Most NYC residents live in tiny apartments, don’t own cars, don’t have children and have fairly high paying jobs. They spend most of their money save little. I doubt the author owns a car or has a family.
Enjoy your $4 cookies.
Rush always said that the only reason to live in NYC is to work.
Concur.
When I lived there, it was a place where life was about work and fun, and by payday, everyone was in need of a check.