I read the whole article. Unreal. He is painting himself as a victim but he is anything but. Yes, there has been a downward shift in incomes in some categories, but his situation is all of his own making. He was in denial, full of pride and ego about what his lifestyle should be. He saw himself as part of an elite creative class of NY high earners despite reality. He wanted to live where he wanted to live; he wanted to buy what he wanted to buy; he wanted to send his kids through private school and elite universities, he wanted his wife to stay home, he wanted to do what he wanted to do for a living despite changing conditions making it nearly impossible to earn enough because otherwise he would not be his true, authentic self (WTF). I love how he said he never kept up with the Joneses, but every one of these decisions is exactly that.
And now broke with no options and he will be a burden on his children, who he raised to have everything fall out of the sky for them.
Spoiled, entitled...
