A) can't afford $15
B) have a car
C) need the car in Manhattan
D) can afford to wait N days to enter Manhattan
I grew up poor -- thank you FAANG, am not anymore -- but sometimes I still feel the same icky anger I used to feel when people would make abstract arguments that presumed being poor is pure destitution, just to keep things interesting for some argument.
Double checking myself, the person we're looking for:
- [works at / owns] a low margin business in downtown manhattan
- has a car
- needs their car in Manhattan
- has to take their car out of Manhattan at some point
- can afford to wait N days to enter Manhattan
Looking at that...yeah I do still think that's a null set.
If you're gesturing at the more general "it sucks people gotta pay $450/month", yeah, I can imagine this being a substantial addition to a pizza place's budget if they were relying on workers driving their own cars in from Queens.