“New York, the end of the dream? »: Martin Weill’s documentary to watch on TMC

TMC. 13/12. 21 h 25. (Documentaire)

Heading for the Big Apple in this new episode of Reporting by Martin Weill. The 36-year-old globetrotter immersed himself for several months in the metropolis of all contrasts, which has just been classified by the British weekly The Economist third most expensive city in the world. The cost of living there is now much higher than in Paris. As for real estate, it has also exploded: +35% in two years. In the Manhattan borough, the price per square meter exceeds 16,000 euros and some penthouses sell for nearly 200 million euros, enriching a handful of luxury real estate agents in the process.

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Has New York become an exclusive club for the ultra-rich? “However, it is a city of service professions, explains in the documentary Charlotte Recoquillon, geographer and specialist in the United States. Employees are needed to run businesses, transport and culture. But they can no longer find accommodation…” Even historically working-class neighborhoods like the Bronx are affected by this gentrification. With a terrifying statistic: one in 80 residents is now homeless in New York. Unheard of since the Great Depression of the 1930s. This documentary accurately highlights the dark side of the city and the daily reality of these residents left behind. They confide in Martin Weill, who demonstrates a lot of listening but also pedagogy in his narration.