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> for the right person [...] they're a great option Definitely -- anyone who disagrees needs look at the conditions that some high-rent NYC apartments are in.
by huehehue 8y ago
> for the right person [...] they're a great option
Definitely -- anyone who disagrees needs look at the conditions that some high-rent NYC apartments are in. Showers in the kitchen, windowless bedrooms, brown tap water, any number of safety/code violations, and so on. They're not exactly common, but there's not much of a stigma and people will gladly pay 3-4x the rent of those micro-apartments just to live in the thick of the action. And wasn't there a story about a Google engineer living in a van or something?
Compared to the castles people have in midwest U.S., sure, they're a bit cramped. But $600/month to live in a major metro area with no roommates? Sign me up.
- ghaff 8y agoAnd, frankly, it's nothing new. It was a cliche at least back to the 80s that newly minted grads in finance would deal with tiny rat-infested crap apartments with roommates in Manhattan rather than get something decent in Queens for half the price. Because they couldn't imagine not being in the middle of the action (and most of their friends were the same).
- pavel_lishin 8y ago> windowless bedrooms For the record, this is usually against codes, and typically indicates an illegal sublet.