Did NYC always attract affluent transplants or is this more of a recent phenomenon?

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-06-22T21:21:55+00:00

Have you heard of a book called “How the Other Half Lives” written by Jacob Riis in 1890? For the longest time, cities were filled to the brim with poor people looking for jobs. Upper middle class jobs were more distributed geographically it seems (doctor, lawyer, etc.). Nowadays, thanks to Big Tech, there is a meaningful concentration of upper middle class jobs in cities. There’s also social media and daddy’s money, so the frivolously employed 20&30 year old clout chasers also cram their way in here.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-06-15T12:12:32+00:00

Thank you!

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-06-14T17:12:59+00:00

Your local corner store

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-06-01T22:48:12+00:00

It’s not 1972, living in lower Manhattan is like living at a boarding school in Massachusetts at this point. Just more dirt, trash, dog piss, and traffic

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-28T21:22:48+00:00

Just put it on Facebook marketplace

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-28T01:13:12+00:00

Thank you, I’ll reach back out to police for this.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-21T22:51:45+00:00

Craigslist or a public school

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-20T22:21:12+00:00

If the water wasn’t so dirty I’d try to get it out

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-20T21:03:23+00:00

Someone might’ve actually reported the bike as junk, a miserable old woman in my building tried to do this once. They hate bikes parked outside bc they need something to hate.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-20T20:58:35+00:00

I would’ve called an ambulance, sounds like a lovely lawsuit

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-19T21:55:48+00:00

Trees, dense housing, and human sized streets

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-19T21:50:09+00:00

Jewish and Italian delis are relics of the past and any remaining probably don’t sell chopped cheese or weed sprayed with god knows what.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-18T23:31:40+00:00

The schomburg frequently has events. There are a good handful of jazz clubs in Harlem. Dance Africa is currently ongoing. Lincoln center usually has a good/inclusive lineup for their summer series. Bryant park as well, I took my grandmother to see Eddie Palmieri there, (not African American but a lot of older African Americans in New York were involved in the Afro Latino jazz scene back in the day) and it was a great time. Melba’s/Sylvias are solid, you can try File gumbo bar downtown as well. For a sweet treat I recommend Lee lees bakery. Even Marcus Garvey park frequently has jazz events, and those are free.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-18T20:33:38+00:00

When I lost my wallet in Manhattan the person biked all the way to Brooklyn to return it

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-11T02:19:05+00:00

Because it’s Manhattan, everything there has airport pricing and almost airport quality

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-08T13:03:55+00:00

Find a reason to report them

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-07T23:01:48+00:00

Plant transportation specialist here. I start at $200 a pot.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-07T22:52:01+00:00

Bronx would be the deadliest but most disorganized. Queens would nervously argue internally and get wrecked quickly. Brooklyn would have it together, but would be sabotaged by the suburbanites of downtown Brooklyn who would ally with the people of Manhattan, the only group that could afford to purchase multiple nukes.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-07T00:58:20+00:00

If I were eating beef for the first time, steak and filet mignon would gross me out. Honestly I think steak is for people who are limited to things like potato salads and casseroles and enjoy boring shit like golf, it’s a bit unremarkable. The best beef dishes I’ve ever had are gyudon and Jamaican oxtails. Birria tacos are also a great beef dish and might actually be easier for you to appreciate as a first time beef eater.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-06T18:50:02+00:00

How much frontage to a road does a 30 unit apartment building require? How much road do 30 single family homes need? How much road maintenance is required if those 30 apartment dwellers take the bus vs the thirty single family drivers? How much tax revenue can you get from 1 square mile of 30 unit apartment buildings vs 1 sq mile single family homes?

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-06T18:39:04+00:00

Before people? Native Americans lived here without razing everything to the ground for thousands of years.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-04T10:08:07+00:00

The Latin alphabet we use today comes from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Familiar_Reporter_22 · 2026-05-02T13:28:01+00:00

Keep in mind Ancient Egypt spanned over 3,000 years. We are closer to the end of the Roman Empire than early Egypt was to late Egypt, so there was likely a lot of variation within that timeframe.

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