When I lived in NYC, this was the way everything was. You optimize the stuff you do all the time, and the stuff you don’t costs more time and money, but almost

When I lived in NYC, this was the way everything was. You optimize the stuff you do all the time, and the stuff you don’t costs more time and money, but almost assuredly less money than having it all the time (just try owning a car or having a spare bedroom). Once you get used to it, it starts to feel pretty crazy that people have extra/spare stuff, and actually even kind of immoral in a weird way.