If you’re in downtown or midtown they’re small. I lived in Washington Heights (north Manhattan) for a few years and my apartment was two bedrooms with a relati

If you’re in downtown or midtown they’re small. I lived in Washington Heights (north Manhattan) for a few years and my apartment was two bedrooms with a relatively big living area, and I was able to afford that with an academic’s salary. I don’t remember the exact square footage but my wife and I lived there and it didn’t feel cramped at all. I own a house in Brooklyn now and if you count the basement it’s about 1600sqft. Though York is a fairly rural town, and houses/apartments that small in rural America, as far as I am aware, are basically unheard of.