During the winter?
2006-12-28 17:02:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Rent is more important than food. Eating outside on a cold New York winter's night would be unbearable. There are always ways to get food. I suggest they read Jonathon Swift's, A Modest Proposal.
2006-12-28 17:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Which is more important during the winter in N.Y.?
Instead of those 1.2 million freezing in their small, dingey apartments, they should organize and march.
I know a lot about how New Yorkers live up there.
I spent most of my life living and working the rat race.
It's a peculiar place, cold and "inpersonal" as Sly Stallone just said.
I know of many eighty year olds still taking care of their 50 year old kids in New York City.
Place is a joke. It once was a place of good communities. Now the few good communities are gated, and the rest is over-priced if you consider that few up there have good paying jobs.
15% of the population shouldn't have to choose between rent or food. Keep that 15% marching and "in your face".
These are the cast-aways who lost good paying jobs and are off the statistical radar screen.
These are the forgotten ones, swept aside and downsized by all the big corporations up there, notably the big banks and insurance companies.
It's time they get heard from!
2006-12-29 01:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rent is way more important. It is better to have a nice place to live in than to be living in the street trying to find food at the same time. You could always eat McDonalds for $4 a day. Get those Apple pies for breakfast, a Cheeseburger for lunch, a McChicken for dinner, and a sundae for dessert. That isn't too much compared to rent.
2006-12-29 01:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by tuck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say the rent. You need a place to come in out of the cold. Naturally they all need food too, but there must be food kitchens some place for the poor and hungry. If my kids were starving, I'd beg, borrow or steal if I had to. But I would want to be able to close a door and lock it, so they would be safe & out of the outside temperature's.
2006-12-29 01:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do they have a job? minimum wage in NY is $7.15 an hour. 7.15 x 40hrs/wk = 286 $286/wk x 4weeks = $1144 minus 400 for rent = $744 minus electricity (mine is $140 a month with 4 separate people age 19-23 (naturally we dont care whether we leave the lights on, i figured poor people should) $604 a month for food. thats more that i spend on food wow man i wished i had a minimum wage job in NY... id eat like a king.
2006-12-29 01:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by mppuzzo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you are saying that 12% of NY's population is either on the verge of dying of starvation while in their apartments, or eating out on the street? Where on earth did you get those numbers?
I know NY has a homeless problem and that there are people who are struggling. But you are WAY over-stating the problem.
2006-12-29 02:15:54 · answer #6 · answered by gaskems 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rent. When I was younger,I struggled. Worked 2 jobs. Didn't want to ,but had to make ends meet. Kept going and didn't give up. It's not easy,but no one said it would be. When things get tough, the tough get going.
2006-12-29 01:51:49 · answer #7 · answered by tabs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can hide in a subway - or under a bridge - for shelter and eat.
You can't eat either a subway or a bridge - and then survive to find a place to live!!
2006-12-29 01:11:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rent to get food.
2006-12-29 05:36:00 · answer #9 · answered by thinkpose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easier to steal food than to steal an apartment.
2006-12-29 01:05:08 · answer #10 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋