Pretty much.

Most of this argument is to distract from stagnant wages. Building/maintaining buildings is crazy expensive.

Lots of new construction does drive up prices as shown by parts of Florida, Las Vegas among others. Induced demand in housing is is a long known concept.

But the intent to distract from wage suppression is not an accidental thing either.

It actually does hold up.

Boston is an example of induced demand for housing. It’s a growing city because of its newer housing especially among younger people.

People wouldn’t build if they didn’t think they’d get a ROI. Nobody builds expecting to lose money with dropping rents.

I believe that was disabled for “safety”.

There’s a secret hospital hospital in the back of Taqueria Downtown. Tacos are good, their surgical suite is top notch. Never a wait.

Do you really think there’s some secret hospital you need Reddit to tip you off on?

Induced demand was first observed in housing.

That’s slightly below inflation actually.

Right now inflation nationwide is about 8%. But for service/labor it’s substantially more, especially in NJ where minimum wage is going up on a predefined schedule.

Then you’ve got taxes.

The costs to operate a building went up above 10% due to labor alone.

10% means your landlord is taking a smaller percentage profit. There’s no other way to look at it.

Agreed. My only gripe is this is going to be resold to hospital systems at a profit.

I’d much rather see hospitals pooling resources and selling to each other at cost.

This just lets a middleman collect profit by inserting themselves into the equation. And protects manufacturers from seeing a drop in demand.

It really wasn’t bad before the pandemic when they enforced the lights. You just had to wait for the signal.

Now it’s even difficult to cross in a car because the lights around rush hours are absolutely meaningless. They’ll honk at you for trying to cross when you’ve got the light. There’s times where not a single vehicle can cross during a green light.

The removal of the barrier between the lanes also made it worse IMHO. Hopefully post construction that comes back.

Ecological disruptions can happen without breeding.

The reason people push this idea is to get rid of two pretty solidly democrat senate seats.

A zoo shouldn’t be allowed to give up on recapturing a non native species. That can have unexpected consequences on the environment.

Don’t forget labor costs have increased dramatically. Minimum wage went up the past few years with a (ultimately good) ripple effect.

Labor is a huge part of a buildings operating costs if you look at a condo or coop. Like 30-60% depending on age of building. Newer buildings have less repair costs so 60% isn’t hard to hit.

If it’s a “Luxury” building with concierge… yea costs went up quite a bit for 24x7 staffing. Even more if you’ve got indoor plumbing that needs a plumber, electrical, someone taking care of the trash, vacuuming the hallway etc.

NYC has also seen a wave of doormen unionizing so there’s upward pressure impacting us from there too. You get a lot more compensation across the Hudson.

Then add in inflation.

In my experience 20% cheaper too. Adds up quick. That’s 1 in 5 meals free.

This is a form of advertising for them. That’s all this is. Draw a few maps. Make a few renderings and get a bunch of links to your website and your name in the press so you can tell potential clients your work has been seen on ____.

Might have even paid for the article. Lots of “native advertising” these days masquerading as legitimate content.

Reminds me of that market Anthony Bourdain wanted to open. Then investors took over and lost all sight of the inspiration and how it should work.

It's a mirror setup of a typical food court to take advantage of tourists... in a business/residential area expecting repeat traffic.

This kinda thing works when you've got a steady flow of new bodies who will eat there and likely never come back. It's pretty ideal for vacations especially when nobody can agree with what they want.

But for someone who lives around here? There's always a better more affordable option.

Had it been put by the end of the high line it would do well with tourists who finished walking it and want lunch. Or by any museum.

It’s a fake financial problem.

The state could just rollback all the tax breaks the upper class have gotten for decades paid for by the rest of us.

Reality is either way there will be budget issues. Even if the city got tons of money from people returning to offices the rich are going to want more tax breaks and that’s going to bleed it dry.

So this is really just a discussion over taxation of the wealthy.

This is all absolutely correct.

Last I checked MCC cable can be used as ground and if it was installed to code (no gaps and securely clamped to the boxes) should operate as such. I personally put ground pigtails in boxes to outlets/switches for added protection since paint on the outer part of boxes can act as an insulator. I don’t trust the contact a device will have with the box as grounding in these cases, and for $10 I don’t see why I would. Still gfci anywhere I think it can be handy, I go beyond code. I have one near my desk for example where I handle electric devices more commonly.

This sounds like the classic “I wanna break my lease but need a reason so I don’t have to pay” scheme.

They even make online gfci adapters if you want to protect a device and not change the outlet (for renters).

I’d wager 1/4 of apartments in NYC have no grounding on most of their outlets due to being older buildings. It’s hardly uncommon.

And most people will never experience a fault that actually triggers this scenario. Especially with modern day devices.

I mean Taqueria isn't quite what it used to be (it's more inconsistent these days)... but that's an over the top reaction.

/s

People used to protest washing your hands before surgery too. Then gloves etc. impossible to operate like that.

Ends up it works extremely well. Childbirth alone is a perfect example. Women don’t routinely die of infection anymore. Most don’t even need antibiotics.

You sound like a priest from 1820…. All we can do is pray. You’re a backwards Luddite.

This is where I am right now.

Would love to upgrade, but graphics card are way overpriced still.

Those of us old enough to remember pre crypto nobody paid the insane MSRP, there was always either sales or rebates 60-90 days after a launch. So going back to MSRP is still way over what we’d normally pay.

The number of people who die from infections caught in a medical facility is alarmingly high.

Most people don’t realize it until it happens to a family member.

But lots of people go in for one thing, then die of some infection they caught while there. It’s not the doctors fault. Humans when they are sick or just had surgery are often weakened. Ripe for an infection to set in.

The other thing that should really be instituted is hand/shoe sanitization when you enter or move to a different part of the hospital. Non invasive, takes seconds but would reduce spread of things if it were a habit.

Targets pricing more than incorporates those saving for everything except it’s own house brands and clothing. You’ll still do better pricing on Amazon every day of the week regardless of sale. Targets business model is impulse purchases.

They do pretty well in their demographic. It’s obvious people come from outside JC to save on taxes for back to school and holiday shopping.

Those price sensitive folks aren’t looking for Prada and Rolex.

Yea. Every restaurant seems to have one of those cards to leave good Yelp reviews, Amazon orders, etc etc.

Even mobile apps ask if you’ll give them a positive review.