Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "NYC is Full of Collapsing Buildings…" video.

Apartments are individually owned structure and have ALWAYS had age issues in NYC because they are PRIVATE property. The solution is a wrecking ball because those old hulks were never built to last over a century.
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@i4ofjaodfivnagjioaweitj Depends on where you choose to live. I grew up in a very nice north Jersey suburb but those are totally restrictive ( I find the idea of renting a single garage bay obscenely ridiculous) so i left that overtaxed expensive over-regulated corrupt place. I bought cheap old homes needing work in NC then SC over the years and did the work (which is simply like most things a matter of DECIDING to learn ho then making the effort) which saves absurd amounts of money. If you need a new personal capability then choose to add it. Perfectly ordinary people do nearly every task in civilization which means others can learn them too.
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Apartments are prisons like "condos" (a fancy word for apartment) and as that building deteriorates your fees skyrocket. The whole condo concept is a scam and that it works for a few doesn't make it wise when you own a proper house and enough land for to buffer against neighbors (I live on just under six acres). When you do not own the ENTIRE structure you live in you really have nothing because you are at someone elses mercy. Instead, make sure your property is easy for you to care for. For example if you have overgrown trees cut them down before removal gets really expensive, and cut down every tree in falling range of your home. Most people forget to look up then get hit with brutal arborist bills in their old age after what used to be a comfy esthetic feature turns into a threat. Replanting away from structures gets a nice visual barrier far enough out to be safe.
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@MirzaAhmed89 That doesn't mean the rest of the structure does. What masonry or construction trade do you work in?
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@LilyGazou That was so long ago only the elderly remember it. The mid-1960s were the end and the '70s/80s' the worst in recent memory but it's only attractive to those who don't know better. People grow used to anything when they grow up in a region. Of course almost no one RETIRES in NYC because reality sets in so unless you're too poor to escape it's off to Arizona or the Southeast.
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@97Retrogamenerd Or do what I did and GTFO the metro area. Living in cities is a choice. I detest them so I left. Five grand apartment rental in the metro area is a mortgage payment on a home with plenty of land elsewhere. People are just too scared of change to improve their lives even when it gets them much more for their money.
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