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#1944573 - 07/23/14 03:56 PM
'Poor doors' in NYC
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**a political party is mentioned in passing in this article but this is not a political topic** From the article titled Front Doors are for the Rich comes this gem: David Von Spreckelsen, senior vice president at Toll Brothers (TOL +1.35%), another company that specializes in luxury residencies (complete with poor doors), told The Real Deal, "No one ever said the goal was full integration of these populations."
He added, "It's unfair to expect very high-income homeowners who paid a fortune to live in their building to have to be in the same boat as low-income renters, who are very fortunate to live in a new building in a great neighborhood." Poor doors? Really? I'm stunned that this concept exists! And all so the developer can qualify for government funding? Talk about a loophole in the system.
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#1944582 - 07/23/14 04:06 PM
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not saying that I support it (I would need to use the poor door) but the differences in the doors are to control access to other services provided by the building such as spas and gyms doorman services.
There is a difference when you pay a few hundred dollars a month for a rent controlled apartment vs tens of thousands of dollars a month for an apartment in NYC.
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#1944588 - 07/23/14 04:12 PM
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Only in NY! In Houston, we have single room occupancy apartments and everyone comes in the front door! Like God, Houston is no respecter of person!
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#1944594 - 07/23/14 04:16 PM
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not saying that I support it (I would need to use the poor door) but the differences in the doors are to control access to other services provided by the building such as spas and gyms doorman services. Aren't those controlled by access keys of some sort? Or couldn't it be coded into the key to a rich person's unit? Why should poor people have to enter from a different door at street level, often from an alley yet?
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#1944597 - 07/23/14 04:20 PM
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The poor should just go live in New Jersey until they can properly afford Manhattan.
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#1944599 - 07/23/14 04:24 PM
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not saying that I support it (I would need to use the poor door) but the differences in the doors are to control access to other services provided by the building such as spas and gyms doorman services. Aren't those controlled by access keys of some sort? Or couldn't it be coded into the key to a rich person's unit? Why should poor people have to enter from a different door at street level, often from an alley yet? If I am paying $20,000 a month why should I be inconvenienced. Why should my doorman cater to the $500 a month tenant. If they do not like the poor door they can rent elsewhere at $3,000 a month.
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#1944600 - 07/23/14 04:25 PM
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The poor should just go live in New Jersey until they can properly afford Manhattan. exaclty
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#1944603 - 07/23/14 04:28 PM
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Send the poor to Detroit, they need to increase the population, plus there are tons of empty house they could live in.
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#1944604 - 07/23/14 04:29 PM
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not saying that I support it (I would need to use the poor door) but the differences in the doors are to control access to other services provided by the building such as spas and gyms doorman services. Aren't those controlled by access keys of some sort? Or couldn't it be coded into the key to a rich person's unit? Why should poor people have to enter from a different door at street level, often from an alley yet? If I am paying $20,000 a month why should I be inconvenienced. Why should my doorman cater to the $500 a month tenant. If they do not like the poor door they can rent elsewhere at $3,000 a month. Why should the poor be inconvenienced just so the developer can get government money for the building? I'm assuming the government money has some positive effect on the cost to the rich people too. Why should the persons who are NEEDED by the developer be inconvenienced, to use your word?
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#1944610 - 07/23/14 04:34 PM
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The 'poor' are not being inconvenienced. They are being given a benefit by having access to a nice new residence at a reduced rate.
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#1944611 - 07/23/14 04:38 PM
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You have never had to deal with NYC and the nutjob regulations to put up a property in the first place.
To build on the property the developer has to guarantee that they will rent a % of apartments at a loss. The amount of "government money" is in part to subsides these loss apartment and will continue to loose more money than the "government money" that was put in. In paragraph because it is not the governments money but the taxpayers.
Do you believe that the developers would like to rent a loss when they can clearly make mega money on the "poor door" apartments if they were to rent them on the open market.
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#1944623 - 07/23/14 04:53 PM
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This appears to be a rarity even in NY but the media being the media has decided that it is an issue other than the thousands of real issues in NYC that do not get reported and blown out of per potion.
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#1944624 - 07/23/14 04:54 PM
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Bruce Wayne wouldn't have allowed a poor door in any of his buildings!
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#1944631 - 07/23/14 05:00 PM
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Bruce was a fictional character Played in the (movies by subpar actors) who was based in Gotham city. As per wiki was not a landlord. Wayne Enterprises (formerly WayneCorp, after Wayne-Powers, eventually Wayne Incorporated) is a fictional company in the DC Universe, owned by Bruce Wayne and run by his business manager, Lucius Fox. It was founded by merchant ancestors of the Wayne family in the 17th century as a merchant house, although the company changed when the heir of Judge Solomon Wayne, Alan, utilized his father's wealth and established the Wayne Shipping company and also the Wayne Chemical company in the city. Thus it was officially established in the 19th century. By the beginning of the 21st century Wayne Enterprises reached a new annual income average of over $98.5 billion. In addition to providing an income for Wayne, the various activities of the organization help facilitate his Batman activities. According to Forbes 25 largest fictional companies it had an estimated sales of $31.3 billion, ranking it at number 11 and the largest in the DC Universe.[1][2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_EnterprisesDo we even know if Alfred had to use the servants entrance at the Wayne mansion?
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#1944724 - 07/23/14 06:22 PM
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Bruce Wayne doesn't attribute properly!
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#1944870 - 07/23/14 08:29 PM
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Income inequality has dominated Democrats' political rhetoric across the country, with politicians in Washington, D.C., and on the campaign trail introducing plans to narrow the growing gulf between the rich and the poor such a silly opening line...since politicians in DC give themselves annual increases far and above the inflation rate...and make on average more than 90% of the american public...if they really were concerned with income inequality, they'd take some voluntary pay cuts back to minimum wage. As far as the building having separate entrances, if i were able to benefit from living in a luxury home for pennies on the dollar, i wouldn't care if i had to climb through a window to get there (unless, of course, my apartment was on the 23rd floor...that would be a tough window to climb into)
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#1944890 - 07/23/14 08:54 PM
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Lord Grantham would certainly be in favor of a poor door. (This is not a reference to British politics.)
Last edited by buggs; 07/23/14 08:55 PM.
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#1944896 - 07/23/14 09:03 PM
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Yes, the patriarch of the Crawley House most certainly would. Now, this is someone's cue to tell us Lord Grantham is a fictional character. (Hint, hint.)
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#1944902 - 07/23/14 09:06 PM
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most of the information posted in anonymous forums is fictional, or at leasta far stretch, why should this be any less
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#1944913 - 07/23/14 09:15 PM
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True, Buggs. But I do see similarities from the class system portrayed on the show and to how the article was written. You might be able to see it, but not everyone does. To me the idea of a "poor door" in the American experience is revolting. However, it sometimes seems most Americans don't understand how discrimination hurts (and I'm not talking about just racial discrimination). I saw the results of a poll from Gallup that few Americans support hiring discrimination against people who smoke or are obese. But I suspect that many of those same people support discrimination against people because of sexual orientation or citizenship status. The approach to discrimination by many people is that it's OK as long as it's not against me. Where do we draw the line?
Last edited by buggs; 07/23/14 09:17 PM. Reason: Add question to end.
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