Manhattan and Brooklyn Are Much Poorer Than You Think

With reports of insane rents in Brooklyn, this article is an interesting perspective of the borough as a whole:

There are two overlapping refrains in coverage of the trendiest boroughs of Americas largest city: Neighborhood reaches new level of twee luxury and Real estate prices reach new level of absurdity. Stories falling into those two categories account for a good chunk of the New York Times, New York magazine,…