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Old 07-24-2009, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Central, NJ
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There are two forces at work: the push and the pull. It's often difficult to assess which is the more powerful. It's not that middle class can't afford anything in New York, it's that they can get so much more elsewhere.
Good point. I think it's more that a lot of the MC is getting disgusted out of the city rather than forced out.
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Old 07-24-2009, 12:58 PM
 
Location: Albany (school) NYC (home)
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I don't think the Middle Class is being pushed out in the outerboro's. Its just that everyone wants to live in Manhattan even if they can't afford it.
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