Aspen has the liberals. Vail is for conservatives and is rather tight-laced. I know them well, I live in between them. Vail McDonald's has filtered water, fyi, so we always stop there for a potty break. 😃
But Aspen has a bad fall line... I would choose Snowmass over Aspen (ajax). But that's me.
(Former mountain host @ Keystone).
Currently in the southern estate in Santa Rosa Co FL, the heart of MAGA madness. These people can't comprehend that a person could have progressive thoughts much less motivations.
Fun to watch them freak out when reality is brought into the conversation.
It's a nice mountain! We spent many years living in Summit, so, we spent a lot of time on the back side of Keystone and my fav, Copper A lift. Ajax is a rip, honestly, I loved it. Two years out from a new knee, maybe this is the year to get back up there!
I learned on the old ski hill at A-Basin. Daddy would drive us over Loveland Pass. Those were the days!
If I was rich I would just like peace and quiet. Employees are a drag and just yack and pester all day long. You have to keep an eye on them and direct them constantly.
I live in Brooklyn - or as it’s now known, Helicopter Alley.
The ultra wealthy fly to and from their Hamptons houses all year round. They deliberately fly as low as 2-300 feet above our house - and maybe 10,000 other houses - to make the trip more exciting for perhaps 2 passengers. It’s so loud that conversation is impossible, the windows rattle, car alarms are set off and kids get scared. On summer evenings maybe 20-30 times over a few hours.
Granted, it’s not the biggest problem in NY, but as with every issue, our mayor is AWOL on this one too.
Succession Brian fucking Cox is good but even better is Brian fucking Cox the guy promoting a show, because he has Sophia from Golden Girls level lack of filter and I am THERE FOR IT!
I never wanted to be famous, due to being known right away in grade school, ever embarrassed by being the tallest kid in my class.
I never wanted to be rich. Hate getting dressed up and hated the idea of going to cocktail parties (as seen in the movies in my youth). I'd rather hide out and read
Being raised by depression era babies (both born in 1915), I can't understand how these people can be so extravagant and wasteful, especially in an over-populated world with so many folks in need?
I was raised by parents both born in 1928, on farms. I'm still emptying accumulated stuff out of the house and garage, after emptying and removing two sheds. I often put usable items to the curb after trash pickup day, and they don't sit there long.
"If we lived in a country where good healthcare were accessible to all, this would not make me angry in the least. I’m thinking of New Zealand and Norway as examples, "
I live in NZ (used to live in the US). Our healthcare system has major issues, but it won't bankrupt you. You won't stay in a job that's awful just to keep your insurance. The US has amazing healthcare for those who can afford it, but it's definitely not equitable.
Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city.
When was this article written? 1910? This isn’t really new is it?
Shit, I thought those kind of perks and fancy services have always been a NYC thing if you were rich enough. Like back in the 70's & 80's. We lived such sheltered lives in the Midwest.
Paul Rogers sang in Sweet Little Sister: "Dayton Ohio ain't got nothing on this". Truer words were never spoken.
How sad and weird to have a billion bucks and only think about ways to get another million.
Imagine a "Paul Ryan Stop Being Poor dot gif" here.
If I had billions... why would I stay in New York?
Vail for two months (at my ski in/out mountain home), then back to the yacht(s) for the world's best beaches.
New York is for the peasant billionaires.
Aspen has the liberals. Vail is for conservatives and is rather tight-laced. I know them well, I live in between them. Vail McDonald's has filtered water, fyi, so we always stop there for a potty break. 😃
But Aspen has a bad fall line... I would choose Snowmass over Aspen (ajax). But that's me.
(Former mountain host @ Keystone).
Currently in the southern estate in Santa Rosa Co FL, the heart of MAGA madness. These people can't comprehend that a person could have progressive thoughts much less motivations.
Fun to watch them freak out when reality is brought into the conversation.
So, I can handle the folk @ Vail.
Tip: Cascade lift.
It's a nice mountain! We spent many years living in Summit, so, we spent a lot of time on the back side of Keystone and my fav, Copper A lift. Ajax is a rip, honestly, I loved it. Two years out from a new knee, maybe this is the year to get back up there!
I learned on the old ski hill at A-Basin. Daddy would drive us over Loveland Pass. Those were the days!
That gets tiresome too...
Well, there is always Saas-Fee.
I'd go there.
If I was rich I would just like peace and quiet. Employees are a drag and just yack and pester all day long. You have to keep an eye on them and direct them constantly.
I live in Brooklyn - or as it’s now known, Helicopter Alley.
The ultra wealthy fly to and from their Hamptons houses all year round. They deliberately fly as low as 2-300 feet above our house - and maybe 10,000 other houses - to make the trip more exciting for perhaps 2 passengers. It’s so loud that conversation is impossible, the windows rattle, car alarms are set off and kids get scared. On summer evenings maybe 20-30 times over a few hours.
Granted, it’s not the biggest problem in NY, but as with every issue, our mayor is AWOL on this one too.
Seems like the FBI can find him, though.
Seems like violent uprising of the proletariat would be more of a thing...
Succession Brian fucking Cox is good but even better is Brian fucking Cox the guy promoting a show, because he has Sophia from Golden Girls level lack of filter and I am THERE FOR IT!
We also need Ron fucking Swanson.
Ah, yes, the vaunted few who know the price of everything & the value of nothing. Everybody Rise!
I never wanted to be famous, due to being known right away in grade school, ever embarrassed by being the tallest kid in my class.
I never wanted to be rich. Hate getting dressed up and hated the idea of going to cocktail parties (as seen in the movies in my youth). I'd rather hide out and read
Being raised by depression era babies (both born in 1915), I can't understand how these people can be so extravagant and wasteful, especially in an over-populated world with so many folks in need?
I was raised by parents both born in 1928, on farms. I'm still emptying accumulated stuff out of the house and garage, after emptying and removing two sheds. I often put usable items to the curb after trash pickup day, and they don't sit there long.
When I have the money, I'll join the National Arts Club in Gramercy. A friend has offered to sponsor me, and I intend to take her up on it.
“It’s a great time to be rich"[...]
That's evergreen.
Yeah it’s like those articles saying “Boobs are fashionable again “, like as if at some point people did not like boobs or something.
That's unfathomable!
"If we lived in a country where good healthcare were accessible to all, this would not make me angry in the least. I’m thinking of New Zealand and Norway as examples, "
Wow, talk about out of touch
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-03-2022/if-this-isnt-a-healthcare-crisis-what-is
I live in NZ (used to live in the US). Our healthcare system has major issues, but it won't bankrupt you. You won't stay in a job that's awful just to keep your insurance. The US has amazing healthcare for those who can afford it, but it's definitely not equitable.
Eat the mutha humpin rich.
They are free range and organic. And well-marbled.
Not all of them. Some of the wimmin folks are bony AF, and taste of Botox and Juvederm.
Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city.
When was this article written? 1910? This isn’t really new is it?
I've no doubt the NYT has been writing this piece for more than dozen decades
This is why tumbrels need to roll in NYC, and the Sulzbergers should be first in line.
Uh, AFTER the TRUMPS!
Shit, I thought those kind of perks and fancy services have always been a NYC thing if you were rich enough. Like back in the 70's & 80's. We lived such sheltered lives in the Midwest.
Paul Rogers sang in Sweet Little Sister: "Dayton Ohio ain't got nothing on this". Truer words were never spoken.
Maybe not on that scale, but it's nearby or in the countryside, if you look closely.