Matt Damon closes off entire block so he could move in

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Facebook postMatt Damon brought havoc to Brooklyn Heights by moving into his luxury penthouse, closing down an entire street on Tuesday - including an enormous crane, which reached over 14 stories, to lift his furniture and some trees onto his terrace

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[kanonot]

eww, brooklyn heights is so unnecessarily expensive.

all of nyc is tbh.

[cbluechicken]

It really is. I could own a house further down south with my salary and yet..I'm paying ridiculous rent

[kanonot]

ugh I had a nice studio in LA for 1.2k. Now living in NYC for the past year, and I pay 1k for shared 2 bedroom 1 bath.

it's hilarious to me, that people are thinking that the renting market will go down, when it's not.

The only rentals that are going down are the high end, going from 5k a month to 4.5k.

Affordable neighborhoods will continue to have higher demands, all the rich folx now that are laid off will need to downsize and will get the 2k 2 bedroom in crown heights. not one working class NYer is getting a break, once rent freeze unpause, it's even going to be worst, everything will implode.

[teaaet]

just leave y'all. you won't regret it. i went through agony trying to decide whether to bounce or not after spending 7 years in the city. that was 11 years ago... now that i'm gone i have absolutely NO desire to move back.

[gerrysmyman]

Wow. Those prices really don't seem that bad compared to being down here in Miami and basically being at or possibly higher than that price point with like 1/4 the salary. *cries* It sucks down here. Those sound like *deals* based on the fact they are apmts in such big cities. If I could, I'd pay a MAXIMUM of 1k per month for rent, but that's just not feasible down here if you want to be in a 1. safe neighborhood, 2. close enough to the city to not go crazy with the hours-long commute, and 3. have some privacy/not live with 3 roommates.

[rubie_dubidoux]

honestly it really depends on where you are and what the price history is in your area - I know that here in SF, where rent is astro-fucking-nomical, prices actually have dropped more than 10% in certain neighborhoods - and it's really not trending towards bougier ones either, the Tenderloin and Pacific Heights are both in the top 5 and they are VERY different demographically - now that a lot of tech companies are shifting to permanent WFH. why pay $2k+ for a small studio in a city you're no longer tied to, where nothing is open or will be open for a long time, when you can get a whole damn house somewhere else and not have to listen to your partner breathe or your neighbor clear their throat all day? just based on how much free shit I've started to consistently see piled on the curb around here, I know LOTS of people are leaving. and just anecdotally, I moved this month and scored a top floor studio for $300 dollars less than the guy below me is paying

[ah0000]

literally trying to buy an apt in manhattan (HAHA @ me) and with all the fucking fees for everyone and their mother and the high down payment i can barely afford a tiny ass studio. the rates are soooo low and i can do the monthly payments but the down payment is too much.

i just wanna not be paying rent!!! i mean i guess a mortgage is really kinda like a rent lmao but i am just sad knowing that in my 5 years here i’ve paid over $120k in rent. 😩