Madeline Leung Coleman

You're listening to Today Explained. My name is Madeline Leung Coleman, and I'm a features writer for New York Magazine.

You're listening to Today Explained. My name is Madeline Leung Coleman, and I'm a features writer for New York Magazine.

You're listening to Today Explained. My name is Madeline Leung Coleman, and I'm a features writer for New York Magazine.

Something that everybody in New York City is aware of and definitely are talking to their friends about, which is the sheer number of people in New York City who are subsidized in some way by their parents. What are some of the obvious tells? I think the most obvious tell and the thing that many people are familiar with living in New York City is when someone suddenly buys an apartment.

Something that everybody in New York City is aware of and definitely are talking to their friends about, which is the sheer number of people in New York City who are subsidized in some way by their parents. What are some of the obvious tells? I think the most obvious tell and the thing that many people are familiar with living in New York City is when someone suddenly buys an apartment.

Something that everybody in New York City is aware of and definitely are talking to their friends about, which is the sheer number of people in New York City who are subsidized in some way by their parents. What are some of the obvious tells? I think the most obvious tell and the thing that many people are familiar with living in New York City is when someone suddenly buys an apartment.

And it's often someone who you might feel that you're kind of on the same track with. Like you have a pretty good idea of how far The salary that they make would actually go because, you know, from your own experience of how far it doesn't go. And then all of a sudden your friend tells you that they're looking to buy and it's like, what? It's surprising the first time.

And it's often someone who you might feel that you're kind of on the same track with. Like you have a pretty good idea of how far The salary that they make would actually go because, you know, from your own experience of how far it doesn't go. And then all of a sudden your friend tells you that they're looking to buy and it's like, what? It's surprising the first time.

And it's often someone who you might feel that you're kind of on the same track with. Like you have a pretty good idea of how far The salary that they make would actually go because, you know, from your own experience of how far it doesn't go. And then all of a sudden your friend tells you that they're looking to buy and it's like, what? It's surprising the first time.

And then after that, you start to just be like, OK, here we go. We did a series of 14 interviews with people whose parents are giving their money in some way. And that's ranging from paying for down payments to paying for child care to, you know, an allowance that's coming in every month.

And then after that, you start to just be like, OK, here we go. We did a series of 14 interviews with people whose parents are giving their money in some way. And that's ranging from paying for down payments to paying for child care to, you know, an allowance that's coming in every month.

And then after that, you start to just be like, OK, here we go. We did a series of 14 interviews with people whose parents are giving their money in some way. And that's ranging from paying for down payments to paying for child care to, you know, an allowance that's coming in every month.

And the editors who are leading the charge on this were Paolo Seves and Julia Edelstein, with some help from some freelance reporters as well. And what they found was that First of all, that many more women were willing to open up about the money that they were getting, which I thought was fascinating.

And the editors who are leading the charge on this were Paolo Seves and Julia Edelstein, with some help from some freelance reporters as well. And what they found was that First of all, that many more women were willing to open up about the money that they were getting, which I thought was fascinating.

And the editors who are leading the charge on this were Paolo Seves and Julia Edelstein, with some help from some freelance reporters as well. And what they found was that First of all, that many more women were willing to open up about the money that they were getting, which I thought was fascinating.

But some of the stories that stuck with me included the one about a woman who works as a teacher. Her husband works in finance and they live in Murray Hill. And her real estate journey started when her parents bought her a studio apartment at age 24. And that led to her eventually being able to buy a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with her partner.

But some of the stories that stuck with me included the one about a woman who works as a teacher. Her husband works in finance and they live in Murray Hill. And her real estate journey started when her parents bought her a studio apartment at age 24. And that led to her eventually being able to buy a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with her partner.

But some of the stories that stuck with me included the one about a woman who works as a teacher. Her husband works in finance and they live in Murray Hill. And her real estate journey started when her parents bought her a studio apartment at age 24. And that led to her eventually being able to buy a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan with her partner.

You know, she's had so much help, but she's very confused about what class she belongs to. She says, I can't tell. Am I a trust fund kid or am I middle class? I don't even know what middle class is in Manhattan.

You know, she's had so much help, but she's very confused about what class she belongs to. She says, I can't tell. Am I a trust fund kid or am I middle class? I don't even know what middle class is in Manhattan.