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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.

You don’t know the city and neither did the father moving his daughter. She’ll figure it out though.

I do. It’s pay to play. If you want quality food you’ll be paying a fortune at Wegmans or Eli’s. Have fun with your expired mango from Juan.

You keep doubling down on your lack of awareness. Sorry to tell you bluntly but you sound like a fool with these statements. I suggest you get off of dcum and go explore NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.

You don’t know the city and neither did the father moving his daughter. She’ll figure it out though.

I do. It’s pay to play. If you want quality food you’ll be paying a fortune at Wegmans or Eli’s. Have fun with your expired mango from Juan.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.

You don’t know the city and neither did the father moving his daughter. She’ll figure it out though.

I do. It’s pay to play. If you want quality food you’ll be paying a fortune at Wegmans or Eli’s. Have fun with your expired mango from Juan.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in this neighborhood which 25 plus years ago was a working-class Italian neighborhood that has now gentrified. And while NYC is expensive, I can tell you that anyone who thinks they can't make it here on 850k is not only entitled af but a f--ing idiot to boot. Yes, it takes a little planning and research to get your kid into something other than the school for which you're zoned, but there are plenty of good NYC public elementary schools, and once the kids hit 6th or 8th grade, they can test into the city's most competitive high schools (Hunter College High School starts in 7th grade). Especially if you're an aspiring actor/dancer/musician, there is no reason to go anywhere except for LaGuardia--if in fact you can get in.

I also don't understand why people feel so entitled to spawn and then complain when their finances can't cover everything for which they want to pay. Why is this person having a third kid? And what if the baby ends up with the kind of special needs that means having to put all of one's resources into therapies, etc.?

There isn’t (or shouldn’t be) anything special about having a third child. That it’s such a financial burden is an indictment of NYC policy and quality of life. That so many think the Redditor shouldn’t have children says a lot about their values.

The world is overpopulated, and those of us who live in "first world" countries use up a very disproportionate share of the earth's resources. So no, people shouldn't be having more than two biological children, especially dimwitted, entitled lawyers who think that 850k in NYC equals poverty yet continue to spawn anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.

You obviously know nothing about living in NYC or where to find great food (at grocery stores or in restaurants) for less in its boroughs. To take the Starbucks coffee as an example: I have no idea where the person who helped his/her adult child move to NYC went grocery shopping, but a 1 lb. bag of coffee is $13.95 at an actual Starbucks store.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.

You don’t know the city and neither did the father moving his daughter. She’ll figure it out though.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The issue is posters here think those prices are acceptable and even encouraged. That the expense is a sign of sophistication and being an urbane city resident. New York City has many policies that make life unbearable for its productive families that don’t make several million a year. The city should be doing all it can to keep the Redditor and her three children within the city limits.

She can be within city limits. She just feels like she’s better than people in Queens and Brooklyn.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in this neighborhood which 25 plus years ago was a working-class Italian neighborhood that has now gentrified. And while NYC is expensive, I can tell you that anyone who thinks they can't make it here on 850k is not only entitled af but a f--ing idiot to boot. Yes, it takes a little planning and research to get your kid into something other than the school for which you're zoned, but there are plenty of good NYC public elementary schools, and once the kids hit 6th or 8th grade, they can test into the city's most competitive high schools (Hunter College High School starts in 7th grade). Especially if you're an aspiring actor/dancer/musician, there is no reason to go anywhere except for LaGuardia--if in fact you can get in.

I also don't understand why people feel so entitled to spawn and then complain when their finances can't cover everything for which they want to pay. Why is this person having a third kid? And what if the baby ends up with the kind of special needs that means having to put all of one's resources into therapies, etc.?

There isn’t (or shouldn’t be) anything special about having a third child. That it’s such a financial burden is an indictment of NYC policy and quality of life. That so many think the Redditor shouldn’t have children says a lot about their values.

The world is overpopulated, and those of us who live in "first world" countries use up a very disproportionate share of the earth's resources. So no, people shouldn't be having more than two biological children, especially dimwitted, entitled lawyers who think that 850k in NYC equals poverty yet continue to spawn anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The issue is posters here think those prices are acceptable and even encouraged. That the expense is a sign of sophistication and being an urbane city resident. New York City has many policies that make life unbearable for its productive families that don’t make several million a year. The city should be doing all it can to keep the Redditor and her three children within the city limits.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in this neighborhood which 25 plus years ago was a working-class Italian neighborhood that has now gentrified. And while NYC is expensive, I can tell you that anyone who thinks they can't make it here on 850k is not only entitled af but a f--ing idiot to boot. Yes, it takes a little planning and research to get your kid into something other than the school for which you're zoned, but there are plenty of good NYC public elementary schools, and once the kids hit 6th or 8th grade, they can test into the city's most competitive high schools (Hunter College High School starts in 7th grade). Especially if you're an aspiring actor/dancer/musician, there is no reason to go anywhere except for LaGuardia--if in fact you can get in.

I also don't understand why people feel so entitled to spawn and then complain when their finances can't cover everything for which they want to pay. Why is this person having a third kid? And what if the baby ends up with the kind of special needs that means having to put all of one's resources into therapies, etc.?

There isn’t (or shouldn’t be) anything special about having a third child. That it’s such a financial burden is an indictment of NYC policy and quality of life. That so many think the Redditor shouldn’t have children says a lot about their values.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75.

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.

Anonymous wrote:I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.