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5. lol wut?

Reply to JHB (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 09:21 AM

Dec 2012

Sounds like you have never lived in a place where the 1% income for the rest of the country doesn't even break the top 15%. A 2BR in Manhattan for $900k is just like a 2BR in any other place. Definitely not a mansion.

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David Sirota: Homeownership Support Shouldn’t Be a Mansion Subsidy [View all] marmar Dec 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #1

Funny, I got a mailer advertising a 2 bed + 1 bath for $900k Lucky Luciano Dec 2012 #2

Perhaps the point of the article is... Orrex Dec 2012 #3

In Manhattan, that can qualify as a mansion JHB Dec 2012 #4

lol wut? intersectionality Dec 2012 #5

What's your point, exactly? Orrex Dec 2012 #6

But it's in Manhattan; people living there choose it for its advantages muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #7

A 2BR in Manhattan provides easy commutes to jobs with high wages Thor_MN Dec 2012 #8

Context is everything. In an island of shoeboxes, a 2BR is a near-mansion JHB Dec 2012 #9