Yeah, it’s definitely a major hole in the accounting. Having said that, heat in Manhattan tends to be very efficient because of the density. The majority of th

Yeah, it’s definitely a major hole in the accounting. Having said that, heat in Manhattan tends to be very efficient because of the density. The majority of the radiators in my apartment (it’s a prewar building with old-school cast iron radiators) are permanently off, and there are a couple we turn on only when the temp dips into the 20s or below. It gets unbearably hot if they are on even just a little bit at other times. Obviously I’m benefiting from the heat in other apartments, but anecdotally my neighbors have very similar behavior - it’s not like they’re all running the heat on full blast and I’m free-riding. And we all share the building oil bill in any case - there’s no water heat metering so no major incentive to turn down the radiators, it’s just that excessively hot if we don’t. Most of the heating demand in Manhattan apartments goes toward showers and baths from what I can gather.