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Hello, happy Monday, and welcome to August. I read an interesting article in the New York Times today about the rising price of housing in New York City, a crisis exacerbated by decades of restrictive zoning that made it difficult for developers to build new, dense, affordable housing. The article closes with an anecdote from a 25-year-old woman who moved to Denver sight–unseen in late 2020 when she lost her job and could no longer afford her $1,300 monthly Brooklyn rent. That story is very familiar to me. From 2018 to 2020, I shared a $2,500/month three-bedroom apartment in Queens with three roommates, one of whom was my boyfriend. In retrospect, it was ridiculous. I didn't really have room for many possessions. I spent two hours commuting to Manhattan every weekday. When the pandemic hit, my boyfriend and I both started working remotely, and we soon decided that we wanted a place to ourselves. We found a $1,600/month two-bedroom apartment in Denver, where I had never been, and made the move. My other roommates have since moved out of our Queens apartment, which was relisted at $3,000/month. I don't know what the solution to this problem is. I only hope that New York can find a way to be a welcoming city for everybody, not just the rich. —Abigail Weinberg |
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