Why New York’s Billionaires’ Row Is Half Empty

Manhattan’s skyscrapers aren’t really built for people anymore.
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[@Adamroable]

It would be interesting to hear about projected maintenance cost for these buildings. I can't imagine what it would cost to reglaze the windows or do any other kind of upkeep. Also, local law 11 requires the entire exterior to be inspected every 5 years. This would require at least a sidewalk shed, if not scaffolding to be erected during the process. Also, there is all the special engineering on the inside, pumps, mass dampers, and a whole bunch of other things that I'm sure I have no idea of how they work... These systems would all have to be custom engineered, which means super expensive to maintain. 432 Park avenue is already bitterly embroiled in a lawsuit, I think this is just a tiny glimpse of the chaos that will surround these buildings going forward.

[@asmodeus1234]

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[@buba_Dukz]

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[@buba_Dukz]

@@Adamroable It’ll be really interesting 😯

[@kimtae858]

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[@JW77]

The one thing that amazed me the most when I moved to the US 10 years ago, was lobbying. I believe it's called bribery in the rest of the world.

[@lynninfinite]

Yup.

[@meenerman7693]

if only you knew how bad things really were

[@ea7654]

Facts

[@whogavehimafork]

That would be correct.

[@melodramatic7904]

When I finally understood what lobbying was my first thought was "how is this legal?"

[@strodey123]

I remember walking along the edge of Central park a few years ago, people sleeping on the benches in the shadows of these $100m empty apartments. The stark contrast in humanty.

[@sirstretchy7365]

wow thats a little scary

[@loydloydloyd]

Stop talking that communism bullshit. Those homeless people own a great privilege, the USA passport. And having it, they spend their time searching in trash containers. They do not try to find a job and live normally. It is their choice and responsibility

[@robertchen8297]

Not humanity, just USA. Based on purchasing power parity, USA is probably one of the worst countries in the world.

[@adjudicator4766]

@@robertchen8297 not even close but go off

[@moonasha]

I feel so naive. When I learned about these buildings, I was like, "oh cool they're adding more housing for people." How naive I was.

[@bil8647]

There is a class action suit against Park Tower- 432 Park Ave, by it's residents. Everything from the building vibrating to the elevators stopping whenever the wind blows over 10mph to leaks, the list goes on. The plans were pushed through the city planning commission, and it was never pointed out that it would cast a shadow right across central park.

[@thea7826]

would be a great painting, or photo, "The shadow of capitalism"

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I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but I would love to trim Mr Soules’ rat tails 8:48, just sayin’

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[@rossmanngroup]

The retail stores are empty the offices are empty, and billionaire's row is empty. Welcome to NYC!

[@Komatic5]

Yoo Rossman, didn’t expect to see you here lol

[@boboman67]

A symbol of our decade

[@willn8664]

@@Komatic5 lol. Louis is a New Yorker and besides rightfully thrashing Apple and trying to help Apple customers the right way, if you've seen his other videos, Louis has also been exposing the BS that has been going on recently in NYC especially the way Cuomo is running it.

[@clickbaitcancer120]

Lmao! Your videos on NYC real estate is probably why this was recommended to me out of the blue...

[@Komatic5]

@@willn8664 I’m aware of that but that doesn’t mean I’d expect him to be on every NYC-related vid lol

[@smartbart80]

Plus, those empty apartments are cooled all throughout the summer because constant change in temperature damages furniture and art, so when the city asks residents to decrease their power usage to avoid blackouts I'm guessing it's mostly the poor who do it.

[@tilerman]

For sure. I'm a tradesman here in London and i work in some very large expensive homes for wealthy people and in the main they don't give a toss about heating bills or the environment. Central heating on full blast 24/7 for 4 or 5 months of the year (or more) and air conditioning on 24/7 for the remainder. Even when no one is home. I've worked in 15 bedroom mansions that are baking hot in the winter and freezing in the summer. The bills must be astronomical.

[@danielirvine7468]

Wow I just commented about the power usage now too It’s cold here where I am but the power price is getting too high for heat Meanwhile this life power bills aren’t really a thing

[@blakesleyk.7166]

Heated in the winter, as well, I’m guessing? I live in the desert w/o A/C. If I require that to live here, I shouldn’t be here. Your comment was enlightening. Thank you!

[@smartbart80]

@@blakesleyk.7166 I live in NY and do restoration work in these apartnents. They are not complete waste since they require constant cleaning and maintenance so they provide some people with employment.

[@blakesleyk.7166]

@@smartbart80 I’m going to wager they’re spending more on utilities than $$ spent on labor.

[@kabirjavaid]

This episode was enlightening, especially for someone who studies affordable housing. It's amazing how you connected billionaire housing to lack of affordable housing. What you have uncovered is the fact that billionaire housing developers bought off future development rights off of affordable housing development and concentrated all that housing into empty buildings. The air rights were not from buildings that were accommodating billionaires. The air rights belonged to properties that were accommodating people from middle class and even poor. Now, those development rights are embedded in empty buildings that belong to super rich. To make matters worse, They keep building more meaning more air rights belonging to middle class and even poor will no longer exist. Meaning no more future accommodation for these individuals. Thank you for your work.

[@dan-bz7dz]

Affordable housing in Manhattan?

[@jeffwilson3527]

Virtually no middle class or poor have been in manhattan for a long time.

[@BrickedUpBuilds]

As a 23 year old who won’t be able to afford a house in the next 5 years with a stable career field and job outlook, this sure made me happy for the rich :))

[@alexgunner1882]

Yes you could afford a home. But it won't be in a city and you would have to build it or fix it yourself

[@WonderWhile]

@@alexgunner1882 If you cant afford a property in the city or the suburbs of the city where you work, the system is fucked. Stop apologizing for it.

[@alexgunner1882]

@@WonderWhile "the system" can't cripple hard workers and wealth builders so much that they'd get outbid by time and money wasters

[@zyrexx0012]

​@@WonderWhileif didn't work yourself why would you blame the gov.? You fked up for life yourself

[@jdtubaman]

@@alexgunner1882 Not even that. You can get a new build in places if you know where to look. But, as you said, it is not going to be in a city and as we all know, younger people tend to want to live in cities rather than outside and while there is good reason they do, it's not going to get what they are aiming to achieve.

[@BlyGilmore]

The scary thing is this move to own housing as an investment isn't just restricted to these ultra-wealthy properties like Billionaire's Row. More and more 'normal' homes are being scooped up as an investment at the detriment of people who'd actually like to live there.

[@keltonfoster]

Black Rock is being used to accomplish the type of world that the WEF has envisioned for the 99 percent of mankind. As for the ultra rich they will have their own society away from the lower class. Something so extravagant that the blue collar kind of people can't even envision it at all.

[@301081anthony]

Its extremely bad here in Sweden. The wealthy buy rental houses and apartments then double the rent so only the well off can rent from them.

[@gljames24]

It's especially bad in places with mainly R1, low density residential housing. Cities need to get more comfortable with mid and high density housing

[@madebymollo1780]

China is buying all the properties

[@idirhhrin8876]

Cope

[@philstory2556]

This part really rubbed me the wrong way, When Serhant said "Smart people end up being incentivized to make money and their lifestyle increases" Ryan Serhant is not self made, his father was the vice chairman at a company with 3.9 trillion USD in assets under management. He was born in the purple.

[@keithnichols7926]

That folks like Mr Serhant have family money in no way contradicts the observation that the founders of the family were smart.

[@milessumida6770]

I have never wanted to hurt anyone more than during Serhant's monologue. It was among the scummiest things I have ever heard! My favorite part was him talkimg about the important things his taxes fund in one breath and boasting about how he avoids paying them whenever possible in the next!

[@tommycocacocke]

Smart people are scientist, doctor etc, greedy people are rich

[@milessumida6770]

@blooming hummock Your comment is literally unintelligible Would you mind proofreading and editing it?

[@RickKasten]

Oh there you go bringing facts that disrupt capitalist fanboy narratives into the conversation....

[@crosslink1493]

First time I've seen one of your videos, pretty impressive. Condo towers are somewhat similar here in Los Angeles, but more are company owned and used by top staff who travel here to work in their regional offices for a while. The real eye-opener are a lot of the skyscraper office buildings are practically empty. A lot of the corporations that lease them still pay the rent, and have reception staff, but the office and cubicle areas are practically vacant (maybe 5% of employees on site). I did find one exception, and that was a Japanese company whose employees work at night so they can communicate in real time with HQ in Japan, and they can avoid the heavy daytime L.A. traffic.

[@IGinaI]

Everytime I see something like that, I find it just so grotesque that there are people on our planet without enough money and recourses to afford education, a home, maybe even food, while in the same moment there are people able to spend more than 100,000 million dollars on a place they never even step a foot in.

[@Alpharizzchad]

😅 That's life

[@RedPandaStan]

I like how this channel has gone from discussing and praising the architecture of billionaire's row to pointing out how fucking terrible it is for literally everyone. Character development.

[@z.b.8168]

Do you know Mr Rainer Winkler?

[@dengxiaopinggaming5500]

And it's definitely a great change of pace. This is fantastic journalism

[@mstewart4431]

Its the difference of what money and capitalism can do vs done through loopholes. This video is brilliant.

[@trump1123]

Gutsy channel with pinpointed information explained what's going on globally. Special interest groups ripoff our housing rights by squeezing every inch of landvalues in our countries, making ghostly towns everywhere billionaires brought all those properties but NON-of-them lived in those properties. Because those 'vultures' sucking everything dry, housing prices are ridiculously unreachable for citizens to inhabit. B1M speaking out loud for us.

[@RyanNHoang]

The more you look into it the more you hate it

[@thatcrazykid1393]

The overfocus on the hyper-wealthy seems to be a serious problem for the construction industry. Demand for regular homes is higher than ever and yet developers still aren't building enough of them.

[@TheGeorgeous]

Preach !

[@josephdadey]

There's just less money in doing the right thing. No one is interested.

[@sabni8668]

No, demand needs to be backed by funding... I'd not get too preachy unless you want to disclose how much of your personal wealth you're gonna give up to contribute toward building regular homes for buyers with no money........

[@hughmungusbungusfungus4618]

Thanks to restrictive building codes, it's not profitable to build new construction for affordable housing.

[@buzzkillington3354]

@@sabni8668 so you just keep building houses for rich people who don't want them....

[@blah7983]

More states need to pass laws that tax the hell out of unoccupied/not occupied by a longterm resident housing after a certain number of properties owned

[@mtgrez]

"New York City, once known for its iconic skyline and architectural landmarks, is rapidly losing its identity with the rise of the so-called "Billionaires Row" on 57th street. The influx of new skyscrapers, designed to cater to the ultra-rich, has transformed the city's skyline into a glittering metropolis reminiscent of Dubai. While some may argue that these towering buildings represent progress and modernity, others lament the loss of the city's historic charm and unique character. With each new addition to Billionaires Row, New York City seems to move further away from its roots, leaving many to wonder what the future holds for this once-iconic city." R.I.P. NYC

[@thehoboman]

The engineering that goes into these buildings is always fascinating, but the economic/societal side of things is definitely troubling.

[@anthonyrios8566]

NO doubt these Buildings are Beautiful Architecture Works, Only for the Billionaires, Commoners, Working Class, Middle Class Need Not Apply. 🛸

[@Falconlibrary]

Welcome to the future. 16 million vacant houses in the US and two generations of Americans can't afford even one.

[@suzpro8165]

@@anthonyrios8566 What are you paying for, really? One great big chunk of square footage, encased in sterile glass? Where are the breathtaking appointments, where are the things that make you go "WOW!!!" and where is the uniqueness of the residence itself??? Give me Sutton Place or The Village, any day of the week!

[@lolollolol5654]

and the architecture is backward

[@HK1_11]

The buildings are nothing crazy tbh

[@RGld-jg8rs]

I live in Melbourne and definitely have felt this, in my building there are easily 200-300 apartments, but given the amount of neighbours I've encountered and mailboxes I've seen empty, I think no more than 100 are occupied. At one point for almost a month my roommates and I realised we were the only occupied apartment in our entire level

[@archipiratta]

Yeah, Aus rentals are messed up, especially in the bigger cities like Melbourne and Sydney

[@joblakelisbon]

You have had strict rent control laws in Melbourne - the end result of these laws is scarce housing for most people, indulgently cheap living for a few and an excess of luxury property as the city eventually makes exceptions for the top end of the market. The same thing happened in Stockholm, Cairo and Hong Kong. The chain of causation between rent control laws and this end result is very well understood by anyone with even a cursory knowledge of economics.

[@againstthepods4316]

That’s so cool I love lonely buildings and’s streets I’m very emo like that

[@toni4729]

There's nowhere to live in Brisbane, everyone from Sydney and Melbourn is moving up here and the rents are skyrocketing.

[@againstthepods4316]

@@toni4729 why

[@ExpanderDJ]

Brilliant documentary. I was just in Dubai staying in one of many luxury apartments in a skyscraper district (an Airbnb), and as I drank my evening tea I was baffled to see that absolutely most of the windows in all of the other skyscrapers were completely dark. The only lights illuminating those buildings were the decorative LEDs running along the facade, which create the illusion of a lived in space.

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[@nadiamariko]

It’s heartbreaking to me that there are so many people living on streets freezing, starving, and struggling, while there stands so many buildings almost completely empty.

[@SW-wf3gy]

agree with you

[@n.b.a1529]

Snowflake ❄️

[@themaskmandhaka3717]

Lol..then do something

[@sant1970]

You have a better system? I doubt it

[@dumbassdumpling5025]

@@sant1970 yep, america actually has the least homelessness and poverty of other similar countries. we also have the best access to medical care and really good birth mortality rates :)

[@dr.kinderman5290]

So basically, the amount of wealth that's been generated has become so great that there need to be things you can actually buy with it. So these units in these skyscrapers are used. The draw not being prestige or the unit itself, but simply being something valuable enough to represent the wealth you have. It's like a giant pile of money basically

[@Kisamaism]

A giant pile of money that is pegged to a real estate dollar, sure. And that's horrifically volatile. Which means even MORE money is spent padding the pockets of assessment agencies while ensuring "premium demand" (talking up the value within the real estate sector, buying up real estate to ensure scarcity, lobbying politicians to approve gentrification projects, etc.).

[@TechRedstone]

not quite, its speculative investments actually. when wall st controls the value of the dollar, owning anything is better than owning a dollar.

[@father3dollarbill]

Imagine being a billionaire and knowing you could comfortably invest and keep making money and at the same time, help your city or your country. But not doing it, ever. Instead, just spend it in pleasure.

[@TheCamckee]

couldn't be more wrong. its an asset that doesn't devalue as the government prints money. I bought my house in 2018 for 220k. its now worth almost half a million. But if i kept half a million in the bank with the governments obsession with printing money, itll lose 9-12 percent of its buying power in 1 YEAR. I dont know if its done on purpose or if they are all imbeciles . But the constant printing of money is pushing rich people who have the funds to buy property's that will rise with inflation which protects their dollar. Its pretty simple really and i dont blame them for it. But its fucking everyone else. Stop printing money, make it safe to save it in the bank. and this wont happen.

[@jonahdement4379]

​@@father3dollarbill Not even for pleasure, just using it for making more money, oftentimes.

[@armancz]

From a perspective of a real estate agent in Prague the prices of these apartments are eye watering, the most expensive apartments in Prague atm are around 2,5-3m dollars, regular apartments are around 200-300k.

[@evergreenaviation3672]

In addition to the Plaza, Rissian Tea Room, and Carnagia Hall, Billionares' Row is also in close proximity to the New York Racquet & Tennis Club, a hot spot for upper-class new yorkers.

[@GrinerB]

That real estate guy justified rich people's ability to game the system by listing a host of taxes that normal people also have to pay while completely ignoring the benefits the rich people have that normal people don't have access to... Rich people having to pay sales tax on their nice shit doesn't provoke any sympathy out of me...

[@TheAlbinoskunk]

Lists a bunch of taxes that he knows full well his clients have offshore companies to avoid paying, and then sarcastically criticises the existence of tax itself. It's difficult to imagine someone more deplorable than that guy

[@bobbowie9350]

Realtors are the scum of the earth

[@marleychronic8530]

Ryan Serhant is his name, he has a tv show and deals with luxury real estate.

[@JerryKosloski]

You're just salty because he does more in one week than you do in an entire year.

[@leedart]

No "Jerry" it's his and the new normal of greed in the system... The nonchalant humorous and gleeb of person's like you that see nothing wrong with the complete gaming of the system as well laying the societally financial weight on the working class is no more than being a happy plantation owner from the historically horrific and barbaric southern states. Just remember that people eventually get tired and do violently act out and what you think is in benefit of a luxury lifestyle has ALWAYS come crashing down taking the whole society with it. Try growing old without a country and lots of wealth. It never ends well either.....

[@fredstanley419]

I like how the rich dude listed a bunch of taxes that literally everyone pays.

[@mf--]

I bet most of those rich dudes don't even pay those taxes.

[@SephBane]

After the video just pointed out that they were largely avoiding many of these taxes.

[@nickgamingmusic9911]

Yep this exactly. Truly out of touch privileged people.

[@GTIModBlog]

@@nickgamingmusic9911 I mean he did touch on it immediately after, it’s just cut later into the video. He understands the wealth gap and factors that are growing it. Not a dumb guy.

[@UDPride]

@@mf-- you wanna bet? The filthy rich pay an ungodly amount in taxes. Its almost theft. The bottom 47% dont even pay an income tax. The real question is why would someone want to live in the rat-infested city of NYC anyway where it costs $100M to live the life it would cost $10M elsewhere in the USA.

[@seltexmx]

Just found your channel. Thanks for a great, informative, non biased video.

[@adsfw1000]

Have to say this is an incredibly well produced/presented doc. I have no searing interest in construction, but it was a damn good watch.

[@koertdubois6781]

"Architecture as spatial financial form, not as shelter or cultural manifestation." Nailed it. Bless you guys.

[@JN-er5yu]

This statement speaks volumes as a recent Architecture school grad... definitely an interesting future ahead of us.

[@melaniecotterell8263]

deciding how to develop these properties is a task I would not wish to undertake. No best choice with so much at stake. Get multiple proposals than eini meani miney moe?

[@michaeld5888]

The problem is shown in the UK where the housing is used to a large extent as a money laundering asset repository for the funds pouring in to London which creates prices that bleed out in to the provinces. The middle classes cashing in buy in to the provinces for a second or primary home outbidding the locals and prices spiral leaving them homeless or with their parents until old age. The pressured limited housing stock in the UK coupled with its unsustainable population level is a major social disaster in the making.

[@hairyairey]

@@michaeld5888 Almost with you until you claimed "unsustainable population level" - the UK is nowhere near as densely populated as Hong Kong and others!

[@Schwuanse]

Unfortunately that is true not only for housing, food, fuel, toilet paper. Everything seems to become an investment destabilizing our world... :(

[@MrMarkOlson]

It was SHOCKING to hear that NYC somehow decided it was a "good" thing to finance billionaires by making their ultra-luxury property tax rates lower than those of the middle class living in their own homes. Fix that inequity and there will be fewer empty living spaces, more options for regular buyers, and fewer homeless.

[@cryingafrican6858]

Economic development. And since the billionaires that do live there pay the most to live there as well. Pretty sure they pay atleast 100x what the average person does.

[@MrMarkOlson]

@@cryingafrican6858 As a percentage the rich pay less. Of course it is more in flat dollar terms, but it is still a regressive tax which favors the rich.

[@gideonkloosterman]

@@cryingafrican6858 Why should they pay less % though 🤔

[@gideonkloosterman]

@@cryingafrican6858 also how does a city benefit from being an asset? that 169mil is mostly going to the guys that built the giant matchstick and from that point onwards there's barely any money rolling.

[@cryingafrican6858]

@@gideonkloosterman less property tax because they’re trying to invite wealthy people into the city to boost economic prosperity. By that I mean a lot of wealthy people know New York City is a horrible financial investment, so if they can bring in more wealthy ppl they can tax more money off their profits, the wealthy will spend more money on housing and consumables. It’s like a business doing a discount to increases sales and volume. And look at it like this. Who pays more? A middle class person with a 10% tax rate on $850,000 or a rich person paying 5% on $10,000,000. I do agree apartments like these are kind of stupid, but understand that there will always be the poor. There’s absolutely nothing you can do about that. In fact I want to do philanthropy and create shelters when I go into business, but no matter what there’s always going to be more Homeless or starving people.

[@stelazhou]

New York is especially unique for its skyscrappers, and it is just crazy how the average rent price in there is high, and even higher for luxury apartments such as 220, One57, 111, 432 and more. The fact that the skinniest skyscrappers 111 has to raise the price crazily just to make all the construction effort worth is crazy, literally sky is the limit for the apartment rent in New York.

[@N1ckelD1me]

fantastic video! i live in new york and i have such a morbid fascination with these empty ultra luxury apartments.

[@TARINunit9]

That part about "turning real estate into a more liquid asset" is subtly sickening. The ultimate goal is the financialization of EVERYTHING.

[@X11CHASE]

It already is that way.

[@jamess3718]

and there is NOTHING wrong with that, if you dont have money...to enjoy things that cost money...that YOUR OWN fucking fault change the way you live or fuck off your choice

[@Xantosdude]

@tmacbeatsonline "Why not turn the entire human experience into a casino?" It already is. Just some people don't realize, or don't want to play. Everybody gets the same amount, and the smart ones realize and capitalize.

[@marionboyani]

@@Xantosdude everybody gets the same amount? You mean someone born into generational wealth started off with as much as you did?

[@Xantosdude]

@@marionboyani Of course. everybody gets the same 86,400.

[@khanfauji7]

Turning homes into investment tools that local and foreign investors can speculate in to hedge against inflation has been the biggest driver of unaffordable housing.

[@magnusanderson6681]

I mean, another large driver is the zoning laws and regulations which prevent housing from being created because of how much beaurocracy you have to go through in order to do it.

[@BuddhistZenDave]

Yes and no. What caused the 2008 meltdown was the market not being able to control house ownership. When Latisha in queens defaults on her 300k mortgage it creates a ripple affect against a x30 leverage security tied into that house. The next natural evolution was for the fed to just buy the mortgage to ensure they are always owned, because they want to ensure the stock market will continue to climb, securing boomer 401ks and pensions right as they retire in waves. So now they can control the market price action from top to bottom. Imagine every time you baked bread it got bought immediately, no matter how high you raised the price. You would be selling 50k a loaf by the end of the year.

[@allowambeBOWWAMB]

And who creates inflation? The central banks.

[@RiazMissaghi]

@@allowambeBOWWAMB Imagine if we had a sound, scarce, and easily secured money to store value in so that we didn't have to use houses, stocks or metals to protect our wealth from money printing.

[@allowambeBOWWAMB]

@@RiazMissaghi Bitcoin :)

[@moejuggler6033]

Your videos never disappoint! This may have been the best work. Thanks~

[@rickpetrinack1540]

Fred hi from Calgary, Canada, worlds away from the cities in this video. This episode is possibly one of B1M's very best. I absolutely love super tall architecture. However I'd see or read about them and the only rational for owning a unit is a status symbol. Kind of like developing a multi story high end mall in the heart of a major metropolitan city but only the anchor tenants are occupied and everything else is vacant but owned as an investment because of the value of the land. This episode explains it so well I've watched it numerous times. B1M is excellent have most of my team of PM's watching now as a group during lunch. Thanks.

[@mauritsbol4806]

I have been watching 10 minutes of this. And i want to urge you. Please make more of this. This documentary style video is absolutely what i love about construction, how it is so integrated in human society and how it sometimes raises questions and issues. I think this should not be the only videos you should continue to make but pleaase make more of this. This was great!

[@trainrover]

mass hypnosis myst suit your sort.......

[@e.pluribusunum7916]

This was incredibly depressing, but I'm glad you did it. It's horrifying how much we've sacrificed to make rich people even richer. The idea of paying 200 million dollars for an apartment you'll never use while people are literally dying in the streets because they can't afford shelter is insane. Edit: my post keeps getting a lot of comments blindly defending capitalism. If you don't understand why this practice is problematic you are quite literally part of the problem.

[@jerricklittle3306]

Hypocrite, you wrote this message from a device manufactured by the rich

[@andrewbergamann7982]

This needs to stop.

[@Falconlibrary]

Welcome to the last days of the empire. Enjoy the spectacle while it lasts.

[@BeyondDaX]

Only the rich can stop the rich.

[@jerricklittle3306]

@@BeyondDaX you make it sound like the rich are attacking you

[@jamesryan9825]

This is a superb analysis of the socio-economic impact of high end construction and development.

[@ZxSkyLineKidxZ]

I do work in many of these buildings and I work around the client's that own these units. My job is Window Treatment. It's an amazing experience to see the finished product and the views. I'm not allowed to share photos and videos of what I see in these units. It drives me to work hard and makes me have similar dreams to these people that own these units. It's just insane. Just yesterday I was in 216 W58th on the 125th floor. The views were beautiful. The wind in the afternoon picked up and you hear the rumbling sound of it. The chandeliers in the unit all were moving slightly but you personally wouldn't feel the swaying.

[@whitneyjory8749]

Very cool! I hope you have keep some personal photos. I’m an interior designer so I’m very envious to check out those units and views.

[@ZxSkyLineKidxZ]

@@whitneyjory8749 it's a small world! Who knows, I may run into you one day doing a Drapery and Shades installation for one of your clients. I wish you the best!

[@whitneyjory8749]

@@ZxSkyLineKidxZ Likewise!

[@helenmiles3866]

Wow.. such a unique job with incredible views!. Are you allowed to share photos of just the views? .. while on a break? I bet lots if people would love images from the sights you brave guys see up there. .. safety first ; )

[@ZxSkyLineKidxZ]

@@helenmiles3866 I can share the views. I just sometimes don't. 😮‍💨

[@ekszentrik]

Dude, not just the height and thinness of these buildings is skyrocketing, but also your production quality. Mad props.

[@willgoodwin4577]

Couldn't agree more.

[@neutronsareawesome]

Yuu-chan!

[@ekszentrik]

@@neutronsareawesome MAN OF CULTURE

[@Martell364]

This reminds of an interesting article in the German constitution: "Property entails obligations." This means for example that you have to take care of your house, but also that you can't divert something from it's intended use. In some German cities, this means that you're not allowed to leave a home vacant for longer than 6 months without good reason, because having a home sit vacant, diverts it from it's intended use, which is housing people. I think legislation like this being commonplace would solve a lot of housing issues. Also, imho these billionaire's row tower are kinda ugly and don't fit into the New York skyline at all.

[@vperkv6554]

Sounds like we need tht in the U.S. but tht wont happen until we outlaw lobbying in general. If someone wants something, all they have do is pay to have laws changed.

[@aminam8760]

In france its even more extreme, people can break into unhabited homes and they cant be immediately expelled until a legal procedure is completed. They are called the "squatteurs"

[@clawsoon]

@@aminam8760 As I was watching I was wondering how hard these mostly-empty buildings would be to take over with a bit of determination and organization...

[@JuniperJennifer666]

That s a stupid law - how about vacation houses? U germans are not allowed those?

[@JuniperJennifer666]

@@aminam8760 about france ( the weidest country of them all ) - we had vacation house in the south of france for many years - everything was allright. We moved last year to live here permanently THREE times our electricity contract was cancelled by someone. Once it was in summer when we weren’t there - my son came there for vacation on friday evening and there was no electricity and for 2 days of weekend he had to stay without until i figured things on monday. Good we do not have a large garden, so our neighbours threw extra long extension cord for him to be able to exist because without electricity there is no hot water. Called them and they said some person who allegedly lives with us cancelled the contract. We live in separate own house. Bizarro country. They didnt send us any warning - just switched off. No explanations.

[@overtheedge23]

While living high above the city can offer spectacular views and a sense of exclusivity, it comes with a set of challenges that make it uncomfortable for many people. The combination of physical discomfort, psychological fears, safety concerns, environmental impacts, and practical inconveniences contribute to a sense of unease and discomfort associated with living at such extreme heights.

[@LDrosophila]

The swaying alone would keep me up

[@sigmalibra1360]

It’s pretty sad that these buildings are empty meanwhile some people live on the street!

[@furyofbongos]

No issues with billionaires buying expensive thin tower apartments. I have BIG issues with companies like Blackrock buying up single family homes and renting them out, pricing out first time home buyers and destroying neighborhoods. They also treat their tenants worse than anyone.

[@hoherspatz9573]

The same forces that are buying up single homes in America are the same forces that are pricing New Yorkers outta the housing market today. BlackRock is an asset management firm after all and they mostly buy these houses on behalf on large institutional investors, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds that want to maximize their capital gains on these investments. As a consequence, more and more income has to be spent on overpriced healthcare, privatized infrastructure and inflated housing prices. So, you end up with a high-priced economy, that cannot compete with the likes of China or Europe, where basic necessities for economic activity like infrastructure are provided for free or at subsidized cost. America has moved from industrialization to financialization and its economy has become a tollbooth opportunity for wall street.

[@Trickyboy1337]

@@hoherspatz9573 "its economy has become a tollbooth"... what happens when we can't afford the next toll... ? Everything keeps going up, seemingly primarily if not solely due to private interests, with public works and government effort having little to do with it going up, and rather a lot to do with choosing not to make it go back down.

[@RawOlympia]

@@Trickyboy1337 Stop voting for those who open the floodgates, more peopel = less housing. Simple math. Democrats love chaos, or they would not be doing this. Cloward-Piven.

[@itsmatty365]

100% this

[@Jupiter1423]

someone who gets it

[@GoldenOwlEvents]

Melbourne, Australia too. Reportedly about 40 percent of the more expensive inner city high-rise apartments stand empty. It has been like this for many years. Meanwhile Australia is suffering an affordable housing crisis, made much worse now by the pandemic. People with full time jobs still can't find anywhere to rent. According to a recent study, the nearly half the population cannot afford about 90 percent of the housing in Australia. The wealth divide is now savage, and it's affecting the entire lifestyles of society. The most obvious change I've seen in the last 10 years is all the arts, entertainment, events, parties and festivals drying up and disappearing. All the people who used to run them are now in crisis and barely scraping by, as are many of the attendees who can no longer afford to go. This in turn fuels the loneliness epidemic, all these interconnected communities and groups of people who used to meet up and make new friends at these events are now finding it harder and harder to stay connected. The sense of community dries up. And the rates of anxiety, depression and deaths of despair start to climb. This is the domino effect of turning an essential part of life - having a home - into a profitable commodity with which to amass private wealth.

[@jenniferlawrence9473]

These skyscrapers ruined the New York City skyline. They look ridiculous.

[@RoccoTano91]

@@jenniferlawrence9473 I agree with you. Melboune's skyline has been slaughtered since 2013/2014 with a plunge of high-rise residential buildings that look like shit.

[@Deafscrafty7]

Oh no wonder. I have my family and friends living there now, they are frustrated with finding affordable housing they wanted to buy, settle, and start families.

[@ruby-bruja6923]

Empty homes but we have an unhoused people epidemic in the US. Not to mention that the apartments and homes that are "affordable" are literally falling apart at the seems. This is so disgusting.

[@petecabrina]

Don't worry it will all come crashing down soon, what is happening in China right now is just the start of it, of course companies and rich people in China probably own some of these empty apartments in Melbourne/Sydney as well, or might have even been the ones who constructed them. The only downside of the housing market crashing is the whole economy is probably going to go with it too.

[@madingthree]

“Looking DOWN on the Empire State Building” must be one of the most over-the-top flexes of all time. Pun intended

[@juanpablosaenz9037]

Some naive people would say that we need to tax empty apartments in luxury towers...but the tax money goes back to these millionaires as they enter the public sector as politicians or as developers doing public works...they never foot the bill.

[@faicotone]

The same thing is happening in Bangkok and I can imagine many other big cities in the world. Communities and the locals are wiped out to make place for development projects of luxury condos and shopping centers. It's ridiculous how we have so many empty houses and homeless people at the same time.

[@justindavis6406]

This is why land should not be so liquid. The rich will get more and the poor will get even less.

[@voinekku]

Yep, that's because Thailand is capitalist just like the US, UK, Australia and pretty much everyone else.

[@maxdubs2241]

@@justindavis6406 and that’s exactly what they want, they hate poor people we are puny ants to them that they just wanna squish

[@milesrout]

Nobody is forcing those people to live in one of the most expensive and desirable cities in the world.

[@justindavis6406]

@@milesrout you're right, they're not being forced to live there. They chose to live there long ago, and are now being forced to choose to live somewhere else.

[@rikvermeer1325]

Here in the Netherlands, "big" cities are starting to incorporate mandatory self-habitation laws on housing. This is needed to keep a sane distribution between social housing, open market and rentals. I like the idea

[@timdowney6721]

Also helps to reduce money laundering and tax evasion. Kudos to the Netherlands.

[@boraxsopanic2670]

Holland looks like old crap. They take good care of their old crap. :) I love it there but when I get the urge to see the 21st century I look elsewhere.

[@truthvigilante2180]

@@timdowney6721 tax extortion is theft

[@clintonflynn815]

@@truthvigilante2180 Uh, no.

[@truthvigilante2180]

@@clintonflynn815 there’s absolutely no other way around it

[@zacktmedlin]

“The owner’s never been there, it’s just an asset in the sky” People are dying in the cold and we’re all just cool w this

[@SleepyOx2023]

This is a testament to how people can't work together collectively to widen the base of the building to its surrounding properties.

[@JakeWolven]

It was interesting to hear Ryan describe the people who evade taxes as "smart" and then 2 minutes later explain the problems that the rich are creating. It's like he understands it but chooses to not do anything about it.

[@Hanessy]

People who evade taxes are probably smart. But they’re also selfish, and that’s where the problems come from.

[@masonrussell579]

HE SHOULD START A MARXIST UPRISING IN THE STREETS lmao. Why should they not try to optimize their taxes? It’s the politicians, the people you elect, who have to close those loopholes. But you guys are too lazy to vote, so only the ultra capitalist boomers vote, and pro business politicians do nothing while you blame it on corporate lobbying. Maybe if more young people voted, society would be more equal.

[@JohnDoe-vw4zf]

@@masonrussell579 Are you stupid? Do you think that the record number of all age groups voting will change anything? Politicians don't sit in office for 60 years because "young people" aren't voting.

[@MinniNatty]

Ok, I’m not the only one who noticed. 🤣

[@AfricaTekk]

The tallest residential building in Africa kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3-zpWOQoJKnp68

[@helenmiles3866]

Ooh.. so pleased to happen upon your JUICY channel, for my thirsty brain. Thank you for your superb work! BRILLIANT!

[@chaka1370]

This was a fantastic interview Shay love Amanda with much respect ✊

[@stevenmatthews2278]

Such a frightening concept: billionaire housing sits empty while poor families struggle to afford basic necessities and subpar housing. The system is broken, the loopholes are being exploited, and the rich are living in a reality unthinkable to the rest of us.

[@KPCienega]

Sounds exactly like the conditions in Venezuela for the working class

[@bryanfarrow914]

@@KPCienega ........ if they get a U$ supported gummint. Send in more assassination squads.

[@nicmainville9954]

@@KPCienega will be the same in the US if people continue to allow corporations to buy out the federal government, thanks Regan.

[@BlackMan614]

Thank you Fed.

[@gabbar51ngh]

Thanks to welfare state in USA causing these problems along with one of the most progressive tax rates. As long as these things remain people will remain unable to afford basic necessities while government leech of more money in taxes than all the billionaires combined.

[@Meitti]

"Vacant building is a useless building" should be a cardinal rule for determining the worth of something. If theres no demand for a room simply because its too expensive for people to live in, then the price and perceived value is artificial and fake. So the longer a new millionaire mansion stays empty, less valuable it becomes until its either used for living, or working.

[@RampageG4mer]

Who do you think determines the worth of these buildings?

[@kdpowers]

It'll never happen in America. Even if someone is elected who promises it, they won't be able to do it.

[@TysonGibby]

The B1M does a great job or presenting the evidence as to why this problem exists without then drawing conclusion that it's the laws and government policies that created this tax shelter problem. If you get rid of the failing laws and government policies then these problems will no longer exist. This tax shelter would literally disappear overnight.

[@Meitti]

@@TysonGibby Not likely, China had the same problem and their real estate bubble finally burst with Evergrande. China was the worst of all, building entire ghost cities where nobody lived in, made of shoddy materials that make the houses collapse within few years, just for the sake of speculating with real estate markets.

[@TysonGibby]

@@Meitti That is a great example. The difference is that in China all the power lies with the government. Here, most of the power, is still held by the people. If New Yorkers really wanted this to change, they could make it change.

[@friedzombie4]

I love how people just can't get their gold plated brains around the fact that the rich should subsidize the poor and that capitalism isn't the end game for economic theory.

[@foobarFR]

@friedzombie4 and basically "capitalism" isn't and should never be a "do what you want" card, especially in city planning.

[@check2000]

Americans been properly programmed by lobbyists for decades. Read somewhere that yearly over 1billion is spend solely on anti communist & anti socialist propaganda. Keep them afraid & sleep..

[@Mixima101]

I like that B1M gets into social issues of engineering. As an urban studies student with friends who are engineers, I think it's good that engineers are at least aware of the "why" of construction, not just the "how."

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[@kiih7762]

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[@Aaron565]

bullshit

[@supertrampolinethebatpony3841]

Humanities informed interdisciplinary approach gang gang

[@gxlorp]

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[@deusexaethera]

Imagine being so rich that you own a penthouse -- the ultimate luxury manifestation of a basic human need that not everyone has -- which you've never been in, which you bought from someone else who had also never been in it, just to say you have it -- not even as a vacation home, just as a trophy. Now the concept of NFTs starts to make more sense to me. These people were _already_ buying things they didn't care about just for the bragging rights of saying they have them; NFTs were just the next step in the evolution of that concept, by dispensing with the need to buy a physical object and just buying the bragging rights _directly._

[@HeavyMetalorRockfan9]

NFTs are also taking money laundering to the next level

[@David-un4cs]

That's actually the best explanation of NFTs I've seen yet. It finally made the idea click for me.

[@deusexaethera]

@@David-un4cs: It's literally just spending money to buy a receipt that proves you could afford to spend that much money.

[@OppositeOpinion]

and this is freaking disgusting! unregulated capitalism is worse then terrorism or fascism

[@blackhorseman]

Like that 80's movie "Brewster's Millions" with Richard Pryor you can only spend so much until you get fed up sick of having it after even one month. That was the point the movie was trying to make but most people never got that part of the plot. You have to get to the point of painstakingly trying to find creative ways to even store it in any form possible that much wealth let along spend it. Drug cartels had the same problem. Where to put it all. It is utterly disgusting that even then they are trying to find ways to evade taxes and other wealth burden. Greed is "CLEARLY" an addiction just like every thing else in this world that turns you into a slave to "you know who". Tsk tsk! I honestly don't envy them. I personally would be miserable just like the prospect of living forever as a saved Christian. There is only so much of a good thing that I could tolerate. Unfortunately most human beings seek it to insanity and then death. Then the next generation of their children start it all over again before his/her body even gets cold bickering and sometimes killing each other over the scraps. Like I said- " it is an insane addiction" of the highest order on earth that if we don't break free from it it will destroy us all super rich or super poor. It is all the same because profit isn't even real. It is completely all smoke and mirrors. Try asking most people today where money comes from, it is usually deer in the headlights stumbling to answer the question just like understanding "Derivatives" even if your in the financial sector. That is the point here too. Its because it all is only an idea that we bring to life out of thin air. Satans design; and we never fail to disappoint to fall for it time and time again. Free choice is either a blessing or a curse. The choice is yours.

[@richardli4628]

I can totally understand this, my parents own a 4 million dollar penthouse in Toronto and me and my little sister go there every summer since a few years ago

[@michaelpilos]

Best Documentary You made so far! 👌🏼

[@ArtStoneUS]

My wife and I noticed while we were living in Charlotte North Carolina that the expensive condominium buildings in uptown seem to have very few people going in and out given the size of the buildings. We guessed at the time that a lot of the owners were motivated by flipping the condos, not by living there

[@Tina-mt9cl]

Quality of life in the city has plummeted to unlivable levels for most civilized folk. The higher end surrounding towns are paradise though.

[@mellow_man_ny]

The rich just live in NYC for fun and than they go to other cities where they have other properties and some buildings even have elevators that take you from your apt to the parking lot which sometimes they don't even use the regular entrances.

[@JUNKERS488]

No the super rich are moving along with their businesses thanks to all the Socalist Democrat Party. Why live where you have to pay so much in taxes when they can just move to a better state with lower taxes. Which also means all the jobs from the businesses they own will go with them. Just like California. Vote Blue to ruin your city too.

[@annamack5823]

Exactly the same thing happens in London.

[@littlelarry2912]

no one would really want to live in any large US city. Full of public housing and bums. Traffic, crime, etc.. make some money on real estate and stay clear of these dumps

[@M1tjakaramazov]

Same miscalculation happened in London a decade ago. Number 1 Knightsbridge was a mega project by the Candy brothers, looking to give billionaires the ultimate property to congregate in. What they didn't realize is the one thing billionaires value more than anything is exclusivity. Living in a block of flats with a bunch of other billionaires is the last thing they want; it makes it feel common. On any given evening half the towers are pitch black. Pretty incredible no-one thought of that.

[@sausageandbeanmelt4634]

@Marcus Rotkirch That's only half right. It's mainly money laundering, parking cask, and not a place to live. An apartment is rarely going to be a billionaire's primary residence.

[@M1tjakaramazov]

@@sausageandbeanmelt4634 They still didn't set out to create a half-empty cash-park. Their underlying ideology for the project failed miserably.

[@blackleague212]

@@Channel17961 yaull are just mad cause you cant afford to be in NYC. This is a city of kings. Dont ever disrespect my city this is the capitol of EARTH.

[@RaBob]

it's a tax write off

[@walky240251]

@@blackleague212 man o man you´ve got a real problem with reality!

[@joshuapatrick682]

when someone spends enough money to feed a small nation for a day on a few thousand square feet of real estate they keep empty it makes me know society is gonna be okay....genuinely shocked the uber rich don't actually just hunt human's on private islands like some horror film.

[@jonhiggins7837]

Very cool little series and tide bit of information about the big buildings in nyc, I'm currently in Brooklyn right now which is interesting, maybe I should go check it out????

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Yes, ask a real estate vendor for a tour

[@WINTERBOYD]

The only reason Fred didn’t receive a interview with the developers or any of the owners is because they know who they are impacting by using the 421a. All the construction in the Bronx are in undesirable areas that need transportation, grocery stores and street cleaning like they have on park avenue

[@GORT70]

Question: how are the uber type transportation services there?

[@KawakebAstra]

@@GORT70 being a New Yorker. .answer 2Ur question is poor renters can barely afford subway .. traveling miles in slow city traffic via uber’s not affordable or practical

[@jeremymitchell76]

but but AOC speaks for you.

[@kbanghart]

@@jeremymitchell76 vote blue

[@jpdemer5]

The tax breaks are so huge that the city could build *more* affordable housing with the money not collected, than was built by the developers in the first place.

[@graygraybrady]

I’ve been in Central Park Tower visiting someone who was working for one of the apartment owners. As of early November, only 20 people are living in the tower. This is partly because behind the foyer, the construction isn’t fully finished. The apartments are (at least the one I visited) but the hallways and elevators are still covered in cardboard and plastic. Crazy!

[@prst99]

Makes sense. So the low occupancy can be attributed to incomplete construction rather than absent owners.

[@Sashazur]

@@prst99 But fewer owners also means less money available to complete construction.

[@MinhNguyen-nl8zz]

The building don’t have to be finished. The physical space is what being traded. Since no one is living in them finishing is not pressing. If you are not in a hurry you can wait out labor shortages, materials costs and regulator it’s cost.

[@dianaverano7878]

In our southeast asian country, we have land tax + property tax. Yearly obligation PER PROPERTY. Rate depends if it is in province or city. If you have 2 houses, you have to pay for taxes of 2 houses. No exceptions. Rich or poor, we have to pay for it.

[@bbsara0146]

my friend lives in 432 park avenue and the whole building sways in the wind. the elevators clatter around, the pipes dont drain properly... so many issues for a 10+ mil apartment

[@LDrosophila]

What is the water pressure like?

[@Goat-on-a-Stick]

Pretty much like the billionaires themselves: overrated and empty inside.

[@jackhamrogue9708]

Haha true

[@moonlandingagain3228]

An aircraft will hit one day, therefore no one will stay at the top, only a matter of time

[@erwin4501]

I'm so wealthy everything is free !, compliments of the interest, Happy Christmas x

[@ppumpkin3282]

Seems pretty empty and shallow to assume that because someone is rich, they are empty. But if you makes you feel good about yourself - do it.

[@angelgjr1999]

Like seriously. I love New York City because of the vibes and the interesting people that live there. I could care less about the financial district.

[@l.uke_]

What a treat a half hour B1M video is! Really like this style of doc with Fred out on the ground talking to the camera. Great stuff!

[@AbsolutelyRedundant]

👀

[@joanam3070]

Definately. Simply great!

[@trainrover]

mass hypnosis must suit your sort......

[@ithirtmean]

right !!! i could watch hours of Fred talking about buildings and our beautiful cities🥺🥺😩

[@Mogamishu]

But do you have any comments about the contents of the video? Of course not. 🙄

[@93theproducer47]

Absolutely fascinating. Great video you guys.

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[@scottkirby5016]

When tax and zoning regulations shape the engineering of the building being discussed it is not only appropriate for this channel to discuss but I would call it an obligation. It is as much of a factor in the construction as geology or materials science and thus B1M should never shy away from topics where germane. Keep up the good work.

[@shayan_idk]

very well said

[@toni4729]

It's incredible that so very much is being asked for these apartments in New York while so many decent people can't find work there and are sleeping in the street now. It's heartbreaking.

[@copperfish543]

It’s pretty naive to thing that people that are drug addicted are looking for work? What planet are you from. They are entitled bottom feeders that will suck the lifeblood out of you, only if you allow it. The poor in America are not classically poor. They made the conscience decision to be that way.

[@toni4729]

@@copperfish543 Just like you made the classical decision to be totally ignorant. You couldn't be blamed for your parents but what makes you think they're at fault for losing their jobs. There are now millions of them living in their cars and on the streets in America because there simply is no place for them to live. NO PROPERTY FOR THEM TO RENT.

[@ravenna9969]

Let me guess they should move in and dirty it up like they do the ghettos ?

[@jlatoo]

@@ravenna9969 yep

[@kattaplez721]

@@copperfish543 bro what the fuck? how are you real - you're talking like poor people are a different species, the hell is wrong with you?

[@nik_evdokimov]

Great report as always!

[@VallartaOffroad]

Wall Street and property developers are two of the most "generous" political donors, not only in NY; maybe it's not surprising they manage to get laws passed in their favour to the detriment of everyone else. Another great video

[@TabithaElkins]

Built in the 1930's, the Empire State Building was exhorbitantly expensive at the time and was almost totally empty during the years of the Great Depression. Eventually, the luster of renting there was worn down, the rents went down and businesses opened up. The same will happen to these buildings. When the owners get scared, they will convert the aparments to offices, just so they don't lose their shirts. NY is in a huge real estate bubble in the middle of a massive worldwide recession. The bubble will burst.

[@walky240251]

oh yes it will, he he he he he he !

[@nevillewran4083]

Would they be allowed to change domestic dwellings into offices? Apart from zoning laws, how would the service amenities keep up? The lifts, the water supply, power, garbage collection, the increased number of bathrooms needed.

[@joefatalooch8057]

They left NYC. And they wont return until the wokeness is gone.

[@nevillewran4083]

@@joefatalooch8057 Many were never _in_ NYC permanently, most were mega-rich who bought the apartments as investments or as an occasional stop-over accomodation. You could easily switch "wokeness" for any other gripe about the city- overflowing garbage, crime, noise, parking costs.

[@jonathanbowers8964]

​@@joefatalooch8057define "Woke"

[@PadChennington]

a half an hour B1M video is the perfect gift to close out the year.. amazing work as always dude ✌

[@lefouduroi9980]

We need more of those. Don't get me wrong, I like the shorter format too, but it can not offer this level of depth.

[@lefouduroi9980]

@@criollitoification Oh, without a doubt. Like I said, a mix of both is fine with me and I understand the underlying reasons for it. Just more long exposures like this would be greatly appreciated!

[@lefouduroi9980]

@@criollitoification Times have change. We have yet to see the long-term effects of this. But fear not, I am also guilty of this to some extent, so I am not judging.

[@kiih7762]

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[@endoflevelboss]

What's "closing out the year" ?

[@christianlund2449]

The content presented here is incredible, both in quality and value of information. I have questions concerning a part presented in the video and would appreciate it if someone who know can help me connect the dots. At 10:15 an argument is presented about trying to transform real estate from the least liquid part of the spectrum to the level of liquidity of stocks, but I don't understand how. I mean I understand the part about the building is almost empty and this means low costs of maintenance, but this doesn't translate to liquidity. The price they pay for the unit is still tied up by the property isn't? what am I missing?

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Well if no one is living there there is an easy out And if demand is high your guaranteed a buy out Hence almost a liquid

[@gs65823]

Great video. Thanks for this free documentary here.

[@samking2094]

If someone said to me they lived at "220", I would think they were idiots for expecting me to know what that meant.

[@Wzrd100]

Yeah but you're not their intended audience

[@samking2094]

@@Wzrd100 You're right, I wouldn't live there cos' I hate heights.

[@vojvoda-draza]

@@samking2094 also you're not the Qatari prince

[@samking2094]

@@vojvoda-draza Ahhh..But I am the Qatari princes boyfriend!

[@AZGT350]

That’s cause your poor…

[@ManCatCheese]

the sad thing is that this kind of wealth inequality has occurred so many times throughout history and it always ends up turning into violence because lawmakers don't actually enact changes the wider population wants. History is cyclical and i'm worried that shit will hit the fan in my lifetime.

[@SP-rx4tb]

Wealth inequality is nothing evil if done correctly. Inequality in gains makes those that don’t have strive for it it is a catalyst or at least that want has made some very successful ppl who’ve helped others - I am not for everyone having the same thing or hand outs to ppl that feel like they deserve it like they are owed something for no effort but am for helping others.

[@ManCatCheese]

@@SP-rx4tb The issues begin when not everyone has the same opportunities for wealth advancement. If everyone started off at the same level then I wouldn't have any problems with wealth accumulation as it would be based purely on the ability of the person. But most rich people are second or third generation rich, which makes it easier for them to get richer, while people who have been in poorer families will likely stay that way unless they're extremely talented or lucky.

[@AfricaTekk]

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[@Randomyoutuber-4831]

@@ManCatCheese fun fact: every ‘self made’ billionaire in America came from a wealthy family; - Bill Gates’ mom was friends with the chairman of the board of IBM and convinced them to take a chance on her son’s new company. - Jeff Bezos received $300k in investment money from family and even more from friends to start Amazon. - Warren Buffet was the son of a governor who had an investment company - Elon Musk’s father owned an emerald mine in South Africa. The only reason any of them were so successful was because they never had to face any of the obstacles the working class had to face.

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

Same.

[@krisunderhill841]

My grandfather was a attorney and his office in the flatiron building , now that is a building!

[@nidefawl2552]

Insanely good video. This was super informative

[@jordanmcgill5619]

This truly delivers what it promised. To build on the previous video on billionaires row, which celebrated the engineering feats was all well and good, but this delves deep into the socio-economic and political implications of what these developments represent. It takes a more considered, nuanced understanding of what our built environment means in the wider context, and I loved every minute. So visually stunning too! You've outdone yourselves, B1M team!

[@trainrover]

mass hypnosis must suit your sort......

[@akaviral5476]

@@trainrover "Think of the poor, oppressed billionaires! Waaahhh!"

[@matpk]

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[@mikeoglen6848]

@@trainrover Explain your comment. This video was not about 'hypnosis'.

[@trainrover]

@@mikeoglen6848 ogling kleptoparasites' out-of-reach b.s. while GUARANTEEING that no study e v e r be conducted on any thing to do with, e.g., their origins...welcome to yer dead-end instruments hailing laughably impish Corporateria...explanatory enough for you, @Monk I Glee...?

[@T-Rex642]

The real estate guy trying to justify the tax breaks that billionaires get at the expense of the city was utterly reprehensible.

[@mbak7801]

He was incredibly repulsive. In the US tax is super, super low. Where I live some parents have children that spend the first 6 years of their life in and out of hospital, very stressful but at least the cost would be $0.00. Sometimes not living in the US can be a blessing.

[@David-ud9ju]

Yeah, I know, that was laughable. He sort of has to though to be fair to him.

[@hhamk3656]

I think that dude was on a real estate show on Bravo TV back then…..He definitely has made a lot of money from these rich folks who buy second homes 😭

[@bbclanph]

but the returns of these big companies in terms of job creation and economy is higher than their taxes

[@BDAShadow1]

Couldn't even believe the way he started talking about it.

[@ellenchavez2043]

I've seen this happen in rural communities as well. In the 2000s, real estate developers ( foreign and domestic) would entice a town , county with economic development of malls: if you build it they will come. Once the mall, with space for 2-3 large anchor stores were built. Around it grew restaurant rows of chain restaurants and fast food. By the time I got there in 2014+, the malls were dead and the restaurants has far more staff than customers. I could see communities hanging on by their fingernails, with no plans for existing structures. But the developers were seeing tax refunds on failing businesses. Much like Trump with the Atlantic City casino complex. As Reagan had proposed, America stopped making things and became a service economy. Unfortunately, it doesn't trickle down.

[@TheZchristina97]

Imagine a world where many people are homeless and a handful of wealthy people are passing around unoccupied homes purely as investments like they're Birkin Bags. Insanity.

[@michaelmcdermott4385]

Usually I don't mind people bearing the fruits of capitalism and making a lot of money, but the sheer magnitude of wealth that we have seen in recent years and the exploitation used to get to that point makes me physically sick. Billionaires row seems like a giant gaudy monument to the sick underbelly of the U.S. economy and those who profit from it.

[@eye-leenlove]

Yup!!!! It’s the manifestation of cruelty and greed in its most pronounced form…it’s truly a goddamn shame!!! I’m a Native NYer - born and raised - and it saddens me to my core that those slender anorexic sky scrapers sit there up high and mock all of us real brave hearted souls who keep the city going! We, more than anyone else, deserve to see the city from the celestial skies!!! Yet we don’t even stare at them much because we gotta rush home to the Bronx….NYC! You’re better than this!!!!

[@TheExoGames]

In my humble opinion if the money they made are fair, and we all enjoying the fruits of their work, who cares how much money one person holds? never understood the logic of socialistic types.. we all benefit, where is the problem?

[@dungs11]

@@TheExoGames the problem is that often we experience no benefit from the fruits of their wealth.

[@Resi1ience]

@@dungs11 That's just about the size of it. Having one person bear much wealth is fine, but redistribution into the economy is absolutely minimal. Any dollar you own has absolutely not been touched by a billionaire before.

[@Dumpsterhuggies]

This isn't a problem with capitalism.

[@humanresources3545]

This story is similar to that of London - buildings are investments; not residences. This sort of construction was blessed by the local councils (better rates) who gave a nod to the established council flats being torn down and the inhabitants moved away from having jobs.

[@bogdanconstantin5911]

Ah yes, the notorious Heygate in Elephant & Castle

[@MrCmon113]

They can only be an investment if you think that someone eventually wants to live in them.

[@humanresources3545]

@@MrCmon113 Wrong. Their price keeps going up. If there are people in them then the price doesn't go up as much.

[@larrysmith6797]

How is this in any way similar to low-mid income rentals in Nowhere, England torn down and replaced by mid-income homes?

[@patrickanthony3632]

@@humanresources3545 So what if the price keeps going up but you cannot sell them?!

[@jovada]

I didn't quite get that liquidity spectrum part. How exactly are these apartments more liquid than others?

[@carolitoffana]

Watching this video right after watching a documentary about Kowloon Walled City hits hard

[@EricHunt]

This is quite literally the best video you've produced. Thank you for expanding into and starting a conversation about the cultural and societal questions around large engineering projects.

[@hopegold883]

Except a little more research into NYC street names might have helped sound erudite to US residents. The letter is a direction. The final number is ordinal, not cardinal. “53W53”=“53 West Fifty-Third St.”

[@paytongaskin809]

The tax break makes all of this more infuriating to me. It's very obvious where the interests of policy makers lie when the general public can access the info of how little they pay. It becomes quite obvious that these are used a fiscal assets (rather than utility) when you see virtual tours of the apartments themselves. If you have the kind of cash to be able to rent or own these, you are definitely not living here full time. By billionaire standards, these homes are far from their ideal comfort living.

[@octopusmagnificens]

Taxes are theft.

[@jaythemachine3845]

Taxes in general are bad especially how high they are now. Not to mention how are money is spent.

[@evannibbe9375]

@@octopusmagnificens Not really. Would you prefer to use up a vast amount of your personal time (remember, your personal time is money) standing on your property with a gun to shoot trespassers during a period of anarchy? I find that spending a smaller amount of money in taxes on a court system and police force willing to defend my property is a much more efficient way to defend my property.

[@ryanshaw4250]

decade after decade of one party rule in NYC has done this.. fighting for the people means billionaires have negative tax rates and the working poor have the vast majority taken.

[@bestrad2300]

Fun fact: billionaires can afford not to pay taxes.

[@ceruulean-gale]

The song at 1:00 is Virtuosity by Howard Harper-Barnes

[@SleepyOx2023]

Having a second or more property as an investment needs to be outlawed and heavily taxed worldwide inside densely zoned city areas. There must be a vacancy tax, meaning a vacant property should be taxed 1000% and proceeds shpuld go to invest in affordable housing next door.

[@ChefBardo]

I was in nyc recently and was invited to cook for a client in 111 and let me tell you that they had never been there before though they had owned it for quite sometime. It was an ostentatious, bland, and sterile “home”. Not a place I would want to live no matter how much money I had. I did some research and it turns out that the owner had purchased it through a shell company owned by a particular hedge fund. Very bizarre.

[@Thoughmuchistaken]

Very bizarre, and yet probably perfectly normal.

[@matpk]

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