Originally Posted by hilbert25

Those numbers quoted for NYC are utter crap. I can assure you my family of 4 would have been well below they're minimum, while owning our own house, 2 cars, going to private school and living living in a nice part of Brooklyn.

I hava ton of friends who would below their standard of "poverty", including a friend of mine, with a family of 8 (yeah that's right) lived on about $60k or so just fine, while owning their house.

If they're definition of poverty is not driving a jaguar, not eating out at fancy restaurants, or not having a ski-doo, then where do I sign up for welfare.

NYC is more expensive then, say, Tennesee, but it's not as bad as they're making it out to be.