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I hate to give Donnie credit, but I keep wondering if he destroyed his home town on purpose. Or if someone ... guided him. -- (link*)

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) May 26 '20, 08:25

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/frustrated-and-struggling-new-yorkers-contemplate-abandoning-the-city-they-love/2020/05/25/153ca71e-9c5b-11ea-a2b3-5c3f2d1586df_story.html (www.washingtonpost.com)

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Yes he created a virus that specifically targeted NYC. - spamlet May 26, 08:47 14
- He allowed virus to come through NYC airports, unrestricted, for six weeks. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:53 10
  - And every other airport. -- nm - spamlet May 26, 09:08 9
    - Which airport gets the most European travelers? -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:09 8
      - He was annoyed at even acknowledging that it was a problem. Attributing malice to it is an enormous stretch. - Reagen May 26, 09:10 3
        
        He’s a moron *and* an evil genius! -- nm - spamlet May 26, 09:13 1
        
        He has people who manipulate him. NO, I am not saying there is a conspiracy behind that. Please don't put words in my mouth. -- nm* - loosilu May 26, 09:14
        
        Oh, there was malice. It was pulling teeth to get him to send anything to NY. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:12
      - I'll answer for you, it's JFK and Newark. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:10 3
        
        Stop marching down the Conspiracy Highway. -- nm - Reagen May 26, 09:11 2
        
        I'm not, I promise. I never want to give him credit for malice when incompetence explains it. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:14
        
        Well they shouldn't have put it in such a convenient place then! -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 09:12
- Could have been worse. -- (pic) - Spawn May 26, 08:52 [Attachment] 2
  - heh -- nm - mud May 26, 09:14 1
    - That effin' dashboard goes through my head way more often than it should. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 09:16
"destroyed", lol. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man May 26, 08:45 2
- Look, I can use hyperbole! -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:53
- Never to recover. -- nm - Spawn May 26, 08:46
Article - David May 26, 08:40 2
- Secretstalker was posting about laundry issues on fb. None in his building and all of the local ones had been closer for over 2 months. -- nm - jnine May 26, 11:14
- It has to be tough right now, but it's not as if fashion jobs are going to move to "an unincorporated mountain town in Nevada". -- nm - Reagen May 26, 08:59
Those $10 million penthouses will be selling for $1 million in no time! -- nm - Mop May 26, 08:36
There are always people getting fed up and leaving the city for myriad reasons. This is just another wave of the same. - ty97 May 26, 08:32 17
- Yeah, a few of these people just had a baby or are pregnant. They were 90% odds to be leaving regardless. - ty97 May 26, 08:43 3
  - Hey, my parents didn't leave NY when I was .... oh. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:55 2
    - Growing up here was awesome and my parents didn't have to drive to me to every single thing I wanted to do which I'm sure was nice for them. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 09:02 1
      - I would have loved it, but my mother didn't. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 09:08
- Yup. There are many waiting to come and replace them. It'll be quicker than expected if real estate prices drop. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:35 9
  - Well sort of. What I expect is that it will hasten not lessen income inequality. The big corps will be able to scoop up the spaces cheap, pushing out - JackDawson May 26, 08:44 8
    - This I, unfortunately, agree with -- nm - ty97 May 26, 09:25
    - That may all be right but I don't know. I do know that people will still want to move here whether they're wealthy, college kids or somewhere - Krusty May 26, 08:49 6
      - I'd love to give it a shot at living there but that avg rent of $4210 in Manhattan....I'd need a sugar mama or something -- nm - JD May 26, 08:53 5
        
        That's higher than what most people I know pay. If you want to live in a doorman building with amenities and other extras then you'll pay that. - Krusty May 26, 08:56 3
        
        I'd be looking for something like half of that half ;-) - JD May 26, 09:16 1
        
        Haha! :-) -- nm - Krusty May 26, 09:43
        
        Isn't the last part of your IM an oxy-moron? - Spawn May 26, 08:58
        
        YOu would typically be paid more for the same kind of job you have now. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:54
- I mean "I struggle to afford my rent and don't have laundry in my fourth floor walk-up" has *nothing* to do with COVID -- nm - ty97 May 26, 08:35
- Or, to put it differently, these folks were likely already contemplating it, and would have done it eventually, and this is the trigger point. - ty97 May 26, 08:34
- oh, I have no doubt about that. I'm curious what will happen to rent and real estate prices. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:33
I can’t read the article but anecdotally I know a couple of people not coming back -- nm - JackDawson May 26, 08:28 10
- That's fine. There will be others to replace them. It may take some time but we'll bounce back. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:33 1
  - That’s my gut too -- nm - JackDawson May 26, 08:37
- Also, hmmm, I thought they had made their COVID coverage free to the public. Maybe that only applies to news stories. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:33 6
  - They limited it more about a week or two ago. Now it's just the daily update that's free -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:34 5
    - Oh wait, that's the NY Times. The Washington Post never had free coverage. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:34 4
      - We subscribe to both now. If anyone needs anything lasted, just tell me. -- nm - David May 26, 09:20
      - Yes, they are. -- (link) - loosilu May 26, 08:38 1
        
        I see now. I didn't notice them before from their home page. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 08:52
      - They must have. They always do when there's a major disaster. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:37
- It's a half dozen similar anecdotes. -- nm - loosilu May 26, 08:32

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