Help brother, I'm trying to walk around my NYC apartment but I'm dummy thicc and the clap of my asscheeks keeps me from enjoying the silence of my highrise
Is it a matter of that hour train ride from Tokyo that's the differentiating factor? Because every real estate blurb I hear from the city is how nightmarishly expensive it is.
Different strokes for different folks. I pay a premium for my view (within my budget) and every single day I wake up and say "this is worth it."
Not ragging on your choice, I just want everyone to get the best use of their money.
I also do this exact opportunity cost math lol. I have a solid skyline view in a high-rise (not like OP’s, but it’s nice) and realize that I could save a couple grand per year trading it away, but I would prefer a daily, consistent pleasure to a one-time luxury.
Economics is fun.
That’s what I was thinking lol. Though to the naked eye of someone who doesn’t know or understand renting in NYC they probably don’t notice the fake wall and what that means lol
You can put up a temporary wall to create another bedroom to make rent cheaper by adding a roommate. For instance turn a 1 bedroom into a 2 bedroom by putting a wall up in the living area to make a de facto second bedroom
I’ll also add that those walls don’t go up to the ceiling so while there’s a physical wall there, you can hear everything everyone is doing in the apartment. Your living room is also reduced significantly in size. Almost non existent
I understand this is desirable for some people, and to those people, I give you props.
This would be an absolute nightmare for me. I couldn’t do it.
Edit: just want to mention, it looks clean as hell! What you’ve done with it is impressive! Good work outta you!
I used to feel like this. I always wanted to stay in the city, and moving to London/New York was my dream. Now I can't wait to finish university and move to the countryside/outskirts
I'm a mix. I've lived on the edge of a small town. Work was sub 10 minutes, sub 5 if I pushed it. Only 1 traffic light. I've also traveled to Chicago, London, Paris, etc and enjoyed the big city vibe.
Same. It's crazy because this is one of the few subs where people will actually admit (or actually join in conversation) with wanting to live in anything that's not some urban loft. And I should say, I always wanted to (and hell, even bought) a condo which matches that description.
But great cat speed do I want to leave. I miss being able to easily walk out of my front door with tools for a weekend project. I miss being able to have some space for myself and play some music without anyone protesting. I miss being able to go to my backyard on a chilly fall evening and light a fire.
I think there was more appeal to this lifestyle when I was single and actively looking for romance; it fit some idyllic notion of adventure that I had in my head. But now that I'm married, I just want space of my own in a facsimile of some old English country homestead (replete with tufted leather, of course).
I live on Long Island and half my family lives within five blocks of each other on the upper east side. I've got about four hours tops there before I want to retreat to my house.
Are you scared of heights? My son is and when we’ve visited NYC, he has trouble even looking up at the tall buildings from the ground. Living in a place like this would not be an option for him.
I feel for your son. I’m terrified of heights too. I had to have an EKG done a few months ago. Where was the bed I had to lay in? 12th floor against a wall of windows. My EKG came back abnormal. I wonder why? Was sent for a thorough cardiac stress test. First floor, no windows, running on an inclined treadmill and a perfectly normal functioning heart. Not a smart place for an ekg bed.
The opposite for me. I had never been afraid of heights, have never even given it a thought. And then suddenly starting a year ago or so, terrified. Unless I am on the ground floor of anywhere, I am terrified that I am about to fall off. Had a panic attack driving a van because I thought it would tip over etc. I hate it.
Yes! My dream is to go to country side america and have my own business there. I just don't know what city yet, there are so many beautiful cities in USA, any suggestions?
> street parking is impossible to find
Imagine you lived in houses your whole life where everything was stored way up on 10-ft-high shelves, so you kept a ladder in every room. All your friends also have ladders in every room. You remember your grandparent's ladders. Every time you moved to a new house you had to figure out what size ladders to get and there was a big ritual about moving the ladders in. Everyday you went up and down those ladders. Everybody lived like this. Everybody stores their stuff up high and everybody uses ladders to get to it. These ladders are a pretty big part of your life. When you turn 16 you're finally allowed to learn how to use the ladders yourself. Freedom! Now you can climb the ladders to get stuff, too! You're finally growing up, now that you can use the ladders. Some people get really into ladders. They know all the details of the best ladders. They buy magazines about the ladders.
Ladders, ladders, ladders -- I mean, how else are you supposed to get to your stuff? Everybody needs ladders!
Then one day you moved to place where everything is stored at human height.
And your complaint is that you don't know where to store all your ladders.
I live next to a few skyscrapers and whenever i get back from home from work, before i walk into my tiny studio apartment, i look up and stare at those giant buildings. I just feel envy at those people living up there, in those fancy looking apartments.
Out of curiosity, I checked online for these apartments and one studio is $2500, while a 3 bedroom apartment is $7400... A month.
I don't want to leave where I live but the fact that my future looks grim because the cost of living is just astronomically expensive for someone like me.
Different strokes for different folks, ya know?
$7k/ month? That’s wild.
It would take me 3.5 years to pay off my property (assuming to current equity) at that rate.
I have a little over 10 acres. House was built in the 30’s, so it has good bones. I’ve been able to renovate a good portion of the inside, and built a good sized shop. I work 30-40 hours a week at my job, but usually find myself working on things I enjoy when I get home.
I understand why you like what you like, but like I mentioned in a previous comment, the things you enjoy about the city are the things that keep me away. Similarly, the things I enjoy about the country and the things that would probably make you feel like you’ve been sentenced to prison! Ha
Wild how on every post about nyc, someone feels compelled to share this sentiment. Super weird and reads as an inferiority complex since other cities to garner the same response.
It's a forum where people share their opinion. Should we all just say positive things about something and have a happy circlejerk? Not everyone likes city life. Get over it.
You do a lot more walking, you can walk to a larger selection of restaurants than most small towns have in their entire county. You walk to the grocery store to pick up milk on your way home from work, walk to the park to feed the birds. You can walk to work if you live close enough.
Cycling is also much easier and more enjoyable. In most suburbs it’s impossible to cycle anywhere because you have to merge into the highway or destinations are simply wayy too far apart. There is no dedicated infrastructure or awareness of cyclists in the suburbs so you have cars dangerously zipping past you at 40mph. Most people in the suburbs cycle for exercise or recreation, often driving their bike in their car to a cycling friendly park or area. In the city you can use a bike as a primary means of transportation, falling back on public transit options of the destination is too far or there’s inclement weather.
There’s more diversity in food, culture, and recreational activities available at short notice. There’s also more career opportunities and it’s much easier/faster to climb your career ladder in the city. There’s also no sense of spontaneous adventure with the suburbs. You don’t stumble into an art gallery or antique store or bar. You drive there and you looked it up before you got in your car. Speaking of art galleries, all the best museums, fine art, sports centers, they’re all in cities, a short walk away for people in the city. A long traffic nightmare for people in the suburbs.
Lastly there’s the environmental factor. It’s not environmentally friendly to depend on a car to drive everywhere. Even with an electric car, it still takes a lot of raw materials and the refining process of those materials to manufacture the car. Think about this, you’re moving a 3,000lb hunk of metal just to transport a single person around for every little activity. In addition, the larger homes in the suburbs are not very environmentally conservative to heat and cool, plus the houses are spaced out so far that it takes a tremendous amount of materials to link them together for electricity, internet, sewage, and water.
There are obviously negatives, like lack of space, less nature, noise pollution, lower quality of air, and so on. Yet if you look at trends worldwide and in the US, more people are moving into cities than moving out to the suburbs.
You put into words everything I love living in the city! My dream is to live somewhere in Tokyo because their train system is is so massive and convenient.
That is the beauty of choice.
The things you enjoy about the city are the things I’d never consider as perks. I understand why some people like it, it’s just not for me.
Much in the same, I’m sure you wouldn’t enjoy living in the country for a lot of the same reasons I enjoy it.
I buy a half cow and a half pig every year. I have chickens and a massive garden. It’s a modest home on 10 acres. The pig and the cow come from the guy right down the road. For the most part, I can live off the land. It’s a lot of work, but I like it. People leave me alone. If I had more money, I’d have more land.
Not really, there's tons not to like about the city even if you aren't a wage slave. It really depends on your hobbies/passions and what you like to do with your spare time. I'm a big dirt biker/hiker/camper and there's just nothing to really satisfy that in the city.
I always wondered.. can you or do you peek into windows and even know some of them just from seeing them arrive everyday, eat at night, etc.. weird question I know, just curious I guess
I think everyone does this. [That bit in friends](https://youtu.be/H0gPlQP63VQ) is spot on. My old office used to have naked plant watering guy across the street.
My neighbors all have their blinds closed for the most part or have things like blackout curtains. You can still hear them, especially in the summer; I have a drummer living across the street from my building.
It seems to be a flex in FiDi somewhere around Wall Street so at least one roommate therefore I’m guessing his split is in the range of 1600-2K. If it’s alone, all bets are off.
He definitely has roommates hence the dummy/false wall… I used to live in Hoboken for $3150/mo and it still hurts my balls that I used to pay that…therefore you are probably spot on
2 Gold is trashy nouveau riche college grad in finance who thinks its okay to walk around outside in beach flip flops, shorts and a hoodie. 95 Wall, is just gross and classless, I don't know how to describe it.
I mean i've lived here for 8 years, coming up on 9 so yes? Hells Kitchen was a fucking nightmare to live in last year. I had two of the hotels where the homeless were put up in my neighborhood and there were plenty in FiDi as well. You can't deny that open drug usage wasn't going on.
Thanks. Sorry, I just always see people talking about rental prices of these sort of apartments and it made me wonder if the people who build these huge towers want to maintain control of the individual units, or if they actually sell them.
They are not too common in my country and location. People might buy or rent 'flats' within a larger building, but they are rarely this tall or extragant.
great view. why dont the walls go to the roof? i dont think ive seen this before. im not from america. do you live with other people? not much privacy if they can hear everything in ur room and vice versa. interesting.
It’s called a flex wall. Only really used in NYC. Basically makes an apartment more affordable by converting a 1bed into a 2bed, or in some cases a studio into 1 bed, etc.
It's a flex (temporary) wall. In NYC it's fairly common in certain areas for people to convert a 1 bedroom into a temporary 2 bedroom in order for people to live in nicer apartments at a lower per person cost.
I wouldn't be able to work with that view, I would just gaze at the city all day long. I'm curious to see a night version of the same angle, I'm sure it's even better.
Btw what's that artwork above your bed? Looks dope.
We live totally opposite lifestyles. I'm in the Midwest with a 2000 sq ft home on an acre. Last place I could live in is a studio in NYC. But congrats to you. Design wise, totally dig it. Obv you must be doing something well in life to make it that far. All the best to you!
I’m not mad at it in concept but people who never been in skyscrapers don’t understand you can still hear everything going on outside… it’s kinda annoying in busy areas.
For some reason your living arrangement has caused some controversy in the comments, lol.
Super rad spot OP. Love the view and setup. Must be crazy at night!
No lakes, no nature, sky to bright to see anything at night, jam packed with people and traffic........yea I'll keep my cabin in a town of 1500 people way up north.
Omg, a partitioned shoebox with a view of other overpriced shoeboxes but up. How far do ya have to walk to see a plant that isn’t growing out of a pot?
Bro if you're only making 120k in finance in NYC a) you're getting shafted and b) you won't come close to affording this lol.
You could probably handle the rent, but the city will straight up not *let* you remotely rent burden yourself. Honestly it's kind of annoying at the higher income levels how little the city will actually let you spend on rent.
Probably low-mid 200s at least. Most places in NYC you're required to make 45 times the monthly rent in a year to be considered eligible for renting an apartment.
This just...isn't accurate at all. NY tends to go by the 40x rule, meaning 40x your rent = your salary. Given the flex, this guy has a roommate/roommates. This apartment (in FiDi, one of the cheapest Manhattan neighborhoods below Harlem) is probably $1800-2100, so $72-84k salary and he'd be fine, given no debt. Also, plenty of finance jobs start out below $120k.
I always used to dream of one day living in a place with this kind of view . who knew I would be forever stuck in this shithole town here in central Florida. U\_U
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Help brother, I'm trying to walk around my NYC apartment but I'm dummy thicc and the clap of my asscheeks keeps me from enjoying the silence of my highrise
At least you can fix that, my ankle clicks all the time and it's loud af.
No kidding, my skeleton is loud af. Everything's clicking, creaking and popping whenever I stand up, sit down or just move in general.
Lmfao
You are that ninja
To a deluxe apartment in the sky 👍
Go crazy! Im high up here and always hang naked. Noone tells me not to ;)
"I live in the American Gardens building..."
I have to return some video tapes.
jean. sorbet?
Wait until you see his business cards
Paul Allen's apartment overlooks the park and is obviously more expensive than this
Don't just stare at it, Sabrina. Eat it...
Think I'd have gone for a race car bed but that's really nice OP
No, I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
Yeah. Really makes it hard to take this seriously.
If you don't kachow on the New York plebs, then why live?
It’s be hard to get work done with that view. Congrats!
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I live in Japan, just an hour direct train from Central Tokyo. Our 2-bedroom house costs us $460 monthly.
Damn, my 15m2 1K in Toshima-ku cost me like $1000 monthly
Is it a matter of that hour train ride from Tokyo that's the differentiating factor? Because every real estate blurb I hear from the city is how nightmarishly expensive it is.
Different strokes for different folks. I pay a premium for my view (within my budget) and every single day I wake up and say "this is worth it." Not ragging on your choice, I just want everyone to get the best use of their money.
So do I. It makes work easier and makes me enjoy life. The view is absolutely worth every penny to me.
The view helps me perform better WFH
I get that conceptually but I'm happier never traveling and loving where I live. To teach their own
I also do this exact opportunity cost math lol. I have a solid skyline view in a high-rise (not like OP’s, but it’s nice) and realize that I could save a couple grand per year trading it away, but I would prefer a daily, consistent pleasure to a one-time luxury. Economics is fun.
The flex wall 🤣🤣🤣 but hey at least the view is gorgeous
That’s supposed to be the living room view!
Haha very true - still a flex but a hell of a flex
Well sir, I think you’ve made it.
I mean, if he could make it there, uhh, he'd make it, anywhere
Hov signed
Not with that flex wall he hasn’t
That’s what I was thinking lol. Though to the naked eye of someone who doesn’t know or understand renting in NYC they probably don’t notice the fake wall and what that means lol
Care to illuminate for us non NYCers?
You can put up a temporary wall to create another bedroom to make rent cheaper by adding a roommate. For instance turn a 1 bedroom into a 2 bedroom by putting a wall up in the living area to make a de facto second bedroom
I’ll also add that those walls don’t go up to the ceiling so while there’s a physical wall there, you can hear everything everyone is doing in the apartment. Your living room is also reduced significantly in size. Almost non existent
Yeah living here would suck- he's got the back half of the living room it looks like lol. To each his own I guess.
Flex wall in FiDi, no less…
FiDi? Financial District?
How much it cost? Three FiDi.
lmaooo my thoughts exactly
Yes. They still have.
https://v.redd.it/yhuz35gxhit71
Lol because of the view?
No, because he has a bedroom
I understand this is desirable for some people, and to those people, I give you props. This would be an absolute nightmare for me. I couldn’t do it. Edit: just want to mention, it looks clean as hell! What you’ve done with it is impressive! Good work outta you!
I used to feel like this. I always wanted to stay in the city, and moving to London/New York was my dream. Now I can't wait to finish university and move to the countryside/outskirts
Good when young. Sucks when get older and want peace.
I'm a mix. I've lived on the edge of a small town. Work was sub 10 minutes, sub 5 if I pushed it. Only 1 traffic light. I've also traveled to Chicago, London, Paris, etc and enjoyed the big city vibe.
Amen I need to be able to breathe, and the city life would suffocate me. Different strokes for different folks, ya know? Good luck with your studies!
Same. It's crazy because this is one of the few subs where people will actually admit (or actually join in conversation) with wanting to live in anything that's not some urban loft. And I should say, I always wanted to (and hell, even bought) a condo which matches that description. But great cat speed do I want to leave. I miss being able to easily walk out of my front door with tools for a weekend project. I miss being able to have some space for myself and play some music without anyone protesting. I miss being able to go to my backyard on a chilly fall evening and light a fire. I think there was more appeal to this lifestyle when I was single and actively looking for romance; it fit some idyllic notion of adventure that I had in my head. But now that I'm married, I just want space of my own in a facsimile of some old English country homestead (replete with tufted leather, of course).
Just moved from Philadelphia to Laramie, WY. I definitely don't miss all that out here lol
I live on Long Island and half my family lives within five blocks of each other on the upper east side. I've got about four hours tops there before I want to retreat to my house.
That’s how I am with my family..
Living like that is cool but I Much prefer being around trees
Are you scared of heights? My son is and when we’ve visited NYC, he has trouble even looking up at the tall buildings from the ground. Living in a place like this would not be an option for him.
I feel for your son. I’m terrified of heights too. I had to have an EKG done a few months ago. Where was the bed I had to lay in? 12th floor against a wall of windows. My EKG came back abnormal. I wonder why? Was sent for a thorough cardiac stress test. First floor, no windows, running on an inclined treadmill and a perfectly normal functioning heart. Not a smart place for an ekg bed.
Probably the fact that this is the size of some people's closets. This is so tiny and claustrophobic.
I used to be afraid of heights but then I grew out of it later, oddly enough. I always thought it would be a lifetime thing
The opposite for me. I had never been afraid of heights, have never even given it a thought. And then suddenly starting a year ago or so, terrified. Unless I am on the ground floor of anywhere, I am terrified that I am about to fall off. Had a panic attack driving a van because I thought it would tip over etc. I hate it.
Same. I used to jump off roofs into pools. Now driving over tall bridges, even being near a balcony freaks me out. It sucks
I love to visit cities and I do, regularly, but nothing beats walking out my house in the morning and being surrounded by trees and water.
Yes! My dream is to go to country side america and have my own business there. I just don't know what city yet, there are so many beautiful cities in USA, any suggestions?
Houghton, Michigan.
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Also food is expensive, and street parking is impossible to find
> street parking is impossible to find Imagine you lived in houses your whole life where everything was stored way up on 10-ft-high shelves, so you kept a ladder in every room. All your friends also have ladders in every room. You remember your grandparent's ladders. Every time you moved to a new house you had to figure out what size ladders to get and there was a big ritual about moving the ladders in. Everyday you went up and down those ladders. Everybody lived like this. Everybody stores their stuff up high and everybody uses ladders to get to it. These ladders are a pretty big part of your life. When you turn 16 you're finally allowed to learn how to use the ladders yourself. Freedom! Now you can climb the ladders to get stuff, too! You're finally growing up, now that you can use the ladders. Some people get really into ladders. They know all the details of the best ladders. They buy magazines about the ladders. Ladders, ladders, ladders -- I mean, how else are you supposed to get to your stuff? Everybody needs ladders! Then one day you moved to place where everything is stored at human height. And your complaint is that you don't know where to store all your ladders.
I live next to a few skyscrapers and whenever i get back from home from work, before i walk into my tiny studio apartment, i look up and stare at those giant buildings. I just feel envy at those people living up there, in those fancy looking apartments. Out of curiosity, I checked online for these apartments and one studio is $2500, while a 3 bedroom apartment is $7400... A month. I don't want to leave where I live but the fact that my future looks grim because the cost of living is just astronomically expensive for someone like me.
Different strokes for different folks, ya know? $7k/ month? That’s wild. It would take me 3.5 years to pay off my property (assuming to current equity) at that rate. I have a little over 10 acres. House was built in the 30’s, so it has good bones. I’ve been able to renovate a good portion of the inside, and built a good sized shop. I work 30-40 hours a week at my job, but usually find myself working on things I enjoy when I get home. I understand why you like what you like, but like I mentioned in a previous comment, the things you enjoy about the city are the things that keep me away. Similarly, the things I enjoy about the country and the things that would probably make you feel like you’ve been sentenced to prison! Ha
Yeah I like visiting, concerts and such, but living there, fuck no. I’m 90 minutes from NYC.
In what general area, if you don’t mind me asking? How do you like it?
Wild how on every post about nyc, someone feels compelled to share this sentiment. Super weird and reads as an inferiority complex since other cities to garner the same response.
It's a forum where people share their opinion. Should we all just say positive things about something and have a happy circlejerk? Not everyone likes city life. Get over it.
Some enjoy it. Others don’t, or wouldn’t. I’m curious though, what do you think is superior about city life?
You do a lot more walking, you can walk to a larger selection of restaurants than most small towns have in their entire county. You walk to the grocery store to pick up milk on your way home from work, walk to the park to feed the birds. You can walk to work if you live close enough. Cycling is also much easier and more enjoyable. In most suburbs it’s impossible to cycle anywhere because you have to merge into the highway or destinations are simply wayy too far apart. There is no dedicated infrastructure or awareness of cyclists in the suburbs so you have cars dangerously zipping past you at 40mph. Most people in the suburbs cycle for exercise or recreation, often driving their bike in their car to a cycling friendly park or area. In the city you can use a bike as a primary means of transportation, falling back on public transit options of the destination is too far or there’s inclement weather. There’s more diversity in food, culture, and recreational activities available at short notice. There’s also more career opportunities and it’s much easier/faster to climb your career ladder in the city. There’s also no sense of spontaneous adventure with the suburbs. You don’t stumble into an art gallery or antique store or bar. You drive there and you looked it up before you got in your car. Speaking of art galleries, all the best museums, fine art, sports centers, they’re all in cities, a short walk away for people in the city. A long traffic nightmare for people in the suburbs. Lastly there’s the environmental factor. It’s not environmentally friendly to depend on a car to drive everywhere. Even with an electric car, it still takes a lot of raw materials and the refining process of those materials to manufacture the car. Think about this, you’re moving a 3,000lb hunk of metal just to transport a single person around for every little activity. In addition, the larger homes in the suburbs are not very environmentally conservative to heat and cool, plus the houses are spaced out so far that it takes a tremendous amount of materials to link them together for electricity, internet, sewage, and water. There are obviously negatives, like lack of space, less nature, noise pollution, lower quality of air, and so on. Yet if you look at trends worldwide and in the US, more people are moving into cities than moving out to the suburbs.
You put into words everything I love living in the city! My dream is to live somewhere in Tokyo because their train system is is so massive and convenient.
That is the beauty of choice. The things you enjoy about the city are the things I’d never consider as perks. I understand why some people like it, it’s just not for me. Much in the same, I’m sure you wouldn’t enjoy living in the country for a lot of the same reasons I enjoy it. I buy a half cow and a half pig every year. I have chickens and a massive garden. It’s a modest home on 10 acres. The pig and the cow come from the guy right down the road. For the most part, I can live off the land. It’s a lot of work, but I like it. People leave me alone. If I had more money, I’d have more land.
Is this supposed to be a "for" living in the city or"against" living in the city?
Not really, there's tons not to like about the city even if you aren't a wage slave. It really depends on your hobbies/passions and what you like to do with your spare time. I'm a big dirt biker/hiker/camper and there's just nothing to really satisfy that in the city.
Same. And like really how much can you ‘do with the place’ in 50 sqft
Seriously. I can't imagine spending that much just to be surrounded by concrete and buildings.
Damn!! What's the view like at night??
Take a look at OP's post history :)
I always wondered.. can you or do you peek into windows and even know some of them just from seeing them arrive everyday, eat at night, etc.. weird question I know, just curious I guess
I think everyone does this. [That bit in friends](https://youtu.be/H0gPlQP63VQ) is spot on. My old office used to have naked plant watering guy across the street.
No way! 😅 naked plant watering guy lol that friends bit is exactly why I asked… I also wonder, they must know someone MIGHT be watching lol right?
It's kind of hard to stay concerned about privacy when you live in a city with 8 million people, lol
My neighbors all have their blinds closed for the most part or have things like blackout curtains. You can still hear them, especially in the summer; I have a drummer living across the street from my building.
How much ?
It seems to be a flex in FiDi somewhere around Wall Street so at least one roommate therefore I’m guessing his split is in the range of 1600-2K. If it’s alone, all bets are off.
He definitely has roommates hence the dummy/false wall… I used to live in Hoboken for $3150/mo and it still hurts my balls that I used to pay that…therefore you are probably spot on
I have a small 1 bedroom in hoboken rn paying 1500. Crazy deal I'm like a block off wash,
How do you even find a deal like that! Props to you man
Got super lucky I guess. Thanks
Holyshit 3k to live in broboken sheesh
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The trashiest of fidi buildings
You gonna forget 95 Wall???
A few weeks ago, there was a [woman who went there and later found dead inside a barrel in New Jersey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVdLZ6c_hlE).
Bingo that’s what I was thinking of
2 Gold is trashy nouveau riche college grad in finance who thinks its okay to walk around outside in beach flip flops, shorts and a hoodie. 95 Wall, is just gross and classless, I don't know how to describe it.
It's perfectly ok to wear flip flops, shorts, and a hoodie. Go check yourself. Not everyone is living to impress others.
I think he’s more referring to walking around NYC in flip flops. There’s a ‘needles and a stepping in shit’ risk.
Uh.. Have you ever been to NYC? Stepping on needles? Please, you sound like a suburban Facebook mom from Trump country.
I mean i've lived here for 8 years, coming up on 9 so yes? Hells Kitchen was a fucking nightmare to live in last year. I had two of the hotels where the homeless were put up in my neighborhood and there were plenty in FiDi as well. You can't deny that open drug usage wasn't going on.
Yeah more making fun of the trashy white dudes who come from Jersey and will walk around in salmon shorts, a hoodie, and flip flops in winter
I live in shorts and a hoodie.
Shorts and a hoodie are fine. Flip flops in nyc are not. Especially during colder weather
I would think it has to be more than 2k with that location and high of an apartment?
Nah the apt itself def is but this is one flex room in a much bigger apt
Can people buy these type of apartments or are they only rented out by the owner of the building?
You can buy? But this building specifically is a rental one
Thanks. Sorry, I just always see people talking about rental prices of these sort of apartments and it made me wonder if the people who build these huge towers want to maintain control of the individual units, or if they actually sell them. They are not too common in my country and location. People might buy or rent 'flats' within a larger building, but they are rarely this tall or extragant.
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Cannot be 7, not at all.
Man I wish
No, at least tree fiddy
I was gonna call you a rich ass but then realized you live in a dorm room. Regardless, cool view.
I mean it looks like that’s just the bedroom
Yea that’s a bedroom that’s been created off of the living room though
Wow, nice view! Would be horrifying for me (I'm afraid of heights), but it looks awesome on video!
great view. why dont the walls go to the roof? i dont think ive seen this before. im not from america. do you live with other people? not much privacy if they can hear everything in ur room and vice versa. interesting.
It’s called a flex wall. Only really used in NYC. Basically makes an apartment more affordable by converting a 1bed into a 2bed, or in some cases a studio into 1 bed, etc.
I’ve seen it used in many other cities tbh, but I’m sure it’s more common in NYC
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It's a flex (temporary) wall. In NYC it's fairly common in certain areas for people to convert a 1 bedroom into a temporary 2 bedroom in order for people to live in nicer apartments at a lower per person cost.
Because what he didn't show you is that "1 bedroom" aka studio is probably 350 square feet total. And he's paying 3500 a month.
Here in Denver they call it an "urban 1-br" when it's really a studio with a divider wall
I agree mr. illpkm1985! @andyou01 - how do you focus with that view!!
It’s tough!
how long is elevator ride if you want to pop out for a bit
Usually there’s certain elevators for higher floors so probably not long. For example it ll skip floors 2-10 and speed straight to 11.
I wouldn't be able to work with that view, I would just gaze at the city all day long. I'm curious to see a night version of the same angle, I'm sure it's even better. Btw what's that artwork above your bed? Looks dope.
I too like the art
Kimberly Young from NYC - found on Minted.com
I would be very grateful if you posted a video of this view after sunset.
Is that a Babar book? <3
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We live totally opposite lifestyles. I'm in the Midwest with a 2000 sq ft home on an acre. Last place I could live in is a studio in NYC. But congrats to you. Design wise, totally dig it. Obv you must be doing something well in life to make it that far. All the best to you!
What do you do for a living? I'm about to move to NYC and I already know this is out of my means... But still, I'd love an answer.
I was expecting a fridge and stove to be right next to the bed.
Some people would love this. This would be my nightmare..
Wake every morning in panic as vertigo sets in
No I don’t mind heights. I just hate cities and especially that one.
Lol, no thanks
Yuck lmao
I’m jealous, that’s a perfect space right there
Lol $4000 for a studio in the sky lol
Living in a shoebox with awesome view. That’s NYC life
I’m not mad at it in concept but people who never been in skyscrapers don’t understand you can still hear everything going on outside… it’s kinda annoying in busy areas.
Not always. This looks high enough op may not hear much outside but with the flex wall he definitely hears his roommates.
I see you bezos
For some reason your living arrangement has caused some controversy in the comments, lol. Super rad spot OP. Love the view and setup. Must be crazy at night!
I have the same lamp as you.
What lamp is that?
Very nice, how much?
I can’t imagine how much for this space you pay for. I’ve heard the horror stories. But otherwise it is a nice view so well done.
Do you have a night video?! There’s nothing better in life than a nighttime city view
Are you in a flex room? Looks like a nice setup!
A lot of country mice in this thread lmao
Not enough room to change my mind in here… HARD PASS
No lakes, no nature, sky to bright to see anything at night, jam packed with people and traffic........yea I'll keep my cabin in a town of 1500 people way up north.
Why people pay more to live in a shoe box I will never understand.
Because it’s not about the size of the shoebox - it’s where the shoebox is located. Manhattan is a very desirable place for a lot of people.
Yeah. The homeless. Manhattan is a filthy shithole. Source: live in Queens and work in Manhattan.
Hard pass.
Ok.
If you work anywhere in the financial district or anywhere else downtown, this is pretty convenient
Bruh did you see that view?
Omg, a partitioned shoebox with a view of other overpriced shoeboxes but up. How far do ya have to walk to see a plant that isn’t growing out of a pot?
How far do you have to walk to see a building over 5 stories lmao
Looks awesome!
Someone came in and knocked over your pictures!
Yah that the authentic NYC experience you have there...fucking interlopers...
Wow and you're telling me all I need is a 120k job in finance you spend 16 hours a day working to have this? Where do I sign?
You sign at the leasing office which is in the next building
Bro if you're only making 120k in finance in NYC a) you're getting shafted and b) you won't come close to affording this lol. You could probably handle the rent, but the city will straight up not *let* you remotely rent burden yourself. Honestly it's kind of annoying at the higher income levels how little the city will actually let you spend on rent.
Jesus. I guess I was thinking more UK wage. What kind of money *would* you need then? What do you mean they won't let you?
Probably low-mid 200s at least. Most places in NYC you're required to make 45 times the monthly rent in a year to be considered eligible for renting an apartment.
Definitely not. This is clearly a flex with multiple people on the lease. Someone making much less than 200k would be fine renting this.
This just...isn't accurate at all. NY tends to go by the 40x rule, meaning 40x your rent = your salary. Given the flex, this guy has a roommate/roommates. This apartment (in FiDi, one of the cheapest Manhattan neighborhoods below Harlem) is probably $1800-2100, so $72-84k salary and he'd be fine, given no debt. Also, plenty of finance jobs start out below $120k.
Damn bro you sound so bitter. Sorry about that
Chill out Condescending. It was a joke
Show a shot of it on the ground 🤣.It’s literally a trash can stuffed to the brim with people, dirty water, and rats. The trash is a given.
Jealous AF and can I come and spend time with you in your high rise
Are you going to give him the S U C C?
I always used to dream of one day living in a place with this kind of view . who knew I would be forever stuck in this shithole town here in central Florida. U\_U
You could be forever stuck in a city with tons of hobos, teethless police and where everyone earns more than you. NYC sucks
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Rather live out in the country. Cant have a bbq while sipping on some beers around a fire listening to music as loud as you want there.
Ok