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toobs6231636 karma

A little unsolicited advice- when you get to college don't forget to start paying attention again!

toobs623149 karma

Aha! Knowing this makes it actually funny. Awesome, thanks for the info.

toobs62357 karma

Such a wonderfully proud, noble and humble sentiment.

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Maybe I'm subscribed to the wrong subs....

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My question is in regards to the issues surrounding the cost of living in NYC and Long Island. While I am further east, as I understand it Bay Ridge is coming into a similar situation, as Williamsburg and Greenpoint have before it.

What are your thoughts on this? How can we provide an environment where people in there 20's and 30's are encouraged to stay and are able to make a decent living? I've found that the cost of housing in particular has made it difficult for many people around my age to do well for themselves even when they hold a well paying job.

From an article in Brick Underground:

The average sales price in Bay Ridge for the third quarter of 2017 was $725,823, according to appraiser Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel. That’s up 10.1 percent from the same period last year, when the average price was $659,191, and up 28.9 percent from the same period in 2012, when the average price was $563,092.

As the trend continues and single family homes make their way well past $1M how do we, the providers of those families, continue providing decent lives for our children?

I believe this issue to be endemic to NYC and Long Island and yet few seem to want to address it.

Edit: I did just see this comment of yours and I'm glad to see that it is a subject you have considered. Any specifics you can provide would be appreciated.