I did live in Brooklyn, but not for too long (how could anyone live there too long?).
Anyway, you are essentially agreeing with my point. For 50 or 60K you can own as much muscle as you’d ever realistically be able to use. That amount of cash is not so unattainable for middle class folk. (Imagine a girl who works but lives with her parents because she isn’t married yet. A year of savings could buy one shiny black Vette – not red, of course – and completely turn the tables on the shidduch crisis).
BPTotty- maybe you and I will take a spin there one day. Do they allow day memberships?