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At least in urban areas covid is a big hit.

One of my friends was paying 3600USD per month in a brand new luxury building for a one Ben in the heart of Manhattan. After covid he’s paying $2600 per month in the same building same apartment. The apartment also paid the moving costs for new tenants to move in.



Same landlord? Same building?

Wow, it’s almost as if people aren’t paying for landlords and their buildings. Almost as if people are paying for access to communal amenities like jobs, public transit, education, restaurants, other cultural centers.

Almost as if landlords don’t deserve a massive cut of something they had no hand in producing...




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