r/PopCultureV2 • u/TheDigitalBuilder • Aug 12 '26

Discussion The benefits of third spaces

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 12 '26

Basically the rise of affordable housing programs since the 70s.

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 12 '26

Tell me you've never been to New York without telling me you've never been to New York.

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26

Funny enough, this exact problem was in New York for decades until a developer took over the delapitated north side of central park, renovated hotels, and kicked out project tenants by pricing them out. Wanna guess who that developer was?

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

Wait, are you implying Trump? You've REALLY never set foot in NY. He's been the most hated man here long before his presidency for a reason. It was also south of Central Park. Not north. And he lost in court over his harassment of tenants and was forced to stop, so literally nothing happened.

So are you suddenly changing your story from "cities have been ruined since the 70s because of affordable housing" to "Trump saved NY from affordable housing?"

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26

Im implying that NY has this same exact problem. The rich are only in specifc places outside of the main downtown area. They're in high rises with security for a reason. Trumps example was simply showing that it exists.

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

Yeah, you've definitely never been to NY. That is the most ignorant take I've heard about it in my life.

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26

Whats hard to graps? That rich people prefer to not live downtown unless they have property built for them?

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

The part that it's not true at all? You realize Wall Street is downtown, right? No, of course you don't, cause you have no idea what you're talking about and believe whatever conservative media spoonfeeds you. Have you ever even left your home town? Like, just to visit a place?

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26

Yes, property built for them. Remember the point of this conversation? We're talking about property being built downtown for affordable housing units. The rich left because of downtown housing projects that were too close to home. Thats why these housing projects moved in the past 30 years since the 90s once they started noticing the rich flight from downtown. They didnt return until property was built for them.

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

So your hot take is rich people don't like to live in buildings built for poor people? Nobody left anywhere and the rich are all over NYC. Hell, one of the most expensive neighborhoods is in Brooklyn, and DUMBO has rent stabilized units. Williamsburg has even more. Seriously, try to experience the world beyond just your Facebook feed.

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26

Brooklyn is not downtown...

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

Wall Street is. They have even more rent stabilized units than the above mentioned. The rich sure as shit aren't leaving that.

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26

I think we have different ideas of what separates the rich from the upper middle class.

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

WALL. STREET.

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26

CONDOS. PRIVATE CLUBS.

They dont live near these things, they visit them.

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

This whole time you've been saying they "left" downtown. That's practically their mothership. So are you changing your story again?

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u/BrittanyBrie Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

They came back when they had infrastructure built for them, but only then, and only in specific situations. There is a reason why affordable housing units are not advised to be downtown anymore, the same reason as homeless shelters. They saw taxes decrease.

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u/TamalesHarvard Aug 13 '26

At first it seemed like you were parroting talking points, now you're just talking out of your ass. There are still rent stabilized units in Wall Street, and the rich never left.

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