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vidro3

booklaw wrote: No... they chose to be unable to live here. That's quite different.

They are every bit as affected by what you call "Red state Republican money" (and that is total nonsense... it is Wall Street bonus money, far more than red state money, that has driven up NYC property values) as is anyone else.

I will remind you that my daughters are natives here. Both were born in the Slope and lived here until they went away to college (and one for some time after she finished college). Both of their parents still live in the Slope, and they could have elevated "living next to mom" above all other considerations. They did not, and we are both proud of them for that.

But I understand that in your world view, they should instead have dedicated themselves to hating everyone who put making money... and living next door to mom... ahead of all else.

wall street money yes, and also European money. Before the real estate bubble crashed as much as 30% of property bought in Manhattan was purchased by Europeans, often English and Irish taking advantage of a 2:1 currency exchange rate.