Don’t they also have the seatbelt buckles painted the same color as the interior instead of the standard bright red? They seem overly focused on aesthetics, and situations like this highlight where function needs to come ahead of form.

Why is Tesla’s response to EVERYTHING just “blame the driver”? Yeah, ICE cars can catch fire too, but the point here is that the doors wouldn’t open and that presents a huge safety risk. Their response is just deflection, nothing else.

Same thing with the first-gen Porsche Cayenne. It sold well, but it just looked like a generic SUV with the skin of a 911 stretched over it.

But look at prices for a slightly-used Leaf. I could buy a 2014 model right now for <$10,000. You’re not going to see used Model 3s that cheap for a loooooooooong time. (It might not have all of the utility of a Model 3, but the range is still perfectly fine for most driving people do, and the charging time doesn’t…

The proportions just seem...off. Like the Model X has a weird “egg” shape, this car too seems more bulbous than it should. The Model S looks fantastic and sleep, but their attempts at other sizes of vehicle are just weird-looking.

Living in a city isn’t a luxury.

But being in NYC is already not “average.” The experience is so different that, if you live there, you really can’t claim an “average” life.

Read all of my posts here. I am NOT forgetting about people in poverty.

Here’s the thing - many people living in NYC (not all, but many) choose to live there. They chose their profession, they knew it was limited to big cities, and they’re making some good money from it. They don’t get to talk about “scraping by” when their chosen line of work and chosen living situations are expensive.

And those cities/neighborhoods are above average (the average home price in my city is $250,000, the US average seems to be roughly $200,000). It doesn’t matter what the average NYC price is because just living in NYC is already not “average.”

This has been covered several times. Yes, moving away from NYC would likely mean earning less, but the cost of living would very likely drop a LOT, so the income/expense ratio is much more favorable.

Ok, so she owns a home and didn’t pay a million dollars for it. I’m happy for her, and as long as she recognizes her good fortune and above-average living situation, I have no issue with her.

“if I moved anywhere other than NYC, I’d probably make 60-80% of what I make now so really it makes little difference.”

Or they move elsewhere. They don’t get to complain about how expensive thing are if they choose to live in a very expensive city. It would be like me complaining that my budget is shot because I bought a Ferrari, but it’s ok because “Well it’s the average price for a Ferrari. Woe is me!”

Yeah, I don’t care about that. They make a lot of money, they pay a larger amount in taxes. A 37% effective tax rate is perfectly fine there.

No, I don’t call someone struggling by in a big city a “luxury lifestyle.” I will readily recognize that there are plenty of people legitimately struggling to make ends meet.

I did think about that, and I find it hard to believe that the only jobs they could find elsewhere would be such low-paying jobs that it wouldn’t make a difference. And they would be able to save money in other areas, like parking and childcare.

Sorry, when I said “property” I meant more like real estate, or just plain land. Didn’t mean to imply vehicles.

I think I understand what you mean, and I’d frame that myself as “thankful to even be alive and experiencing the world.” Anything above and beyond that is nice, but learning to just be content without those things is so important because it makes you happen AND can lead you to being more financially secure.

Simply living in NYC shouldn’t necessarily be considered a luxury, and we should do what we can to help lower-income people afford to continue living where they have for generations. But OWNING a HOME there most certainly is a luxury. It’s similar to saying we should have public transportation, and make it affordable…