Anonymous wrote:Not a AOC fan but this is a ridiculous thread in part because her rent sounds pretty modest for DC

If you don’t like hypocrisy OP I bet you were outraged by all the Conservative politicians (including Mr Ayn Rand - Paul Ryan) squatting in their Congressional offices instead of paying rent for their own apartment.

THIS!

Seriously, they are squandering taxpayers' dollars to avoid paying rent & utilities. Shameless.

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Anonymous wrote:She shouldn't have moved into a new place while she could've stayed rent-free in your head.

My head doesn’t have Whole Foods (where she shops despite running amazon out of NYC) or outdoor yoga classes.

Too bad for you. Maybe focus on living your own life instead of hating on others.

I thought progressives were all about everyone having the same simple life and taking money from the wealthy and redistribution to the poor?

Dcum rails against any rich republican constantly...but suddenly it’s time to live your best life when AOC is shopping at Whole Foods.

See? That’s American Socialism. All fluff. No substance.

Republicans: She's a socialist, so she has to shop at dodgy grocery stores.

She has to shop at the same type of shops most of her constituents in Bronx do. She claimed to be just like them, Alex from the Bronx.

I’m sure the people who lost thousands of well-paying jobs in New York because of the Amazon deal falling through would love to live in a nice apartment and eat organic. She is learning typical democrat ropes - do as I say, not as I do.

They'd probably appreciate the wages and benefits Whole Foods provides over that of Amazon, that's for sure. One of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" according to Fortune Magazine. Good for Whole Foods! I should start shopping there more often.

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-really-like-to-work-at-whole-foods-market-2015-4

not shocking to me at all

She has a big ego. The more money she makes the more she'll turn away from the very people who put her in office.

- no affordable housing units
- shopping at Whole Foods (owned by Amazon)
just surrounded by wealth in general

And yet she's every liberal's hero . . . lol

She'll soon crash and burn b/c she's limited in knowledge and not politically savvy - not enough to keep her politically alive in the long run.

Not a AOC fan but this is a ridiculous thread in part because her rent sounds pretty modest for DC

If you don’t like hypocrisy OP I bet you were outraged by all the Conservative politicians (including Mr Ayn Rand - Paul Ryan) squatting in their Congressional offices instead of paying rent for their own apartment.

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Anonymous wrote:Way down at the bottom of the article, it admits that her apartment rents are right about the average for DC.

“What it doesn't offer is affordable housing - a platform the self-described socialist campaigned on in her bid to become the youngest female member of Congress.“

But she won’t live in a place with “affordable housing units.” Code for poor people. She will campaign on their backs, and claim she’s for them, but once she has the ability, she won’t live near them.

It’s hypocritical to do this.

Uhh, have you ever walked around the Navy Yards section of DC?

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Anonymous wrote:She shouldn't have moved into a new place while she could've stayed rent-free in your head.

My head doesn’t have Whole Foods (where she shops despite running amazon out of NYC) or outdoor yoga classes.

Too bad for you. Maybe focus on living your own life instead of hating on others.

I thought progressives were all about everyone having the same simple life and taking money from the wealthy and redistribution to the poor?

Dcum rails against any rich republican constantly...but suddenly it’s time to live your best life when AOC is shopping at Whole Foods.

See? That’s American Socialism. All fluff. No substance.

Republicans: She's a socialist, so she has to shop at dodgy grocery stores.

She has to shop at the same type of shops most of her constituents in Bronx do. She claimed to be just like them, Alex from the Bronx.

I’m sure the people who lost thousands of well-paying jobs in New York because of the Amazon deal falling through would love to live in a nice apartment and eat organic. She is learning typical democrat ropes - do as I say, not as I do.

Anonymous wrote:Just because you live next to Whole Foods doesn't mean you shop there all the time. And for the love of pete, there are Whole Foods everywhere in this area, in all kinds of neighborhoods. Guess what, I see a diverse clientele at the one I shop at 4-5 times a year (it's just down the road from my middle class neighborhood). The one in the Navy Yard area is right next to the highway - SO LUXURIOUS! You are obviously not from around here.

Moreover, I am fairly certain that the Whole Foods is either in her building or right next to it. She is probably going three for convenience more than anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Way down at the bottom of the article, it admits that her apartment rents are right about the average for DC.

“What it doesn't offer is affordable housing - a platform the self-described socialist campaigned on in her bid to become the youngest female member of Congress.“

But she won’t live in a place with “affordable housing units.” Code for poor people. She will campaign on their backs, and claim she’s for them, but once she has the ability, she won’t live near them.

It’s hypocritical to do this.

How do you know she "won’t live in a place" with affordable housing? She would not be eligible for affordable housing herself and there might not be a building that meets her needs that has non-affordable housing units available. Do you have any evidence that she had an opportunity to live in a building with affordable housing and declined?

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Anonymous wrote:She shouldn't have moved into a new place while she could've stayed rent-free in your head.

My head doesn’t have Whole Foods (where she shops despite running amazon out of NYC) or outdoor yoga classes.

Too bad for you. Maybe focus on living your own life instead of hating on others.

I thought progressives were all about everyone having the same simple life and taking money from the wealthy and redistribution to the poor?

Dcum rails against any rich republican constantly...but suddenly it’s time to live your best life when AOC is shopping at Whole Foods.

See? That’s American Socialism. All fluff. No substance.

Just because you live next to Whole Foods doesn't mean you shop there all the time. And for the love of pete, there are Whole Foods everywhere in this area, in all kinds of neighborhoods. Guess what, I see a diverse clientele at the one I shop at 4-5 times a year (it's just down the road from my middle class neighborhood). The one in the Navy Yard area is right next to the highway - SO LUXURIOUS! You are obviously not from around here.

Cleaned=claimed

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Anonymous wrote:She shouldn't have moved into a new place while she could've stayed rent-free in your head.

My head doesn’t have Whole Foods (where she shops despite running amazon out of NYC) or outdoor yoga classes.

Too bad for you. Maybe focus on living your own life instead of hating on others.

I thought progressives were all about everyone having the same simple life and taking money from the wealthy and redistribution to the poor?

Dcum rails against any rich republican constantly...but suddenly it’s time to live your best life when AOC is shopping at Whole Foods.

See? That’s American Socialism. All fluff. No substance.

Republicans: She's a socialist, so she has to shop at dodgy grocery stores.

No, she’s left those behind. The people she cleaned to represent cannot shop at Whole Foods. They are stuck at dodgy stores.

And she did push Amazon out of NYC, but supports it by shopping there for her groceries.

That doesn’t seem at all hypocritical?

Anonymous wrote:Way down at the bottom of the article, it admits that her apartment rents are right about the average for DC.

“What it doesn't offer is affordable housing - a platform the self-described socialist campaigned on in her bid to become the youngest female member of Congress.“

But she won’t live in a place with “affordable housing units.” Code for poor people. She will campaign on their backs, and claim she’s for them, but once she has the ability, she won’t live near them.

It’s hypocritical to do this.

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Anonymous wrote:She shouldn't have moved into a new place while she could've stayed rent-free in your head.

My head doesn’t have Whole Foods (where she shops despite running amazon out of NYC) or outdoor yoga classes.

Too bad for you. Maybe focus on living your own life instead of hating on others.

I thought progressives were all about everyone having the same simple life and taking money from the wealthy and redistribution to the poor?

Dcum rails against any rich republican constantly...but suddenly it’s time to live your best life when AOC is shopping at Whole Foods.

See? That’s American Socialism. All fluff. No substance.

Republicans: She's a socialist, so she has to shop at dodgy grocery stores.

I am pretty sure I know which building it is and a one bedroom can be had for $2,000 which is not a bad rent in DC. Given the convenient location, it seems like a reasonable choice. I personally love the Navy Yard these days and if I were young and moving to DC now, I'd would consider that neighborhood.

Normally I avoid all the AOC threads even if I think it's hilarious how obsessed you people are with her.

But seriously, OP, this is from your article:

Apartments in the building go for $1,840 a month for a 440 square foot studio, and can go up to $5,200 for a three-bedroom.

The median rent in Washington, D.C., is $2,700, according to real-estate website Zillow.

Now, until you tell me that she is living all by herself, roommate free, in one of the $5200 3 bedroom units, I have nothing to say about her living in a "luxury apartment complex." I mean for god's sake, that's an advertising phrase used by any number of apartment buildings in the area (including the Blairs in downtown Silver Spring) that most DCUM people would turn their nose up at.