A big aspect of the NYC lifestyle is having very little space or stuff at home and living your life outside the home. Most New Yorkers don't have what anyone in

A big aspect of the NYC lifestyle is having very little space or stuff at home and living your life outside the home. Most New Yorkers don't have what anyone in the first world would consider a kitchen... at best you've got a two-burner stovetop, a toaster-oven-sized oven, maybe a microwave, a miniature refrigerator, a tiny sink, and a few square feet of counterspace. And one or two plates. Most of your meals come from the huge assortment of restaurants and delis that fill all NYC neighborhoods. For many years I lived in NJ and worked in NYC, and I typically spent $20/day for a bagel and coffee in the morning and take-out lunch from a local shop. That's not exactly an extravagant lifestyle.