I briefly lived in Manhattan, and I think my neighbor across the hall was in such a unique situation. The building was an old one in the center of Manhattan, b

I briefly lived in Manhattan, and I think my neighbor across the hall was in such a unique situation. The building was an old one in the center of Manhattan, but newly renovated. I moved in in 2021, and I think everybody had moved in within the last 5 years. There were a bunch of young professionals that had graduated from NYU and such. But this guy was the only one without the iPhone electronic lock on his door -- and good for him, the iPhone locks are a reason why I moved out of the building! (Unsurprisingly, the locks once malfunctioned and we were locked out of the building. Computers make everything work very poorly these days.) Anyway, I chatted with him in the elevator, and once asked when he moved in. I believe he said 1989 -- anyway, it was like 3 decades. He didn't look to be more than 40, so I guess he must have lived there as a child, and inherited the apartment. Also, whenever I talked to him, he would say something super political without prompting, like "Adams is fucking slob, under Giuliani we had law and order" or something. (Also, he was black, which may break your mental image a bit.)