Friday, June 18, 2004
Friday
Sometimes when I read the New York Times, I am amazed at the incredible disconnect between the world they write about and the one I live(d) in.
For example, an article from Sunday (it's still on the web site now) titled Shoe Leather and Hustle Snag an Apartment. It's about two recent Princeton grads who will be working in investment banking and their search for an apartment in Murray Hill. They wind up taking a place for $2300 a month.
WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An excerpt:
Sure enough, Mr. Yanagi had decided that they should expect a total monthly rent of up to $2,500, and to live in the Murray Hill or Kips Bay areas.
Still, much of their knowledge about their impending lives in New York was based on hearsay.
They required a place within easy walking distance from work because, "according to rumor, we work a good 80 hours a week, and every minute counts when you are sleep-deprived," Mr. Cioni said.
They wanted something nice. "From what I gather, the majority of my year will be spent in my office or in my bed," he said.
And they wanted a concierge. "From what we understand, the only time we leave the office is when everything is closed and we can't pick up our dry cleaning," he said.
There truly are about four or five different New Yorks -- one for the poor, one for the rich, one for the middle, one for illegals, and Staten Island.
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For example, an article from Sunday (it's still on the web site now) titled Shoe Leather and Hustle Snag an Apartment. It's about two recent Princeton grads who will be working in investment banking and their search for an apartment in Murray Hill. They wind up taking a place for $2300 a month.
WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An excerpt:
Sure enough, Mr. Yanagi had decided that they should expect a total monthly rent of up to $2,500, and to live in the Murray Hill or Kips Bay areas.
Still, much of their knowledge about their impending lives in New York was based on hearsay.
They required a place within easy walking distance from work because, "according to rumor, we work a good 80 hours a week, and every minute counts when you are sleep-deprived," Mr. Cioni said.
They wanted something nice. "From what I gather, the majority of my year will be spent in my office or in my bed," he said.
And they wanted a concierge. "From what we understand, the only time we leave the office is when everything is closed and we can't pick up our dry cleaning," he said.
There truly are about four or five different New Yorks -- one for the poor, one for the rich, one for the middle, one for illegals, and Staten Island.
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