Friday, March 15, 2013

Lifestyles of the 1%

Roll out the welcome wagon for the new couple in the neighborhood.

If she wasn't Democratic royalty, she'd be considered a silver-spoon, greedy person. Or someone born on third base who thinks she hit a triple.

Oh, and she has "great security" where she lives. No need to wait however many minutes it takes police to respond to a 911 call for her and her husband, eh?

UPDATE: Related (via Instapundit):

The low and middle classes are being priced out of a life in New York City. Even as many residents spend fifty percent or more of their earnings on housing, the majority of the city’s “affordable homes” are still out of reach. House prices and rent have risen by more than forty percent since 2001, and landlords, betting on gentrification, are evicting existing tenants in favor of wealthier ones. The result is a skyrocketing homeless population and a threat of a mass exodus to other cities and states.

Oh dear. That's potentially inconvenient.

But it's not like some evil bankers or oil executives are moving in. Good grief, Chelsea cares, don't you know?