Among the many methods we as Americans have to communicate to poorer folks that they're Less Than, New York's "poor doors" have to be one of the grossest. If you're not familiar, developers in the city would get huge tax breaks for including "affordable housing" (by New York standards) in their projects, but because of a loophole, they were allowed to create special entrances, only for the poors, that lead to the residences of the poors. Out of sight, out of mind, right? And they couldn't use the nice people doors, the ones that led to beautiful swimming pools, rooftop decks and diamond-encrusted blowjob Candy Land parlors or whatever's hot in The City these days. Why would the poors need that stuff anyway?
... considering that even the "affordable housing" units rent for a few (several?) thousand dollars per month in these developments, I'm trying to figure out how you can't actually tell who's poor and who's not. I mean, is it because your suit is only a $5K Fifth Ave designer one and not a bespoke number from Saville Row? Your shoes aren't custom made by an Italian hand craftsman? Your watch is some overpriced Trump Collection piece of junk and not a limited edition Cartier? Seriously, the poorz in this building don't look like the ones living in the subway tunnels. I can't imagine anyone with a conscience thinking this is a valuable selling point - but then again, I don't travel in those circles.
If Sweat and Matt could cut through their 2-ft. thick cell walls using nothing but hand tools without anyone noticing, then perhaps some ambitious tenants of one of those buildings could create a passage from the main lobby to the stairwell for their wing. Of course the building management could simply stop being dicks and construct the passage themselves, too.
It means that they will be able to use the more secure doorman-monitored entrance rather than some insecure unmonitored Poors-Only entrance around the corner.
... considering that even the "affordable housing" units rent for a few (several?) thousand dollars per month in these developments, I'm trying to figure out how you can't actually tell who's poor and who's not. I mean, is it because your suit is only a $5K Fifth Ave designer one and not a bespoke number from Saville Row? Your shoes aren't custom made by an Italian hand craftsman? Your watch is some overpriced Trump Collection piece of junk and not a limited edition Cartier? Seriously, the poorz in this building don't look like the ones living in the subway tunnels. I can't imagine anyone with a conscience thinking this is a valuable selling point - but then again, I don't travel in those circles.
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If Sweat and Matt could cut through their 2-ft. thick cell walls using nothing but hand tools without anyone noticing, then perhaps some ambitious tenants of one of those buildings could create a passage from the main lobby to the stairwell for their wing. Of course the building management could simply stop being dicks and construct the passage themselves, too.
That's mighty bigayou. Bigamy, bigayou, whatevs. It's all good.
Pour what?
NOMTB.
It means that they will be able to use the more secure doorman-monitored entrance rather than some insecure unmonitored Poors-Only entrance around the corner.
"The Central Part East sally port is for the use of Market-Rate tenants only."
Poor who?
Poor people be openin' doors like this...
[mimes opening a door]
Rich people be openin' doors like this...
[mimes finger gun shooting a doorman]
Pour me another goddamn drink, because I still have no fucking idea where I'm going with this.
But the poorz still have to use the freight elevators, right?
"Have to?" Man, they're the only ones that work. And there's never a line!
To be clear, "low income" residents = people who can "only" afford $2500/mo for rent. New York City! Center of the universe...
Now, what about cut-rate prices for the hoors?
What's next, allowing them to be out in broad daylight?