tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053482014370671407.post3664755855643969876..comments2023-10-25T19:48:48.218-04:00Comments on clocktowertenants.com: as exclusive as 1 2 3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053482014370671407.post-41678497841923896152014-07-31T18:53:51.558-04:002014-07-31T18:53:51.558-04:00"There should be affordable housing period.&q..."There should be affordable housing period."<br /><br />Why? And why stop with housing?<br /><br />Everything in every civilization around the globe is tiered commensurate to value, cost and relative affordability. Why should housing be driven down in value within luxury neighborhoods so a modest income can afford it too, but not, say, food or clothing. In a city as expensive as this, shouldn't they be artificially deflated as well, so the middle class can afford better versions of those too? All three are considered necessities after all.<br /><br />And how exactly should developers build affordable housing when labor costs and the very land underneath are stratospheric? Should the land be artificially devalued by government first? Should it be sold at below market value so the builder has a smaller loan to amortize and can service the loan with lower purchase prices and modest rents? Or do we just tax the other guy to house lower incomes until he finally moves away? What then?<br /><br />Affordable housing is not a valuable concept when it is just some utopian ideal. Is building cheap apartments out by the Throggs Neck better for New York's middle class than a separate door on Riverside Blvd in Manhattan? <br />Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379404795746331123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4053482014370671407.post-16116779252173073272014-07-31T17:44:22.229-04:002014-07-31T17:44:22.229-04:00There should be affordable housing period. New bui...There should be affordable housing period. New buildings should be built as was Lincoln Towers and Park West Village, etc. for the middle classes and buildings for the lower classes as were coops in the 90's on Amsterdam Avenue. That said a rental on 43rd street has mixed tenants, those paying market and those paying $500 a month. The kitchens and bathrooms are very different, but the views are the same. You can spot the low income tenants a mile off, they don't blend in. So I'm saying it's a bad idea from the start. Just as bussing my kid out of his neighborhood into a slum school was a bad idea in the late 60's early 70's. Even the black principal didn't let that happen to his kids. <br /><br />Separate doors are not nice. Separate buildings which this is with a separate lobby etc, is okay with me. <br />Any fool paying market to live in that building with no amenities, no view etc deserves what they get. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com