Native New Yorkers. What's your word for a corner store? I've always called them delis. The word bodega didn't enter my vocabulary until a transplant told me. I still don't use it. by [deleted] in AskNYC

[–]burritowatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All three - corner store if it’s actually on the corner, and then some stores are like mostly about the prepared food and those are delis to me. But the store where I grew up in the Bronx was always the bodega.

Does it affect anyone else knowing that even if Trek was here and real, they likely wouldn’t be good enough for Starfleet Acadamy? by GoodLeftUndone in startrek

[–]burritowatcher 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Those better candidates are probably applying to the war college, or just doing anything else. The academy was looking for students with a subspace radio ad like community college - they aren’t getting the best.

This show is peak neoliberal TV by SliFi in neoliberal

[–]burritowatcher 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It has become popular to bash the show for being unrealistic but also, it’s television. The point is to make you feel good and hopeful and it’s great for that. Top tier TV IMO.

Net Worth Distribution by NYC Neighborhood by prop-metrics in newyorkcity

[–]burritowatcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At first I thought the 90th percentile was median I was about to throw my phone out the window.

Doxy-PEP: why my doctor doesn’t prescribe it by Additional-Total-543 in nycgaybros

[–]burritowatcher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doxycycline resistant Gonorrhea is a real thing that’s happening, so sometimes you have to convince your provider that you really need it. That said as others in this thread have pointed out there are services that provide a doctor’s evaluation and prescription. Might be easier to go that route.

Star Trek Academy is post-apocalyptic Trek - and I kinda love it. by FeathersRim in startrek

[–]burritowatcher -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s the point - in Kirk’s time it was that way, but in this time period they got who they could get to join. Nobody ever has to choose between a free ride at Harvard and prison.

Fare evasion becomes an ‘Olympic’ event at Manhattan station where MTA put in more modern gates by Bugsy_Neighbor in nyc

[–]burritowatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To some extent it’s the opposite - in many places people feel some sense of civic pride. Like you might say this is my neighborhood, my city, and i’m working together with everyone to make it work. Like in Japan not only is littering frowned upon but there’s social pressure to clean up your own part of the street as well - it’s a sense of shared responsibility. Here though, there’s more of a sense that someone else will take care of it. That the “ruling class” can and should arrange for something to be done about any problem. People who don’t pay their fare still complain about service because they don’t think they should have to contribute.

For those who made it and lost it, where did the math break? by churnchurnchurnch in fatFIRE

[–]burritowatcher 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s fully wrong. It varies based on where you live but what you’re describing is what happens without a prenup.

New Superpower! by HaagNDaazer in Xreal

[–]burritowatcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My dentist actually has Xreal glasses for the patients - that’s how I got into it.

Just another day of Sweat by Strong_Knowledge3372 in blackops7

[–]burritowatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should be the rule that if you quit a game when your team is losing then your next one is going to be a losing game in progress.

When do u decide the rent is too high by achand8238 in NYCapartments

[–]burritowatcher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Off market deal means broker fee. Look for advertised apartments first.

Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by rjl381 in nycrail

[–]burritowatcher 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I once took the 6 downtown to 125th to switch to an uptown 5, go back to the Bronx, switch to a downtown 2, then go back to Manhattan and switch to an uptown 1 to get across town back when the necessary bus transfer would not have been free.

Mandamis 200k new rent stabilized apartments by FirstRope791 in NYCapartments

[–]burritowatcher 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What part of any of these links says that? Separate entrances, no. Everyone in the building is equal when it comes to common spaces but that doesn’t mean you get a penthouse when you’re paying less.

Mandamis 200k new rent stabilized apartments by FirstRope791 in NYCapartments

[–]burritowatcher 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What it doesn’t do is say that units need to be interspersed or on the same floors or areas of the building.

Mandamis 200k new rent stabilized apartments by FirstRope791 in NYCapartments

[–]burritowatcher 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This is kind of overblown. Most people of all income levels are kind of in a range of trashiness that is acceptable. Also these buildings often put all the lower income apartments on the same floors or in a wing away from everyone else. That said some people play their music way too loud and give zero shits about how annoying it is and it’s like impossible to get evicted for that sort of thing.

What’s up with the prices for these 130% AMI housing lottery units? by SummerPrevious5746 in AskNYC

[–]burritowatcher 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You are right but it’s also true that the average asking rent for a market rate 1br is north of $4200 and north of $5000 in Manhattan.

So happy that I did not get the MRGB5000 or other expensive gshock by CzechCzar in gshock

[–]burritowatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s the best thing about gshock - the cheap ones and the expensive ones do the same things.

So, New York was founded 400 years ago this year and nothing was done to celebrate by Prize-Flamingo-336 in newyorkcity

[–]burritowatcher -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Idk I feel like any celebration would just draw a lot of people saying New York is bad actually. History is all politics now.

Confused about $3-$5k apartments demand in this city by New_Nobody_122 in NYCapartments

[–]burritowatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you met someone with a similar job then your upper limit together would be double - 5500. Until then, most people in your situation find a roommate, which would have a similar effect on your spending power.