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an obscene amount of money when you think about it. mind you.. look at that view :P
$90M midtown penthouse tops mark for priciest New York City apartment
Duplex bought by 'someone people would recognize' at One57 caps string of huge deals
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By Jason Sheftell / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, May 18, 2012, 1:01 AM
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Record-setting buyer at One57 should get a Central Park view like this for his or her $90 million.
The record for the city’s priciest apartment shattered like a fallen chandelier when a buyer agreed to pay more than $90 million for a penthouse duplex at One57 in midtown.
RELATED: Lap of luxury: One57’s cheapest apartment is ONLY $7.35 million
The deal follows two mega sales: $52.5 million for a 740 Park Ave. duplex owned by the widow of late Time Warner chairman Steve Ross, and the $70 million casino owner Steve Wynn paid for a Central Park South condo.
"New York has never seen a week like this," said CORE associate broker Jarrod Guy Randolph.
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A rendering of the 10,923-square-foot duplex penthouse on the 89th and 90th floors of One57.
The exact price for the six-bedroom pad at the unfinished One57 building opposite Carnegie Hall was not disclosed, but the developer told the New York Times it surpassed the $88 million Russian magnate Dmitri Rybolovlev paid at 15 Central Park West.
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The buyer was described as “someone people would recognize.”
One57, currently under construction, is a 90-story midtown tower at 157 W. 57th St. It dwarfs Trump World Tower, formerly the highest residential building in New York, by 18 floors.
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Central Park stretches out beneath floor-to-ceiling windows of the 10,923-square-foot duplex penthouse on the 89th and 90th floors like a front lawn.
The marble-wrapped master bathrooms in the apartment’s upper floor sport two water closets, one with a bidet, as well as floor-to-ceiling, custom-made walnut cabinetry and flatscreen televisions.
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The building’s L-shaped design boasts undulating glass panels that evoke multiple cascading waterfalls.
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The sales office for the building is by appointment only, and even the pitch is dramatic. After watching a two-minute film about the building set to classical music, potential buyers view architectural models of the site. Then floor plans light up a curved IMAX-sized screen in a library area accessorized with a giant aquarium.
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/90m-midtown-penthouse-tops-mark-priciest-york-city-apartment-article-1.1080357
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wow... just fucking wow
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Can't imagine how awesome life must be with a lot of money like that.
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Can't imagine how awesome life must be with a lot of money like that.
you need capital in the BILLIONS to be able to spend 90mil on a house... just wow
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I'd rather live in a van outside Gold's Gym Venice so I can get to my supps quickly and not miss the anabolic window.
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can you just imagine banging your woman in a room like this overlooking a view like that 8)
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100% certain this will be the next address SMM asks for the plane ticket to be mailed to.... ::)
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can you just imagine banging your woman in a room like this overlooking a view like that 8)
x2 I'd hump her right out the window
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you need capital in the BILLIONS to be able to spend 90mil on a house... just wow
Actually you need about a 100 mill, which ain't that much, wouldn't even get a honorable mention by forbes.
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I'd rather live in a van outside Gold's Gym Venice so I can get to my supps quickly and not miss the anabolic window.
Yep. Keep a van at the gym and a van at the buffet, you're set for life.
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Actually you need about a 100 mill, which ain't that much, wouldn't even get a honorable mention by forbes.
100 mill? I guarantee that the developers wouldn't even consider you if your net worth is a 100 mill. What do you think the property taxes alone on the penthouse would be?
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Actually you need about a 100 mill, which ain't that much, wouldn't even get a honorable mention by forbes.
spoken like a true getbigger ! attaboy 8)
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If those are the prices for just one apartment in the building, makes you wonder what the entire buildings are worth? Billions?
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an ok place to jackoff in like a top of a mountain
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Actually you need about a 100 mill, which ain't that much, wouldn't even get a honorable mention by forbes.
haha, 100 million isnt that much money? haha, I almost crapped myself. Only on getbig.
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It's nice to have nice things...
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NYC is crazy. I live here. You can be amongst unbelievable wealth and ghetto poverty literally within 2 to 5 minutes.
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Sucks to be poor. Hell, it even sucks to be average.
Some people think you're loaded when you win 5M in the lottery....lol
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THis is a more appropriate dwelling for the bachelors of Get Big,
Beautiful Central Park View!
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FUcking endless capitalists!
How much do you need?
I hope the real workers of NYC tear the building down and throw these human-less fucks off the roof!
These are the posts that crack me up the most lol, socialist way of thinking funny thing is if u were in this position I guarantee u wouldn't have this mindset, hyprocrites at best
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Typical getbiggers apartment..............n othing to see here.
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Sucks to be poor. Hell, it even sucks to be average.
Some people think you're loaded when you win 5M in the lottery....lol
If u have 5m u pretty much have more than 99% of the population
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you need capital in the BILLIONS to be able to spend 90mil on a house... just wow
LOL! ::) ::)
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The taxes and monthly maintenance alone must be 15 - 20k.
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The taxes and monthly maintenance alone must be 15 - 20k.
What about association fees?
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What about association fees?
in NYC most of those buildings are cooperatives so that is generally the same thing unless the building is a condo.
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in NYC most of those buildings are cooperatives so that is generally the same thing unless the building is a condo.
ok help me with this- why is it in NYC you "buy" apartments but everywhere else in the country you "rent" an apartment.
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haha, 100 million isnt that much money? haha, I almost crapped myself. Only on getbig.
Obviously it's more than anyone around here got, but its not like you need to be the richest man in the world to live in it, fuck even minor states like idaho have people richer.
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ok help me with this- why is it in NYC you "buy" apartments but everywhere else in the country you "rent" an apartment.
When you buy a coop apartment you are really buying shares in a corporation that owns the entire building. Owners own shares of a corporation and what is known as a proprietary lease. some are condo, but it makes a mess for the land records.
it's all legal stuff mostly exclusive to. NY.
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When you buy a coop apartment you are really buying shares in a corporation that owns the entire building. Owners own shares of a corporation and what is known as a proprietary lease. some are condo, but it makes a mess for the land records.
it's all legal stuff mostly exclusive to. NY.
Interesting
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Interesting
it's very strange. Many celebs are frequently turned down for coop purchases by the Board of Directors since the owners don't want paparazzi and media near the building.
I do some RE closings in NYC so I know this bs inside and out.
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it's very strange. Many celebs are frequently turned down for coop purchases by the Board of Directors since the owners don't want paparazzi and media near the building.
I do some RE closings in NYC so I know this bs inside and out.
One of my friends does the same thing. He is an attorney as well. He loves it. Do you find it enjoyable too?
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One of my friends does the same thing. He is an attorney as well. He loves it. Do you find it enjoyable too?
99 percent of my work is debt collection and construction disputes. I get in t middle of a lot of very nasty Messes by ego driven maniacs.
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99 percent of my work is debt collection and construction disputes. I get in t middle of a lot of very nasty Messes by ego driven maniacs.
Ahhh i see. His side is different and he is often afforded a lot of different opportunities by insanely wealthy clients. From your posts I can tell you are definitely a good dude and very knowledgeable, as well as not one to brag, but I would bet you make an excellent living doing what you do and live very comfortable even by Manhattan standards.
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Obviously it's more than anyone around here got, but its not like you need to be the richest man in the world to live in it, fuck even minor states like idaho have people richer.
the amount of people with 100 million is not all that popular...you could never lift another finger in your life and live off 100 million.
no, not the richest man in the world, but 100 million is still pretty sick cash
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Typical getbiggers apartment..............n othing to see here.
Truth.
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Co-ops are somewhat common ih Hawaii also.
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Do the girls in the pics come with the apartment, for the mammoth price?
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Do the girls in the pics come with the apartment, for the mammoth price?
No but with that kind of money u can have any girls
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No but with that kind of money u can have any girls
How about my dream girl? Sadly that can't be bought...
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Co-ops are somewhat common ih Hawaii also.
Hey stunt, did you receive my last message? If you follow the Fisher strategy, you won't lose 5 in a row!
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FUcking endless capitalists!
How much do you need?
I hope the real workers of NYC tear the building down and throw these human-less fucks off the roof!
Yes, those bastards. Imagine working your ass off no matter who you are only to live a dream that you wish you had but won't admit too. Dude, seriously...STFU.
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These are the posts that crack me up the most lol, socialist way of thinking funny thing is if u were in this position I guarantee u wouldn't have this mindset, hyprocrites at best
Agreed!
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JON. I've done more than that without betting a single dollar yet. I'jj send details later ....
Back to these 90 million dollar apts!
DON'T EVER BUY ONE IF YOUR PURCHASE DOES NOT INCLUDE YOUR VERY OWN PRIVATE ELEVATOR!!!
I lived on the top floor of a high rise condo over-looking the Pacific and waiting for the elevator to come up or down to deliver me to my apartment was a royal pain in the ass each and every day.
And an earthquake in a high rise apartment can sling-shot ya accross the room until a wall stops your momentum.
And there's always some asshole twenty floors below who falls asleep with a lit cigarette which makes the firemen come and thry close the elevator and do there best to evacuate the buildeing and you gotta join hundreds of others and stand around in your underware in the parking lot until the firemen say all is well.
And then another hour waiting for the elevator that's always too full to take you back upstairs.
These 90 million dolar high rise sales guys are great at painting rosey pictures, but the actuality of living high up off the ground is something entirely different.
When you buy one, don't say I didn't warn ya.
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These are the posts that crack me up the most lol, socialist way of thinking funny thing is if u were in this position I guarantee u wouldn't have this mindset, hyprocrites at best
You know, I wouldn't complain at all if I had this kind of lifestyle, but my perspective has changed a bit since I left Australia for Germany. Back home, all my friends are constantly stressed, overworked, unhappy with each other and their lives because they've bought into the ideology that they need to have their own home and at least one investment property, if not more. They're working huge hours for comparatively little in return (except for the stress), and when they do finally get their investment property, it seems to bring even more stress.
Here in GermanLand, the mentality of most people is "If you have one house to live in, why do you need a second one?". "If you enjoy the things you have, why kill yourself trying to acquire more?".
I have nothing against the wealthy enjoying their money, but the 'socialist way of thinking' - well, I can kind of understand it as well. Noone really needs to have that much money to have a life they enjoy living.
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If you can afford it or have the ability to live like that then more power to you. I'm sick of the kind of attitude "who needs that much money" "why don't they donate their earnings" "I hope they lose everything " that to me is jealousy, just that simple, if the person speaking so ill about these millionaires/billionaires
guarantee they would love to be in thier shoes. It's the endless bitching of "I deserve the same" mentality "and its not fair" attitude. Well, boo fucking hoo!!! :D
Theres a lot of things in this world nobody really needs and since this is a bbing site big muscles is one of them. Why do people won't huge muscles? For whatever reason I don't care. Just like a fast car? Collecting shoes? How many girls u can bang? To me just goals/satisfaction/hobbies and making a ton of money is no different, maybe some people enjoy it if they simply can do it or have the ability too
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If you can afford it or have the ability to live like that then more power to you. I'm sick of the kind of attitude "who needs that much money" "why don't they donate their earnings" "I hope they lose everything " that to me is jealousy, just that simple, if the person speaking so ill about these millionaires/billionaires
guarantee they would love to be in thier shoes. It's the endless bitching of "I deserve the same" mentality "and its not fair" attitude. Well, boo fucking hoo!!! :D
Hehe, Trump and Wynn need to give all their savings to me so I can live it up too! I need my own mansion, car, butler, cook, gym...
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Hehe, Trump and Wynn need to give all their savings to me so I can live it up too! I need my own mansion, car, butler, cook, gym...
When u do hit me up so u can split some with me. I really "deserve" it and it is not fair they got sooo much money :D
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When u do hit me up so u can split some with me. I really "deserve" it and it is not fair they got sooo much money :D
LOL...they really should share some of their cash with a 'deserving' few.
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You know, I wouldn't complain at all if I had this kind of lifestyle, but my perspective has changed a bit since I left Australia for Germany. Back home, all my friends are constantly stressed, overworked, unhappy with each other and their lives because they've bought into the ideology that they need to have their own home and at least one investment property, if not more. They're working huge hours for comparatively little in return (except for the stress), and when they do finally get their investment property, it seems to bring even more stress.
Here in GermanLand, the mentality of most people is "If you have one house to live in, why do you need a second one?". "If you enjoy the things you have, why kill yourself trying to acquire more?".
I have nothing against the wealthy enjoying their money, but the 'socialist way of thinking' - well, I can kind
of understand it as well. Noone really needs to have that much money to have a life they enjoy living.
Then why do German marques like Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Porsche make uber-sports cars? Because the market---people want said things. This whole "no one needs more" is utter bullshit. Who is to dictate why or why not someone doesn't need "more"? Or shouldn't "want" more? To even the playing field? Life ain't fair. All men and women were not created equal---which is why man invented breast implants,lol.
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@bustinass, I don't need to assume anything your posts says it all, it's a socialist way of thinking, has proven to fail in each and every way.
I assume u live in the US, don't like captalism feel free to GTFO! afterall, u are free to do as u please.
Btw, u are assuming things saying the poor person on the street is a better person than the apartment owner. How do u know?? FWIW the apartment guy can be involved in charity, jobs for people, maybe helping those poor fellas in those country with an education, providing food, etc...
I bet it pisses u the fuck off when someone rolls by in a Ferrari or a bentley lol. 8)
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Then why do German marques like Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Porsche make uber-sports cars? Because the market---people want said things. This whole "no one needs more" is utter bullshit. Who is to dictate why or why not someone doesn't need "more"? Or shouldn't "want" more? To even the playing field? Life ain't fair. All men and women were not created equal---which is why man invented breast implants,lol.
Exactly it's all from jealousy. I can take all the gear in the world would never look like Ronnie nor have the strength like levrone. :D life isn't fair some people need to stfu and move on. Blah, blah, blah!!
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NYC is crazy. I live here. You can be amongst unbelievable wealth and ghetto poverty literally within 2 to 5 minutes.
same here in Toronto... just have to cross the street in some places. you feel a different vibe just from being on one side of the street or the other. such a strange feeling for only a few feet apart divide... human nature :/
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Actually you need about a 100 mill, which ain't that much, wouldn't even get a honorable mention by forbes.
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Really bro? yes you need around 100mil to buy a 90 mil penthouse, thats obvious, but noone with 100mil capital will spend 90% of it on the penthouse, that was my point. im sure whoever bought this penthouse isnt living in his momma's basement, he probably has 20+ mil worth of other houses, cars, planes etc... again, you need capital in the Billions to be able to drop 90 mil on ONE SINGLE HOUSE
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For the Coach and you:
You are assuming too much and have been inhaling the endless capitalist fumes for far too long.
You HAVE to understand that not everybody wants what capitalists have taught you to want.
Have you ever QUIT a Manager job with a excellent salary with a purpose of learning something from this world and not just take from it? Go travel to poorest vilages in Asia where people eat shit from the street and find out they are smarter and WAY more better persons than the person that bought that appartement, I guarantee you that!
Its like this: If this guy has so much money to buy such a house, it means thousands of people live in shit for him to be able to do that! SImple truth.
And if you ask me I would NOT change 1 person, let alone thousand, for his ass. I understand the system is like this and not easily changeable BUT that does not mean I have to be pro-system like this.
Fuck capitalism and its abuse and enslavement of people for the big profit of few. I piss on people like that
I agree. You should give your money away. Anyone who has achieved anything in life has done so by fucking other people. It has nothing to do with their hard work or the jobs they created for others. We all should have exactly the same money and have the same material possessions. Why should someone who works hard own a inground pool when I only have an above ground Walmart pool? Why should the guy with two jobs and fits in college have an advantage over me eventually?? Government should take care of everyone.
It shouldn't matter if you work hard or not. Everyone should get the same compensation. School should be the same way. Why should those who works hard get better grades than anyone else? If we got rid of capitalism I wouldn't have to be concerned with getting a nice house, vacations or a decent car. No one would have these things except government officials who oversees the socialistic government. Since there would be no incentive for hard work and excellence we wouldn't have to be concerned material possessions. We could all wear the same government issued clothing too.
What this really comes down to is that you are a real loser and a slacker. You can't stand the thought of others having a decent life while yours sucks. Go live in your crap apartment and your empty wallet. Just don't think I'm going to do the same because I work for what I have.
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Most getbiggers would not even take a piss in this dump.
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Really bro? yes you need around 100mil to buy a 90 mil penthouse, thats obvious, but noone with 100mil capital will spend 90% of it on the penthouse, that was my point. im sure whoever bought this penthouse isnt living in his momma's basement, he probably has 20+ mil worth of other houses, cars, planes etc... again, you need capital in the Billions to be able to drop 90 mil on ONE SINGLE HOUSE
You would be surprised. Some people are so f...... stupid. In the rich part of my town, lot of "rich" people got evicted during this crisis, since their mortgage was already through the roof
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You would be surprised. Some people are so f...... stupid. In the rich part of my town, lot of "rich" people got evicted during this crisis, since their mortgage was already through the roof
They probably weren't really "rich" then. They were living on credit. It's a different stratosphere with people who buy 90 million dollar penthouses.
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jay cutler bought it
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Interesting timing that these sold at the same time as the Facebook IPO. Bunch of new billionaire jews enjoying their new found money.
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where's robin hood? ;)
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i have respect for the rich people who live relatively sober. somewhere doing stuff like this isnt right.
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This apartment is a problem.
Whomever purchased it will potentially have a problem finding a future buyer if he/she plans to place it back on the market. There aren't many buyers that are willing to drop that much money into an apartment, regardless of the amenities or location. For 90 million you can get many acres of land in great parts of Connecticut and other states.
This level of lavish spending is beyond my comprehension.
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For the Coach and you:
You are assuming too much and have been inhaling the endless capitalist fumes for far too long.
You HAVE to understand that not everybody wants what capitalists have taught you to want.
Have you ever QUIT a Manager job with a excellent salary with a purpose of learning something from this world and not just take from it? Go travel to poorest vilages in Asia where people eat shit from the street and find out they are smarter and WAY more better persons than the person that bought that appartement, I guarantee you that!
Its like this: If this guy has so much money to buy such a house, it means thousands of people live in shit for him to be able to do that! SImple truth.
And if you ask me I would NOT change 1 person, let alone thousand, for his ass. I understand the system is like this and not easily changeable BUT that does not mean I have to be pro-system like this.
Fuck capitalism and its abuse and enslavement of people for the big profit of few. I piss on people like that
Wrong JT (I can't assume any other gimmick at this point), capitalism thought me to WORK and EARN for the things I want and not be a leech on society. Quit thinking you're entitled to something you're not. Lazy ass bastards!
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i love to buy an appartment like that for ron avidan
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Really bro? yes you need around 100mil to buy a 90 mil penthouse, thats obvious, but noone with 100mil capital will spend 90% of it on the penthouse, that was my point. im sure whoever bought this penthouse isnt living in his momma's basement, he probably has 20+ mil worth of other houses, cars, planes etc... again, you need capital in the Billions to be able to drop 90 mil on ONE SINGLE HOUSE
This makes the assumption that the person with 100M has stopped earning.
I"ll admit, I don't know how purchases of this magnitude are made, but even if we assume a traditional mortgage with 20% down, and double the purchase price paid back after 30 years, that's about 5.3M a year in mortgage payments. Easily affordable by someone with 100M, whose money is earning money.
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I understand what you are saying BUT come on on. How HARD do these people work? I worked in a factory for 12 hours every day killing myself so I want to know HOW HARD does this guy work to have 150.000 times more then I have.
Is he working 100.000 times harder then me?
The system is corrupt as fuck and the people support it by seeing these things and are always hoping THEY will be a part of it.
While you hope and dream, the reality is that 99% is OWNED by 1%. Is that all because of hard work and honesty?
GTFO!
I am not for equal salaries or means BUT there HAS to be way more moderation.
A scientist who finds out a cure or a doc that saves lifes every day is earning million times LESS then a fucking peazant owner of a fucking beer factory!
Free market and capitalism = Close you eyes, take what you can and dont mind or care for anybody. ME ME ME ME ! Its all about ME!
FUcking unenlightened peazants!
working smart and working hard are 2 different things
same goes with lifting weights, there are folks who push the weights, and there are folks who LIFT lighter weights
for example, take mark suckerberg... sure he stole an idea, but he was SMART ABOUT IT, and worked smartly, out of his dorm room, into a 100Billion dollar company...
i feel for you working 12 hr shifts at factories, but working smart is different than working hard
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a view of central park is not really that nice or staring at buiidings. I don't get the view hype in NYC. It is an ugly fucking city. I will take an ocean front view anytime of the day over a view of a city.
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I understand what you are saying BUT come on on. How HARD do these people work? I worked in a factory for 12 hours every day killing myself so I want to know HOW HARD does this guy work to have 150.000 times more then I have.
Is he working 100.000 times harder then me?
The system is corrupt as fuck and the people support it by seeing these things and are always hoping THEY will be a part of it.
While you hope and dream, the reality is that 99% is OWNED by 1%. Is that all because of hard work and honesty?
GTFO!
I am not for equal salaries or means BUT there HAS to be way more moderation.
A scientist who finds out a cure or a doc that saves lifes every day is earning million times LESS then a fucking peazant owner of a fucking beer factory!
Free market and capitalism = Close you eyes, take what you can and dont mind or care for anybody. ME ME ME ME ! Its all about ME!
FUcking unenlightened peazants!
How hard do you think the owner of that factory worked to get and keep that place running? BTW, a Masters degree doesn't always equal commonsense. You allegedly got your masters for what reason? A better job to advance yourself and make money, right? Or did you just get it for the hell of it?
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The system is FUCKED UP to be able to give people millions upon millions. Yes offcourse people should have different slaries based on their work etc BUT the scale is tipped so far off any resemblance of balance that it is insulting to the mind.
Is your mind also insulted that some people are really short and some are really tall, tipping the scale so far off any semblance of balance?
Like I said, the world is only one, everything is connected. If somebody has 23 billion or 740 million that means there are thousands and tens of thousands of people without any chance to get any kind of money who live in shit, literally.
Why? How does the amount of money I have affect the amount of money you, or anyone else, have?
I am opposed to this.
It's easy to oppose things. What is your solution?
Another problem are the values or rather lack of in decadent western societies. WHen a girl like Britney or Gaga or whoever can have hundreds of millions by fucking shaking their ass and singing using autotune, you know we live in a world where any kind of values are LONG lost and forgotten. FUck the 'free' system that allows this. Fuck the people who support it
Oh god, not the whole "values have been lost and we are rotten to the core" bullshit.
Sorry to dissapoint, but I got my education in and outside of intellectual halls for 1 purpose alone: to know more and be wiser and smarter.
This does not equate money in ANY way. More often then not quite the opposite!
This means that it can actually do me more harm then good in this system which doesnt like people who are critical of it.
For someone with a Masters degree, who seeks to be wiser and smarter you have a lot of trouble with then and than. Basic spelling should be part of one's thesis defense, really.
I have lost jobs over the fact that I was 'too human' in a system like we have now which doesnt care for people, it ONLY cares for the money these people produce. Everything is obediant to the fact that at the end of the month there HAS to be a plus below the line. A company HAS to go forward to stay afloat.
If the company doesn't stay afloat, those people it doesn't care about will be out of a job. And then what?
This need for infinite growth in a very finite system can only bring bad things: poverty, personal suffering, decay of morality, public unrest, less and less free time, prices going up etc.
Non sequitur.
Basically this system has long outgrown itself and is now bringing TO the people that what the people set out to avoid in the first place (see my points above).
Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence.
Quality of life for vast majority is going down whole quality for a very few is going rapidly up.
Right, quality of life is going down. It's not like the average person in the United States has a roof over their head, drives 1.5 cars, eats 3.7 meals a day, has 3.2 televisions, a smartphone, and 1.2 computers. Such a horrible life. Compared to the life people had 100 years ago, our current quality of life is tantamount to torture; torture I tell you!
If only we could go back to the simple times, where we toiled on fields all day, all would be good. We'd have such a high quality of life.
If this sounds OK with you, then so be it. For me its sounds terrible I am and always WILL do anything to go against it.
So quit your job, move to a third-world country and get as far as away from this terrible situation. Don't sit around, typing on a computer and enjoying the benefits and perks of this horrible situation that you are so against hypocrite.
Money is just paper with pictures on it. Quality of life is what counts
I'd say "Good news. The paper with pictures on it you care so little about can be used to actually improve your quality of life. Not always but more often than not." But you want a return to the primitive. So why are you still here?
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This apartment is a problem.
Whomever purchased it will potentially have a problem finding a future buyer if he/she plans to place it back on the market. There aren't many buyers that are willing to drop that much money into an apartment, regardless of the amenities or location. For 90 million you can get many acres of land in great parts of Connecticut and other states.
This level of lavish spending is beyond my comprehension.
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the money may sound Crazy, but a guy like Larry Ellison of Oracle will not have any problem taking $90 million out of his estimated $17 billion networth to buy that beauty
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lol reminds me of this, people who know history will understand :D
(http://www.planet-wissen.de/politik_geschichte/drittes_reich/obersalzberg/img/intro_obersalz_halle_g.jpg)
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For the Coach and you:
You are assuming too much and have been inhaling the endless capitalist fumes for far too long.
You HAVE to understand that not everybody wants what capitalists have taught you to want.
Have you ever QUIT a Manager job with a excellent salary with a purpose of learning something from this world and not just take from it? Go travel to poorest vilages in Asia where people eat shit from the street and find out they are smarter and WAY more better persons than the person that bought that appartement, I guarantee you that!
Its like this: If this guy has so much money to buy such a house, it means thousands of people live in shit for him to be able to do that! SImple truth.
And if you ask me I would NOT change 1 person, let alone thousand, for his ass. I understand the system is like this and not easily changeable BUT that does not mean I have to be pro-system like this.
Fuck capitalism and its abuse and enslavement of people for the big profit of few. I piss on people like that
Just keep drinking the Obama kool-aid.
What city are you currently "Occupying"?
Dipshit.
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I understand what you are saying BUT come on on. How HARD do these people work? I worked in a factory for 12 hours every day killing myself so I want to know HOW HARD does this guy work to have 150.000 times more then I have.
Is he working 100.000 times harder then me?
The system is corrupt as fuck and the people support it by seeing these things and are always hoping THEY will be a part of it.
While you hope and dream, the reality is that 99% is OWNED by 1%. Is that all because of hard work and honesty?
GTFO!
I am not for equal salaries or means BUT there HAS to be way more moderation.
A scientist who finds out a cure or a doc that saves lifes every day is earning million times LESS then a fucking peazant owner of a fucking beer factory!
Free market and capitalism = Close you eyes, take what you can and dont mind or care for anybody. ME ME ME ME ! Its all about ME!
FUcking unenlightened peazants!
who says the scientist or the doc cares that much about money. they just want to make it into the history books, to be immortalized... or hey maybe it's completely altruistic and they just do it to better mankind?
you assumption that money is the ultimate goal is flawed
and about those 1% people? without them, you'd have a bunch of 99% retards asking the themselves what to do for the 12 waking hours each day. they have no direction, no vision... for instance, they could spend 12 hours a day digging a big hole in central park that no one needs and that serves NO economic purpose... well... i take that back, it does serve a purpose, to get BustinAss to put you on a pedestal.
you can do pushups in your room for 12 hours all day, but just because it's hard and laborious all of a sudden you're entitled to a lot?
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Then why do German marques like Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Porsche make uber-sports cars? Because the market---people want said things. This whole "no one needs more" is utter bullshit. Who is to dictate why or why not someone doesn't need "more"? Or shouldn't "want" more? To even the playing field? Life ain't fair. All men and women were not created equal---which is why man invented breast implants,lol.
Ok - you make good points. Germany has it's fair share of rich people who want luxury goods too, although I think the premium label that comes with some of the brands you mention (like Audi) is probably more greatly perceived outside Germany than within. Mercedes, BMW - yep, bought and driven by people with money. It's just an observation I was sharing - less people I know here in similar social circles to those I was in in Australia, seem to be killing themselves at work to acquire material possessions. More people here than back home seem to be happy with what they have, and are consequently, happier people. At least, they seem to be.
I'm not pushing for a level playing field. More power to the people who earn the big bucks and if they're happy with big stuff, then great. I'll restate my last sentence - I think, noone needs to have such a huge amount of money in order to live a life I would personally consider good and satisfying. It's just an opinion my friend ;)
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I'll restate my last sentence - I think, noone needs to have such a huge amount of money in order to live a life I would personally consider good and satisfying. It's just an opinion my friend ;)
Fair enough. That's actually a sensible statement.
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This apartment is a problem.
Whomever purchased it will potentially have a problem finding a future buyer if he/she plans to place it back on the market. There aren't many buyers that are willing to drop that much money into an apartment, regardless of the amenities or location. For 90 million you can get many acres of land in great parts of Connecticut and other states.
This level of lavish spending is beyond my comprehension.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the apt hasn't even been built yet...what we are shown are "renderings".
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the apt hasn't even been built yet...what we are shown are "renderings".
it is bare bones, the design concept is in the drawrings
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lol reminds me of this, people who know history will understand :D
(http://www.planet-wissen.de/politik_geschichte/drittes_reich/obersalzberg/img/intro_obersalz_halle_g.jpg)
LOL is that the Berghof?
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hitler had an amazing view there, great guy as well
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the apt hasn't even been built yet...what we are shown are "renderings".
the actual finished article will blow those renderings out of the water.. it'll be fucking spectacular. i hope we get to see pics eventually..
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Really bro? yes you need around 100mil to buy a 90 mil penthouse, thats obvious, but noone with 100mil capital will spend 90% of it on the penthouse, that was my point. im sure whoever bought this penthouse isnt living in his momma's basement, he probably has 20+ mil worth of other houses, cars, planes etc... again, you need capital in the Billions to be able to drop 90 mil on ONE SINGLE HOUSE
This really ain't that true. The bulk of so called luxury goods, are not bought by those that can truly afford it. They are bought by people who put a great deal of money behind one thing.
for every billionaire theirs a hundred dudes with 100 mill, for every dude with 100 mill their are ten guys with 10 mill each buying ferrari's. Luxury brands suck the money out of the rich. This myth that the rich are super people that have none of societies weaknesses is a fucking joke.
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This really ain't that true. The bulk of so called luxury goods, are not bought by those that can truly afford it. They are bought by people who put a great deal of money behind one thing.
for every billionaire theirs a hundred dudes with 100 mill, for every dude with 100 mill their are ten guys with 10 mill each buying ferrari's. Luxury brands suck the money out of the rich. This myth that the rich are super people that have none of societies weaknesses is a fucking joke.
QFT x 2
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This really ain't that true. The bulk of so called luxury goods, are not bought by those that can truly afford it. They are bought by people who put a great deal of money behind one thing.
for every billionaire theirs a hundred dudes with 100 mill, for every dude with 100 mill their are ten guys with 10 mill each buying ferrari's. Luxury brands suck the money out of the rich. This myth that the rich are super people that have none of societies weaknesses is a fucking joke.
In my experiences, thats not really true. Anyone whose had the financial savvy to earn 100+ million didn't do it by making moves like putting 90% of their money into something like a home. Now maybe a guy who's got a few million might do something like that, but with mega earners, its a whole different ball game. Everyone I know who has a lambo or a Ferrari or private jet has extreme tangible wealth. Now are there the guys out there who will go find a 2003 Gallardo for 90 grand and buy it and try to look rich? Sure. But to me those guys are the exceptions and not the rule. Especially after the credit crisis.
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(http://ep.xhamster.com/000/017/467/954_1000.jpg)
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(http://ep.xhamster.com/000/017/467/954_1000.jpg)
what is her exact birthplace?
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No one actually "buys" a $90 million dollar place. The banks do and someone with collateral against it buys it. So yes you can have $100 million and buy it because you are just mortgaging the place for a few years.