Submitted by psychothumbs t3_10vnm6u in nyc
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bkornblith t1_j7km73q wrote
Hot take here but the people that are destroying the middle class are not making between 100k and 500k… the people who are destroying the middle class are making millions. As much as I find it laughable that people making 300k are complaining about how hard it is… raising multiple kids in NYC is stupidly expensive at almost all income levels. We should be reforming the tax code, and getting good legislation through so that basics are affordable for all of us. The real enemy is the .01%, not the 1%. They are far closer to us than they are to billionaires and we need to remember that.
PatrickMaloney1 t1_j7nnqw9 wrote
I agree. Buried somewhere deep in this article is a story about inequality, cost of housing in NYC, lifestyle creep, etc, but the writer makes the choice to focus it on the emotional toll of a very specific set of elite women. Their story is valid and an interesting but the tone of this article, in my opinion, presumptuously assumes that there is something universal about their experience and I say that as someone who is sort of connected to the Fleishman world.
There was probably something universally relatable about Libby and Rachel, but they were fictional characters, designed to be so. These people, not so much.
HotMessPhDStudent t1_j7lk8x5 wrote
I’m sorry, but these ladies brought their psychoses on themselves. Why do they feel the need to be accepted by people who think a Cartier bracelet is a reasonable gift for a 13 year old?
Plenty of “upper middle class” families are content in NYC - because they don’t spend money on stupid shit like a $40k/year kindergarten and don’t try to impress their shallow, ultra-rich “friends.” Newsflash, we’re not in high school anymore - you don’t need to worry about what the popular crowd thinks of you.
I’ve told my friends to punch me if I ever become like that.
Dont_mute_me_bro t1_j7k7qw8 wrote
Out of touch elitists feeling sorry for themselves.
Art_Basel_Ganglia t1_j7kzzyw wrote
Stories about these people tend to be catnip for the New York media in the same way that Oscar voters have a hard-on for movies about Hollywood.
NetQuarterLatte t1_j7o0az6 wrote
>“Did Fleishman make you want to change anything about your life?” I finally ask her.“
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>Yeah,” she says. “It got me thinking it’s time for me to get therapy.”
There should be a show about the therapy journeys that eventually lead those characters on being more grounded in reality.
sleeptrain123 t1_j7il3tl wrote
Oh you posted it here too. I’ll say it again:- I truly hate these people