[refulgentis]

Is this set of people greater than 0?

A) can't afford $15

B) have a car

C) need the car in Manhattan

D) can afford to wait N days to enter Manhattan

I grew up poor -- thank you FAANG, am not anymore -- but sometimes I still feel the same icky anger I used to feel when people would make abstract arguments that presumed being poor is pure destitution, just to keep things interesting for some argument.

[shipscode]

Ya, you just described any low margin business in downtown Manhattan. Maybe they can “afford” it but swiping $450/month from them is bs when they’re literally running the city.

[refulgentis]

When you frame it that was ($450/month) I'm more amenable, but then I check myself: am I reacting emotionally to "low margin" and the bitterness, and maybe I'm just amenable to that?

Double checking myself, the person we're looking for:

- [works at / owns] a low margin business in downtown manhattan

- has a car

- needs their car in Manhattan

- has to take their car out of Manhattan at some point

- can afford to wait N days to enter Manhattan

Looking at that...yeah I do still think that's a null set.

If you're gesturing at the more general "it sucks people gotta pay $450/month", yeah, I can imagine this being a substantial addition to a pizza place's budget if they were relying on workers driving their own cars in from Queens.

[shipscode]

Wash n fold services don’t deserve to exist in lower Manhattan. Good take.

[mehlmao]

"Yeah we lost the lottery today, so we can't pick up / drop off your clothes. No, we don't know if we'll win the lottery tomorrow either."

[ghodith]

Guess wash and fold services will have to start charging $15 more per day, how horrific.