January 31, 2005

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Department of Invidious Comparison

Derek Rose on the plight of the journalist in Manhattan.

Posted by Jane Galt at January 31, 2005 8:09 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links
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Posted by: Sammler on February 1, 2005 5:09 AM

Does the constant presence of the very wealthy (and their manifestations: posh condos with a marbles entry glimpsed through the front door, Bentleys outside expensive restaurants, absurd property prices) fuel the redistributionist tendencies of the New York-based press?

Posted by: derek on February 1, 2005 10:18 PM

maybe. but professionally at least, i spend more time in housing project stairwells that smell of pot and urine than hobnobbing with the glitterati.

Posted by: Jamie on February 2, 2005 10:00 AM

THE Derek?

I think that's probably Sammner's point: that you're uniquely positioned to observe the juxtaposition of those who can easily "take Manhattan" and those who are living there in squalor.

Posted by: derek rose on February 2, 2005 4:55 PM

yeah, comment no. 2 was from me... although that's the first time anyone's called me "The Derek" ... i'll have to start getting people to do it more often!

& really, i just write the stories, and try to let people take away their own moral, if any.

If there are other reporters out there going into paroxysms of envious rage at the sight of marble lobbies and valet-parked Bentleys, i haven't noticed...

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