Posted on 08/15/2006 8:37:58 PM PDT by an educated man
These days, it seems, you need a college degree just to live in or around New York City.
Almost 5 million people over the age of 25 in the New York metropolitan area — more than a third of the region’s population — had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2005, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau. In Manhattan, nearly three out of five residents were college graduates and one out of four had advanced degrees, forming one of the highest concentrations of highly educated people in any American city.
The degree-holders are rapidly displacing the dropouts, a trend that may help reduce the demand for social services and drive down crime rates. But the trend also worries some sociologists who say it is evidence that lower-income residents are being pushed out.
Between 2000 and 2005, the number of people in the metropolitan area over 25 who had not finished high school declined by 520,000, a drop of almost 20 percent. During the same period, the number of college graduates in the region rose by almost 700,000.
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Manhattan is full of smart people....of course, you have to make $200k to afford to live there.
The hospitality industry requires a highly specialized skill set, particularly at some of the more upscale hotels. Given the choice between being the concierge at the Ritz Carlton and being beaten with maggot infested dead cats, I'd choose the cats.
why? its an easy gig.
I know guys who did/do gigs like that -- it's hell on a tea cart.
You're a troll. There's nothing special about that, many sign on each day. Just don't think you're fooling anyone.
Watching this threads reminds me of similar type of experience here in New Zealand. I lived in Auckland as a migrant for 15 years before I moved down to the Canterbury for job reasons. Auckland is the largest city in NZ and the only place in the country that can remotedly considered international city. Other parts of the country hate us and call us Jafas (Just Another F****** Aucklanders) and say that we are all mindless lefties or heartless right-wingers (depending on your political angle). The ironic thing is, this city has both the most intellectually conservative electorate (in the suburbs of Remuera, Parnell, Takapuna, Pakuranga, etc) and the most Labour-leaning ones (Mangere) while the intellectual leftie MPs are all elected from Wellington and Christchurch City area (which is now the nearest city from where I call my home).
Just like New York, young people in NZ are drawn to Auckland for higher education (2 universities and 3 polytechnics) and job opportunities - the paid professional service jobs such as consultants and financial service, not to mention IT, are primarily based in Auckland, and the dining is so much more international than other NZ cities (well, not really a lot more intl than Wellington or Christchurch, but definitely over Invercargill). Once they marry and have jobs that enable them to live out of town, however, some choose to move back to their hometowns.
You know, here in NZ people still think London is the centre of the world and consider New York a flyover town. ;-) (Probably exaggerating a bit but it is true most people don't think NYC much while London is paramount in importance)
I've heard it said that NY, London, Paris, Hong Kong, etc. are all cities in the same country.
Well apparently this isn't the case in the minds of mainstream NZ. London is clearly head and shoulder above all the others. Other European metropolises like Paris are next, while New York is sort of treated like anotehr Sydney. Not surprising considering that much of NZ's economy is business with the UK and Europe (which buys about 4 times NZ's exports and twice the imports as America). Add adding to historical ties (most New Zealanders living outside NZ live in London, after Australia) you get the reason why.
The people here read British punditries, they study British history and politics, they play British sports, they eat British food, and they even watch British TV shows.
What about Asia? Indonesia, etc.?
One thing I'm noticing is that London and NYC are more closed tied together. A lot of new yorkers in finance increasingly going to London to work and a lot of Brits here...
Well, it is some place where you sell your kiwifruits, and that's it. People don't think much of Asia at all.
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