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NYT: Broke New Yorkers too snooty to move someplace they can afford
| .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. | 10/26/26 |
| Labia Menorah | 10/26/26 |
| Die Hard 2: Die Harder | 10/26/26 |
| .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. | 10/26/26 |
| Oh, you travel? | 10/26/26 |
| יהוה | 10/26/26 |
| can't believe this moniker was available | 10/26/26 |
| Long PlayroomPoon Clown Conniption | 10/26/26 |
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Date: October 26th, 2026 9:17 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. A young woman in Queens celebrated her 30th birthday with cake, champagne — and an existential crisis over still living paycheck to paycheck.
A 30-year-old in Manhattan felt ready to consider marriage, but knew he couldn’t afford a wedding.
And in Brooklyn, a couple, at 32, confronted a generational conundrum: stay in their hometown as their parents age? Or move away to start a family?
Forget the kids.
The 30-somethings are not all right.
“Everyone I know around my age is feeling the weight of the burdens of this economy and what it takes to live a nice, comfortable middle-class life,” said Dan Iammatteo, 31, a marketing director in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
And their angst is intensifying. People in their early 30s constitute the largest age cohort in the United States, and their frustrations have emerged as a potent force reshaping cities and their politics and demographics.
Nearly two dozen people in their early 30s said in interviews that the image of adult life that they had been promised turned out to be a sham.
Many work full time and earn enough to cover the cost of basic groceries (even if it means trips to three stores). But their salaries are losing ground to inflation, and their health care costs are skyrocketing. They’re cutting back on salon visits, social activities and fresh fruit runs — and they feel priced out of adulthood.
On Thursday, the long-running Harvard Youth Poll found for the first time in its history that more young Americans expect to fall behind, rather than surpass, their parents economically.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/nyregion/30-year-old-angst.html |
Date: October 26th, 2026 9:21 PM Author: Labia Menorah their health care costs are skyrocketing. They’re cutting back on salon visits, social activities and fresh fruit runs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914804&forum_id=2#50204859) |
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Date: October 26th, 2026 9:37 PM Author: Die Hard 2: Die Harder The trouble for a lot of them is that they cannot find these jobs they are doing outside of NYC. They can move to Nashville but its still going to be expensive with less jobs.
You are going to have to get a roommate if you refuse to look for a spouse in your early 20s. |
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Date: October 26th, 2026 10:16 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,..:,,:,......,;:.,.:..:.,:,::,. There are lawyer and project manager jobs all over the country. They could also move to cheaper parts of the NYC metro area if they insist on living there. They don’t have to live in Brooklyn or MFH. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914804&forum_id=2#50204983) |
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Date: October 26th, 2026 10:34 PM Author: Oh, you travel? ( ) Fewer jobs, not “less”. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914804&forum_id=2#50205036) |
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Date: October 26th, 2026 10:02 PM Author: יהוה feeling the weight of the burdens of this economy and what it takes to live a nice, comfortable middle-class life tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914804&forum_id=2#50204947) |
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Date: October 26th, 2026 10:04 PM Author: can't believe this moniker was available Every choice they’ve ever made has been a vote, for this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914804&forum_id=2#50204958) |