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Reply to comment by DinkleButtstein23 in I make 42k and I work from home 4 out of 5 days a week. I signed a 60k offer onsite 23 miles there and back 45 min, 45 min back. Does this make any sense? by RemarkableCell1859
Maybe they like where they live and their family is happy there. Not everything is about money.
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Reply to comment by signal_tower_product in Developer revives One45 project in Harlem after killing it over opposition by ctnutmegger
I was not a commuter rail operator so I did not speak up
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Reply to comment by ken81987 in New York State Joins the YIMBY Fray by ken81987
This is fine as long as those people don't have children because those children will have nowhere to live
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Reply to comment by Tarmaque in New York City Is Failing Tenants. So They’re Getting Organized by ethnt
Its still a significant boon to first time home buyers size of home irrelevant. $17,500 (3.5%) down is a couple months savings in NYC $100,000 (20%) is a couple years. Sure its a small studio, but it's a studio very close to work surrounded by amenities in a city where most people spend very little time at home. There is also crazy value in locking in cost of housing while costs around you rise and not having to own a car or insurance and maintenance for said car.
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Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in New York City Is Failing Tenants. So They’re Getting Organized by ethnt
The FHA home loan program reduces the downpayment on a mortgage from 10-20% to 3.5% which means savings of a couple thousand rather than tens to hundreds of thousands.
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Reply to comment by amsterdammit in I make 42k and I work from home 4 out of 5 days a week. I signed a 60k offer onsite 23 miles there and back 45 min, 45 min back. Does this make any sense? by RemarkableCell1859
I find new/old-1 to be so much easier to follow.