On: Traffic-busting $100B Bay Area tax plan taking shape

[_skel]

> Do you think NYC is affordable for those earning 51k? Really?

It must be, otherwise the people making $51k or less would have been forced to move away, thereby causing the median income to increase.

The fact that they have not done this is proof that they can afford to live there.

[NoRagrets → _skel]

That’s a weak assumption. Are you telling me that it’s a ‘fact’ that those who make less than 51k do not move away from NYC?

[kelnos → NoRagrets]

I mean, the numbers speak for themselves. If the median income is $51k, then yes, that is indeed a fact.

Unless half of the population plus one person makes exactly $51k (with everyone else above), since... well... that's how medians work.

[NoRagrets → kelnos]

NYC has the highest Gini co-efficient in the United States..close to 0.5%.