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As Rents Soar, Tenants Battle Apartment Qualifications
in response to reader comment: 40x??? My Apartment has a 47x rent rule.

Submitted by Vassar Girl, Feb 22, 2007 19:30

The extreme nature of the cost of living in Manhattan is not just relegated to the landlord's fees. Cheap Bastard, let's see what happens to your snobbish attitude after you pay your NYSC membership, monthly parking for your Passat, and after shelling out $8 for a beer in Chelsea.

In all honesty, while you may be right about not everyone being entitled to prime Manhattan real estate, what will happen to your precious island's famed diversity and uniqueness once the only people who can afford to live there are cookie-cutter trust fund babies?

I'd love to see the yuppie turnout at Gay Pride or San Gennaro, and I'm sure that street vendor falafel made by a Wharton graduate would be just delectable.

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So is that actual take home pay or a person's total annual income before deductions? [MORE]	jimkk	Feb 15, 2007 13:44
This article makes it seem that you must moake an outrageous amount more than rent. This, however compares yearly income... [MORE]	Jacob	Feb 15, 2007 12:31
Here's a real life, bitterly painful example of how the 40x the rent rule squeezes a secret "rent increase" of... [MORE]	ANONYMOUS	Feb 15, 2007 11:59
In Brooklyn you can usually avoid the 40x thing. In my experience I've only seen that in Manhattan. [MORE]	Arkadius	Feb 15, 2007 11:38
2500/mo rent, must make roughly $120,000 a year. Frankly, I'm moving in soon and if I find out people are... [MORE]	cheap bastard	Feb 15, 2007 10:47
The extreme nature of the cost of living in Manhattan is not just relegated to the landlord's fees. Cheap Bastard,...	Vassar Girl	Feb 22, 2007 19:30
This rule is arbitrary and often discriminates against those who are retired or on some form of disability income. It... [MORE]	ANONYMOUS	Feb 15, 2007 02:07

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