Sharlach

Sharlach t1_j3nw99a wrote

Funny how conservatives frame certain stats when it suits their narratives. highlighting a 50% increase in covid rates is "alarmism" but a 30% increase in crime is some real shit though I bet, huh?

Murder rate is 3.5 per 100k, just fyi. Is that the threshold we have to cross before conservatives care?

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Sharlach t1_j21hgq8 wrote

How is it bullshit to read the link you provided and highlight crucial information? I promise you I am not a landlord, but it is pretty obvious you're some baby brained kid repeating talking points they heard somewhere else. We're not going to fix this shit if people can't even acknowledge reality. I'm sorry dude, but rents are not high because of apartments sitting empty.

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Sharlach t1_j21eo3j wrote

Did you even read your own link?

>Of the 247,977 empty units, almost 28,000 have been rented or sold but not yet occupied, or are awaiting a sale. Nearly 80,000 are getting renovated, 9,600 have been tied up in court, and 12,700 are vacant because the owner is ill or elderly. Still, that leaves over 100,000 units, and the census finds 74,945 are only occupied temporarily or seasonally, with 27,009 held off the market for unexplained reasons.

People are downvoting because you're an idiot, not because you're "spitting facts." 1/3 of that number alone is units being renovated. This is not why rents are high.

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Sharlach t1_j1srqdc wrote

If you misremembered something, just own up to it and move on. I don't give a fuck about people leaving the state anyway. WTH does that have to do with NYC crime rates? You understand the state and the city are two different things, right?

And are you seriously trying to argue that the pandemic had nothing to do with people leaving the city? Do you even have a point? WTF are you trying to say? Can't say I expect any better from a NYpost reader.

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