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I found it realistic. There are a few critiques of the experience as well. > We later came to recognize the cold, commercial experience offered by this host an
by tedmiston 11y ago
I found it realistic. There are a few critiques of the experience as well.
> We later came to recognize the cold, commercial experience offered by this host and others of his ilk, with multiple listings of impersonally furnished places and a willingness to let non-reviewed guests stay, was something we wished to avoid.
> The central heating had apparently been broken for years and the weather forecast predicted a blizzard.
> Our rear-facing prewar one-bedroom, where the couch sagged and the shower was in the kitchen, was as silent as a padded cell.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoThe silence is a critique? A New York apartment where you can't hear neighbors or street noise is something to be cherished.
- tedmiston 11y agoI mean in Manhattan, sure -- but there are plenty of quiet neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The eerily silent room was in Gowanus.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoNope; that was the UES/East Harlem location that they found the day after leaving the Gowanus one. It's confusing and poorly written, because they compare both to Hamsterdam :/