[lbo-talk] Insularity ( Was pale male : question to newyorkers...)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> It's expensive, but not *that* expensive. The median HH income in my
> zip code (10024) is $98,541. (I'm here thanks to a rent stabilized
> apartment I've been in since 1979; I doubt I could afford to move in
> today.) There are good neighborhoods in Brooklyn with median incomes
> below yours in Evanston ($50k-ish vs. $63,994 - even Brooklyn Hts is
> $67,770).
> 
> Doug

Doug, median income can be very deceiving, timing is everything.  I recall
putting a blind auction bid on a Jackson Heights coop some 10 or so years
ago - about $40k and I was outbid by less than two grand.  Today, a dog
house in NYC will cost you more than that.

Wojtek