I visited NYC back in February. I can't believe the taxes they pay compared to the cleanliness and quality of life. The city is corrupt and living there is a scam.
The subway is garbage. Its not cute, its not quirky. Its an outdated relic thats a liability and embarrassment for the city. Smelled of urine and garbage, was disgusting slimy and gross. Ive been on public transport in other countries, and NYC's subway is by far one of the worst.
Everything off the streets is beat to hell or dented, damaged, dirty. The streets are filthy. There are no alleyways, so all the garbage just piles up on the street and bakes in the summer. In the winter its snowy and miserable with the trash mixing with mystery liquids seeping down into the streets into the sewers. Chicago's great fire was a blessing in disguise because it allowed to city to implement new planning and become cleaner. Still has a nigger problem but I digress.
One of my friends was going on and on about how nice this nice UES apartment were. Checked price, 4.73 million. Well for $700k I could have the same custom interior with antiques and crap, plus a lawn and luxury cars with parking, afford to send my kids to private school and not have to worry about tripping over garbage and illegals.
If NYC had reasonable rents like $1800-2500 for something that wasn't a slum and habitable, I would say it wouldn't be so bad, but the high cost can't be justified when you can get a NEW apartment in Texas, Florida or any red state for way less than half the cost of the average NYC rental price and enjoy a significantly higher quality of life without being taxed to death. I won't stump for Zohran Mamdani, but look at prices in the New Amsterdam hellhole and it makes sense why his rental policy got him the nomination.
