How do normal people afford to live in meme locations in lower

Damn battery park is much smaller and uglier than I had thought,

>>68159904
Have you seen Times Square? The fucking streets looks like some shit from soviet, New York is literally a big fucking meme and will never ever be able to compete with Paris or London

>>68159840
"Normal people" don't

>>68160311
Are you telling me business men who make 300k are living in Chinatown?

>>68159840
it's not expensive

>>68160344
Not him but in the case of chinatown they form associations for tenants protections and rent control iirc

>>68159840
>what is New Jersey
>what is Long Island

>>68161741
>what is reading comprehension

>>68159840
They don't

Or they share with 7 other people in one tiny room and still struggle

>>68159840
>such as Little Italy
it's really not that expensive tbf. i rented an apartment of a memeartist there who was definitely not 'normal people', but i think his income was surely smaller than 'normal people'. not that the neighborhood is shit or anything, but the others are better :D

>>68160080
New york is one of my least favorite cities in north america but london and paris are way more of a meme tbqh