Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "NYC is Making People Homeless… On Purpose" video.

Growth is bad because the area was overcrowded sixty years ago. The tax base can be fixed by taxing the rich corporations who are the problem in the first place and require NYC offices because of location.
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That won't last and gets way too much press. Trucking is competitive and businesses will always be able to book loads. Most people know little about how that industry works.
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@mandasity Any place that suits your skills or willingness to get new ones. There are many ways out but it varies by the individual. Young people can choose from mobile jobs most don't think of like the Merchant Marine, trucking (not easy but it lets you travel then decide where you want to live since it pays well enough), the armed forces, or the trades (community college is basically free, I attended, volunteered at and worked for one). For women nursing and other medical fields always need workers.
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@user-or6yn8pm3c It really wasn't and when urban manufacturing left there is no reason to stay. That was 40 years ago. NY isn't really "designed", but just "happened" like most old cities.
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@2MeterLP Not all rents are NYC tier in rail commute range. There are other options too. NYC isn't the only place people have jobs and succeed. It's as if people forget the rest of America exists.
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@austinbishop7572 What's "sociopathic" about survival? Performing rituals over dead humans does not make them less dead nor does processing them in approved fashion. Everybody feeds the worms. A small local funeral home could handle cremation discreetly so disposal doesn't have to be by mafia methods.
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@samm3114 Holidaying in NYC is insane. I grew up in the metro area and escaped at 21.
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@maxsoutherland Architecture you look at doesn't put money in your pocket. What options when everything is expensive? How do you plan to retire when you can't own a home? Being born in the area I don't have a sense of wonder. It's just stuff built by the wealthy for the wealthy and that does ME no economic good therefore no good at all.
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Nobody HAS to live in NYC or the rest of the metro area, they're just afraid to leave. The pull of familiarity breeds fear of change. NYC is a historic accumulation of people whose ancestors just barely made it off the proverbial boat then froze. If you work for the city you don't have to live there. Vest retirement then bolt. It's amazing to me that my peers who never left the area and have it financially rough won't take action to better their lives. If you are young there is really no reason to stay. The rest of the world is amazing. Go see it and seek your fortune where the odds are better. There is nothing to fear from moving and the US is a mobile society.
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Condos have always been a scam. If you do not own the LAND and ALL the building you live in, you don't really own your home. He should have known better because financial choices like condos, HOA communities, and other scams are like adjustable rate mortgages. They are time bombs.
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There is OUTSIDE CITIES. I'm part of that middle class because I manned up and (this is not hard) just left. Refugees leave their countries but far too many Americans are frightened rabbits who won't even move to better areas of their own state. My property taxes on ~six acres are less than a grand a year. My mortgage was never as high as NYC apartment rent. I can only conclude people are too foolish to move in their own country. No one has to live in NYC, SF, LA etc so don't live there.
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@2MeterLP That's why you do not LIVE there, just WORK there. The suburbs were developed before most Americans had cars and NY area light passenger rail made it happen. Long commutes are part of life if you want to succeed. That's worked since the late 1800s. My father and myself commuted from Jersey for many years before escaping.
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