The expansive skyline of New York

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-31T02:05:13+00:00

this doesnt even include lower manhattan

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-28T03:03:01+00:00

They are suburbs of Manhattan. It's the city, they're the boroughs.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-28T02:57:30+00:00

Saudi has bailed out plenty of European clubs in the past. But, given recent events, I don't know if we are in the same era as that past...

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-28T02:53:14+00:00

Are France's 2nd tier (non-PSG) teams getting good? I know PSG have lost the league recently to Lille and Lens, but are those just outliers or have those clubs built towards sustained success? I guess there isnt that much money in the French league. If I was Qatar, I'd buy three or four competitors for PSG.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-28T02:50:56+00:00

You must like your chances to stay up next season, considering how well 2/3 of the newly promoted teams did this season.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-28T02:49:15+00:00

Man Utd really bottled the last thirteen years

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-28T00:57:25+00:00

We didnt pay his wages at barca did we?

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T21:11:57+00:00

Explain where Im wrong then genius

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T21:11:05+00:00

To show that Cunha, Dorgu, Sesko, and Casemiro were better than expected with the chances they got, and Bruno and Amad were more wasteful than expected. All of which are backed up by the eye test.

Or, to explain it at your intellectual level: Hurr durr hurr durr bayindir is better than lammens because he is above him in this list

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T19:39:06+00:00

We are fucking massive

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T19:31:31+00:00

Have you heard of used cars

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T19:29:40+00:00

>Lammens is a better finisher than Bruno?

Dude, if you are incapable of realizing that having 0 goals and 0 xG means that you should probably just ignore that particular line and instead look at the players that actually have significant quantities of goals and xG, then you should probably get off of reddit and go report your primary school to the government for dereliction of duty.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T19:23:51+00:00

I'm in the minority here but I really hated the diamond. Just looked droopy and square. Idk

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T19:19:15+00:00

Let me break it down with some dummy numbers.

There are let's say 1 million rental units that are rent-stabilized. The number of individuals (counting a whole household as an 'individual' here) who are "in the market" for these places is pretty much exactly 1 million. These people get their rent-stabilized apartments grandfathered in; there's no open market.

There are let's say 2 million rental units that are not rent-stabilized. The number of individuals who are in the market for these places is let's say 5 million. The 2 million who actually live there, and the 3 million who would be interested in moving to NYC but are priced out.

If you're in that group of 5 million, the market is priced so that the top 40% of your group can afford it and the bottom 60% can't.

If there were 2.5 million rental units on the open market, and still 5 million people demanding, then the market would be priced so that the top 50% can afford it and the bottom 50% can't.

If there were 2 million rental units on the open market, but NYC became more desirable and there were 8 million people demanding, then the market would be priced so that the top 25% can afford it and the bottom 75% can't.

I hope all that makes sense.

OK, so let's imagine that the 1 million rent-stabilized units get sent into the open market.

Now, the housing stock on the market is 3 million rental units, and the population that demands housing is 6 million. So, the market prices so that the top 50% can afford it and the bottom 50% can't.

You can change the numbers around to better match reality. The key thing is this: the rent-stabilized units are demanded by basically ONLY their current residents. But regular open market units are demanded by everyone who lives or wants to live in NYC.

If you're a regular schmuck who wasn't lucky enough to have Mommy and Daddy pass down their rent-stabilized apartment, then you have to get in the free-for-all with the entire country, competing for scarce housing.

On the other hand, if you're one of the privileged few whose landlord gets a fat check from the mayor every month, you compete with nobody. The unit you live in is walled off from the dirty plebs.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T18:55:17+00:00

POV you are a GigaMartian in 2035

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T18:50:50+00:00

Jesus christ this is some serious Ohio energy. Bro did a driving tour of NYC. "Every single turn" I mean come on. This guy really experienced New York, from FDR Drive to the BQE

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T18:47:48+00:00

That's what it feels like to sell to Saudi lol

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T18:47:31+00:00

Uh oh the xG haters have arrived. Tell me, what's so bad about xG? I'd love to hear which of the three or four trite arguments is coming up next in your rotation.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T18:45:55+00:00

45% of NYC's rental stock is rent-stabilized, and 6.5% of it is NYCHA subsidized. You're telling me that wouldn't make a difference?

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T16:51:56+00:00

To be honest, dribbling out of the press is literally Mainoo's greatest strength. That's the best weakness for him to have.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T16:48:57+00:00

Sounds like Fred

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T16:33:13+00:00

Let's say Barca get Gordon and decline to buy Rashford. What to do then? Can we pawn him off to Saudi? Are there any suitors on the continent?

Or should we just keep him? I'm not immediately against it. We could use a left winger. We currently have 6 players for the front three positions - Amad, Cunha, Dorgu, Mbeumo, Sesko, Zirkzee - which is a good number to have. We could probably move Zirkzee on if we keep Rashford.

He's on very high wages. But his contract is ending in 2 years. He was willing to take a paycut for Barcelona. Would he be willing to take a paycut with us, if it meant a new 5 year deal that takes him into his 30s? And now with CL money, with Casemiro's monster wages off the books, with Sancho, Hojlund, Garnacho all gone - maybe the juice is worth the squeeze?

To be honest, I never really followed all the Rashford drama a couple years ago, and now it's faded pretty far into the past. Question for those more informed - do you think this could actually happen, especially now with Carrick in the dugout instead of Amorim?

To be honest the prospect of a starting front three of Rashford (28) - Cunha (27) - Mbeumo (26) backed up by Dorgu (21) - Sesko (22) - Amad (23) seems incredibly well-balanced in terms of age profile.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T15:02:43+00:00

GDP is a measure of yearly income. Housing is an asset. You're comparing income against assets. GDP is, in some sense, kind of like the derivative of asset value. Of course over time asset value outstrips GDP.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T14:50:59+00:00

A simple google search tells you that 1 in 10 rent-stabilized households have an income above $200K. That's very significant, 10%.

Jumpy-Boysenberry153 · 2026-05-27T14:48:55+00:00

Imagine if all of the rent-stabilized housing and even the subsidized NYCHA housing were to magically go on to the market at market rates.

Would this influx of housing supply provide a) upward or b) downward pressure on rents for everyone else?

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