TONY elections 2008

What’s your problem?
The biggest issues New Yorkers face—according to you, online.

21% Your Home

• “Rent, rent, rent, rent—our housing is overvalued.”
• “The prohibitive cost of housing is driving out the middle class, especially in Manhattan.”
• “Too many tourists. Too few affordable apartments.”

18% Cash Money

• “Economy, economy, economy. That includes jobs, real estate and the overall cutthroat tone to business culture today.”
• “Housing costs, rising transportation costs and the fact that I cannot smoke a cigarette anywhere in this damn city.”
• “What about the serious increases in the cost of living? It’s to the point where if you’re living paycheck to paycheck, you’re not only surviving, but you’re ahead of the game…pretty sad.”

15% Frickin’ MTA

• “Unreliable bus schedules. Unreliable MetroCard machines. Reliable rent hikes.”
• “Crowded subways and buses, long waits for a subway or bus on weekends—can’t even get a seat, especially on a crosstown bus.
• Double-parking causing traffic delays. Lack of enforcement by police and the traffic cops.”

9.5% Skinny Jeans

• “(1) The infestation of hipsters into Brooklyn and the LES. (2) Rents: due to the infestation of hipsters in Brooklyn and the LES. (3) Jobs: It is impossible to find a job here that will allow you to pay your high-ass rent because of the infestation of hipsters into Brooklyn and the LES.”

9% Dude next to you

• “The overcrowding of train lines like the L and the overcrowding of north Brooklyn.”
• “Too many people. Not enough money. But hey, it’s NYC.”

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