It makes me laugh what people pay to live in crapholes like NYC.
An even bigger laugh for me are the schmucks who DRIVE 1.5 or even two hours from places like Jackson, NJ or Hunterdon County to their jobs in the city, just so they can have a big, half-empty tacky Toll Brothers House and (mediocre, but safe) schools for the kids.
Suburbia makes sense when your kids are school aged, but the LONG commutes I see some people do just so they can have the new Toll Brothers house boggles the mind. A smaller house in the inner ring at the same price makes more sense.