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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so stupid. I make $150,000 a year and I feel very rich (though with no kids).  That doesn’t mean I have no limitations on my spending, and someone who makes $850,000 a year we also have limitations on their spending.

I’m Republican but threads like this pull me somewhat more leftward. Above a relatively moderate income/net worth, money just becomes, at best, about these trivialities or, worse, about greed and status-chasing.[/quote]

Did you read the lady’s post? You cannot provide a strong education and a room for every kid in a safe part of NYC on 850k. She’s not asking for a private jet and house on Jupiter Island, more just the bare minimum. [/quote]

That’s not rue about not being able to find a safe neighborhood.    The majority of neighborhoods are safe in NYC.   Just don’t move into the projects.

Not everyone can afford a separate room for each kid. If she can’t it’s not a big deal.

The education part is trickier but research will help.

One example is Astoria Queens.  She can buy a nice home in Astoria on her salary and easily afford a 3-4 bedrooms. It’s safe.    I have a feeling she’s not really feeling the diversity over there.

It’s all about what she thinks she’s entitled to.  [/quote]

I think highly intelligent people working long hours in boring work and getting paid 850k to do so are entitled to more than Astoria Queens. It’s a dumpy place with ugly houses. [/quote]

It’s a huge assumption to call someone who is anonymous on a board “highly intelligent”.

You get what your income allows you to get.   It’s doubtful you know much about Astoria but there are some areas that are really nice.  Astoria Park area on the edge of the East River with a huge park and walkways around the river, public tennis, playgrounds, largest pool in The city.   The area would meet her income level with $2 million dollar houses.  The new skyscrapers are about $1 million.

Who do you think is living there anyway?  Half of Manhattan has become really foul, even some of the expensive neighborhoods.  Mayor Adams has been an unqualified disaster for over three years.  No one can rely on what they knew from ten years ago.  [/quote]

It’s Queens. It may have new builds and not a complete war zone but it’s queens. I would never let my kids tell their friends they are from such a foul place. The view from East End Avenue isn’t all it’s chalked about to be because blight across the river. [/quote]

People like you, wanna be something you’re not, will never be happy.  It’s a sad statement to teach your children to be ashamed of where they grow up.   What a way to live. [/quote]

I don’t “wanna be” (proper English, please) something I’m not. I live the life in NYC that the Reddit lady aspires to. My children are proud to be from where they are growing up. Hint, it’s not Queens and their friends don’t live or go there (except for the U.S. Open or on the way to the East End). [/quote]

Funny to hear a striver brag about pissing their money away.[/quote]

I cannot think of anything more gauche, new money and striving than bragging about how rich you are. [/quote]

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