge that sold for $13k in 1960 are   
   now selling in the   
   millions.   
      
   And there are plenty of buyers fighting for them.   
   But they are foreigners. What happened in Manhattan in the 80's with China and   
   Japan buying up   
   properties has now moved to the other boroughs like Brooklyn, Queens etc.   
      
   Regular working people can't afford these at all.   
      
   Go on Zillow or Redfin and look at what properties in Sunset Park are selling   
   for.   
   It's insane.   
      
   --   
   pothead   
   Tommy Chong For President 2024.   
   Crazy Joe Biden Is A Demented Imbecile.   
   Impeach Joe Biden 2022.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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