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Very interesting article.

I recently visited New York and spent a day at the Met. As a tech-employed American who can afford to do things like fly to New York for a week, $25 dollars seemed like an amazing deal. An unbelievable deal, really. $25 there and $25 at MOMA didn't really register against the overall expense of the trip.

They still have pay-what-you-can for people who live in New York or within a certain distance thereof.

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I visited the Met a number of times as a broke college student from Ohio, and a number of times after graduating when I lived in the SF Bay Area but was still broke. The fact that I could go up to the ticket counter, pay a nominal $1 donation, and get the same metal tab button to get in as everyone else was a godsend.

I love New York City, but every time I go back to visit it feels more like a playground for the wealthy.

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