even more quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a new rolling new york times thread

Well it sounds like an entertaining story at least, I want to listen to it now

calling my house* "dunpoastin (i will never be dunpoastin)"

*flat

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLaQqXxWEAAm-yC?format=jpg&name=small

Too on the nose. WSJ?

indeed

It is funny how the WSJ is so much more openly ruling class, whereas the NYT tries to hide it a bit.

― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, January 8, 2024 4:12 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Yeah, its a bit obvious when the WSJ weekly real estate section is called "Mansion", no beating around the bush.

― o. nate, Monday, January 8, 2024 4:35 PM (three months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I have to admit, it's a really nice house

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/inside-the-sag-harbor-home-of-interior-designer-bryan-graybill

meanwhile, the post is aghast that the CEO of a major media organization spent . . . $2.7m on a 'sprawling' brooklyn townhouse

https://i.imgur.com/1oXP6Wr.jpeg

sorry, i know these aren't precisely NYT quiddities but NYC real estate coverage is so insane

there are brownstones on my block going for twice that

Same people that piss and moan about Bernie "Socialist" Sanders living well.

you're right, she's just like us

I just looked up some currently-for-sale $2.7M NYC townhouses in a real estate database, and their square footage is roughly equivalent to that of my cramped Maryland single-family home.

(which is currently appraised under $300,000)

assessed, not appraised

That's probably completely detached from value, some places wait a really long time to re-assess properties or don't assess at full value

I do find something kind of quid-aggy about the new NPR CEO, like she's this rich white lady from Connecticut who has perfectly memorized the Ibram Kendi/Robin DiAngelo talking points but it rings hollow.

Don’t confuse CEOs with people