The New York Times is actually bitching now that the world has dirt in it
Soil and the City - NYTimes.com
Have they completely gone crazy? All the things wrong in the world, and they decide to complain that owning white furntiture can be difficult?
JAYNE MICHAELS, an interior designer who lives on East 57th Street in Manhattan, throws open her windows every chance she gets. “I need light and air in my life,” said Ms. Michaels, who favors gauzy fabrics in pale colors.
But breezes carry dirt, especially in New York, so once every six months Ms. Michaels pays about $400 to have her sofas, chairs, chaises and rugs shampooed.
It’s another price of living in New York: call it the dirt tax.
The dirt tax appears in cleaning costs, replacement costs and even the inability of New York homeowners to consider certain finishes and fabrics because they’re just not practical.
