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NYC apartment, which of the 3 bedrooms, would YOU want?

That is a stupid layout!

DK :roll2: :lol-2:
 
CMN said:
I didn’t see any “bedrooms” …lol
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Only the very last room can be considered semi-usable as a bedroom. The rest are... I don't even know.
 
25 years ago I visited a friend in NYC who had a very comfortable income, so I wasn't surprised he lived in an expensive part of Manhattan.

But his microscopic so called """apartment""" was on the 3rd story (no elevator) was one room, no window, just enough room for a bed and a dresser holding a little hotplate.
The shared bathroom was down the hall.

I politely asked him why he doesn't move.
He said he'd already upgraded a few times, and was lucky to get this, and only because he knew someone who knew someone.

At least a bodega (eddy biddy food market) was between his apt and a subway stop, although he could walk to his very good job a block away.

I forgot what he was paying, but it was insanely expensive!
My makeup was a bit more discrete, but I said ...

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My daughter’s first apartment in NYC was a railroad situation on the UES. Lovely area. She had the first bedroom, being the newest occupant and the other two gals had to traverse through her room. There was a separate entrance door from the main hallway that one of the rooms could access but that would be leaving the apartment and re-entering in the living area. Crazy. And expensive as all heck.
 
My DD received a job offer in NYC and she’s hoping to live in the city - crazy rent prices. We’re trying to sway her to consider places across the river in NJ - Jersey City/Hoboken are also $ but not as much.

Guess I’m too old to understand the allure of living in NYC - I’d much rather drive to my Target and Costco - ha! Ofc there are really nice places in the city but those places are for the really wealthy!
 
Calla-lilies said:
My DD received a job offer in NYC and she’s hoping to live in the city - crazy rent prices. We’re trying to sway her to consider places across the river in NJ - Jersey City/Hoboken are also $ but not as much.

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Oh Come On!
Just buy her ...

 
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Calla-lilies said:
My DD received a job offer in NYC and she’s hoping to live in the city - crazy rent prices. We’re trying to sway her to consider places across the river in NJ - Jersey City/Hoboken are also $ but not as much.

Guess I’m too old to understand the allure of living in NYC - I’d much rather drive to my Target and Costco - ha! Ofc there are really nice places in the city but those places are for the really wealthy!
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Yes my DD has since branched out of Manhattan. But even Hoboken and Jersey City are extremely expensive. But she does have fabulous views of Manhattan now. And a car to drive to Target. Best of both worlds.

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Slickk said:
My daughter’s first apartment in NYC was a railroad situation on the UES. Lovely area. She had the first bedroom, being the newest occupant and the other two gals had to traverse through her room. There was a separate entrance door from the main hallway that one of the rooms could access but that would be leaving the apartment and re-entering in the living area. Crazy. And expensive as all heck.
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Please share what is expensive? I'd love to know the cost compared to here. I think my DS rent is "expensive". Thanks.
 
As was mentioned, I think those are called railroad car apartments and aren't that uncommon in NYC. I had a friend who lived in one years ago. I think in New Orleans they are called something like "shot-gun" apartments. I don't know the history of them, but I think they are old tenements where they were trying to make the most of limited space on narrow lots???
 
Lookinagain said:
As was mentioned, I think those are called railroad car apartments and aren't that uncommon in NYC. I had a friend who lived in one years ago. I think in New Orleans they are called something like "shot-gun" apartments. I don't know the history of them, but I think they are old tenements where they were trying to make the most of limited space on narrow lots???
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I took an architectural tour in New Orleans and learned that another reason was that it allowed for better circulation and airflow (front door to back door) to deal with the hot New Orlean's summers.
 
Whoever chose that layout must have been aided by ingestion of an illegal substance. If I were desperate and had to rent that place, bedroom #1 would be the TV room; #2 the main bedroom closet and #3 the bedroom.
 
canuk-gal said:
Please share what is expensive? I'd love to know the cost compared to here. I think my DS rent is "expensive". Thanks.
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@canuk-gal In Jersey City, NJ a studio apartment with that view goes for around $4k plus parking (~$350)/month.
 
Matata said:
Whoever chose that layout must have been aided by ingestion of an illegal substance. If I were desperate and had to rent that place, bedroom #1 would be the TV room; #2 the main bedroom closet and #3 the bedroom.
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If in a desirable neighborhood, I suspect 3 recent college grads are sharing the space and paying upwards of $3500 per month with no amenities ( no onsite laundry, no live in super).
 
rocks said:
If in a desirable neighborhood, I suspect 3 recent college grads are sharing the space and paying upwards of $3500 per month with no amenities ( no onsite laundry, no live in super).
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You missed the washer and dryer in the kitchen, luxury livin', the rent is probably $5000+ because of the laundry in the apartment.
 
Matata said:
You missed the washer and dryer in the kitchen, luxury livin', the rent is probably $5000+ because of the laundry in the apartment.
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lol. Yes, I did miss it! Thx.

It wasn’t much better when I was a new mba in the mid 80’s. We lived 4 or 5 to an apartment in shady neighborhoods.
 
Watching this makes me feel like I’ve just gone down the rabbit hole with Alice…….. :lol-2:
 
canuk-gal said:
GULP! That is NUTS!!!!
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And all sharing 1 bathroom. That's a lot of action on one toilet and who gets first dibs if you all have to out at work at the same time?
 
Matata said:
You missed the washer and dryer in the kitchen, luxury livin', the rent is probably $5000+ because of the laundry in the apartment.
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To this day it astounds me that having a washing machine in the apartment is considered a luxury and not basic amenity.
 
Avondale said:
To this day it astounds me that having a washing machine in the apartment is considered a luxury and not basic amenity.
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@Avondale Oh yes. It’s a thing. My daughter had an apartment in a very tony area of Brooklyn and she had no washer/dryer and her view was the brick wall of the next door building. And that wasn’t inexpensive either.
 
Avondale said:
To this day it astounds me that having a washing machine in the apartment is considered a luxury and not basic amenity.
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The plumbing can’t take the water flow. New buildings have in unit washer dryers. My building has 2 washers and dryers on each floor and it is considered a luxury.
 
rocks said:
The plumbing can’t take the water flow.
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Someone will have to explain this to me because it sounds ridiculous. A washing machine uses about 50 litres of water per cycle which is on average, what, 90, 120 minutes? A person uses that same amount of water in the shower in the span of just five minutes. If the plumbing can handle someone taking a shower, it sure as hell should be able to handle a washing machine.
 
Lookinagain said:
"shot-gun" apartments.
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A shot-gun house or apartment is long and thin the term originated because you could fire a shotgun in the front door and it would exit the back without hitting any walls in between
When indoor plumbing was added interior walls became a thing.

How they came about is rafts were sent down the river from the north and there was no way to get them back so they were cheap.
So you stood one up on each side and short raft or pieces to form the front and back walls.
Another raft was put on the top to act as a roof.
They were both single units and common walled apartments formed the same way.
A shotgun and a half is is a full raft on the bottom and 2 half rafts(or just short rafts) for an upper floor.
A double shotgun,, 2 shotguns sharing a wall connected with doors.
An over under shotgun house it 2 shotgun houses stacked on top of each other forming a 2 story house.
The stairs between them were often in the back of the building, sometimes outdoors.
Depending on area they were either dirt floor or another raft was used for the floor.
In modern times you see them all over the place on narrow lots.
My brother has a shotgun and a half in the Midwest built in the 60s.
I saw a modern over under shotgun being built a few months ago on a narrow lot.

That's more than you ever wanted to know about shotgun houses. :}
 
Having a washer/dryer in an apartment in my area means you are in an upscale apartment complex. Many, or even, most, do not have them. The farther you get out of the city into areas with newer apartments, means you're more likely to have them, but you are pretty much out in the "boondocks". And they still aren't cheap, maybe $2500/mo for a one bedroom. But much cheaper than being closer to our city.
 
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