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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Only certain buildings are rent controlled and trust me, you can't afford to buy one; let alone rent an apartment in one.
As you wish.
Nobody is forcing you to even visit N.Y.C.; however, your ridiculous and uncalled for rudeness, would make you a great candidate for being a hermit.
Okay, new rule...NYT article, automatic ZOT!!!
A lot of tourists blame New Yorkers for being rude, when they have been snubbed or given bad directions, or worse, by a fellow TOURIST.
You have always liked polls, when they've supported YOUR position. Go figure..................
Enjoy the taxes, the moonlight walks on the Tax Super Highway...... soon they will have sidewalk tolls for pedestrians.
I don't know where your story is from, but we have water tanks on tall buildings here because of this little thing called gravity, not because the pipes are unreliable or because of fire danger. The water pressure in the mains aren't strong enough to reliably pump water up more than about 6 floors. Water pressure in the mains is created by gravity - we get our water from reservoirs in the Catskills and the foothills of Upper Westchester and Putnam County. Water will always only seek its own level unless force is applied.
LOL... I was kidding about the rudeness btw, that was a stereotype.
That was on Riverside drive, about 110th street, right accross from grant's tomb.
But whatever.
That's silly! Come on..............you're better than this; I know you are.
Can one of you beat Bloomberg? ;)
No, it doesn't occur to some that the country is not the most perfect place on earth for everyone. I can acknowledge that urban life isn't for everyone. But I'm used to listening to sh!t from the Cali haters, whocoincidently (or maybe not so), tend to be city haters too.
while a thriving society needs some educated people to design and build and create it needs far, far more people to clean, to fix, to deliver, to make, to sew, to cook, to pick up the trash....
only so few can be really rich, a few more can be rich, and more still can be well-off.....
but most people will never be rich......that is simply a fact of life....
an educated populace might be a more civilized population, but better off monetarily?.....hardly.........only so many can sit on top of the roost.....
so a city with a large proportion of college educated people is going to find that a good proportion of those gradutes are driving taxi and the like.....
Neither are water towers on top of building because of "bad pipes" and in case of fire!
You can get away with that tripe, if you tell/show the story to someone who has NEVER been to Manhattan and /or has never read a book about; however, posting it to FR, where REAL New Yorkers are, is going to bring you nothing but grief, each and every single time you post part or all of that pathetic story. I'm not the only one who calls you out on it either.
You should shop posting it. It is NEVER relevant to the thread and it's also a catalyst for you being corrected.
You're friend's death may have resonance, still, for you, but stop hijacking threads with it. Go see a shrink.
Who cares if I got the street number right?
I agree. "they are the most provincial people on Earth" I call them borough NYers.
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