>They are for several reasons. They are lying about the price of rent, saying it is higher than it is. They are insisting that you need to live in Manhattan, when there are places about half as cheap very close to Manhattan. > >I'm not saying the area is inexpensive. Don't argue with a strawman.

Don't misconstrue what I am pointing out what you're doing. They are not lying about how expensive rent can be there, this is simple to verify.

People want to live where they want to live. Get over it.