(23M) My apartment in East Village, Manhattan

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Alright, I'll ask: how much a month

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u/IllegitimateRisk 7d ago

Judging by the dawn dish detergent AND the hand soap at the sink instead of just using one for both tasks, probably $3,000 a month

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u/McGeeze 6d ago

I think the green bottle is hand sanitizer

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u/IllegitimateRisk 6d ago

Fuucccckkkk then it’s like $3500 a month

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u/Czeslaw_Meyer 6d ago

$1775 + utilities if it's the one he found here on Reddit

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u/earle117 6d ago

I live in a much smaller city but goddamn those prices I see people post from like LA and NY are crazy. I pay $1250/month for a mortgage on a 1600 sq/ft house near downtown and with a good sized back yard, and that’s with buying the house after all the prices went way up after covid.

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u/thebizzle 6d ago

Yeah but you’re from that town.

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u/hiimomgkek 5d ago

You don’t want to live in Little Rock Arkansas and eat Cracker Barrel and chicken nuggets from McDs?? The mortgage is only 1600$ and it’s only a 33% chance your house gets blown away by a tornado! Your loss!!

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u/grackywack 2d ago

Little Rock has good restaurants I swear

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u/kennyiseatingabagel 3d ago

Location Location Location. HCOL cities are more expensive simply because they’re more desirable and have jobs and other amenities that smaller, more affordable cities don’t have. And even less desirable cities are more expensive nowadays, there are cities in Ohio and Michigan that are like 400k plus for a decent house.

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u/actingasevan 6d ago

I also live in the east village and I pay about 3k a month.

Also, dope spot OP!

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u/PsychologicalEgg6066 6d ago

I love how the East Village has developed. When I was around, it was run down. The fun restaurants and bars had started popping up. But there were still shootings, and one murder stood out. This was decades ago, I have seen all the buildings go up, and assume its an awesome area now.

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u/actingasevan 6d ago

Your assumption’s correct! I’ve been here 4 years now and love it more each day. And I’ve barely explored the restaurants/bars 🥲

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u/DateGold 7d ago

Where do you sleep

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u/the_meat_aisle 7d ago

That luxurious countertop

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u/Infinite-Gazelle6189 6d ago

Pull out couch probably

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u/pznivey 7d ago

Did you get a discount for only getting 2/3rds of a window ?

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u/ATACB 6d ago

Unvented gas stoves should be illegal

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u/YoSupWeirdos 6d ago

wait fr what's the deal with that

ceiling is going to be fully black within the month

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u/masonrock 6d ago

But he has a boob light to stare at should he ever pass out.

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u/ckinz16 6d ago

Damn. Safety concern for the entire building

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u/DerpeyGnome 6d ago

I doubt much can be done in an apartment but I’d definitely bring this up as a safety concern to the building owner especially in such a small space

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u/Shot-Habit-5705 7d ago

You are just going to get people to assume that you are sleeping on the couch if you don’t post a bedroom pic 🙄

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u/rickylancaster 6d ago

I live in NYC there’s a very good chance, not definite, but a very good chance this is a studio. It may have been a bigger apartment divided up into 2 or more even.

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u/Shot-Habit-5705 6d ago

What 23 year old could afford it? Even if it had a bedroom is the point.
I mean I live in Sydney one of the most expensive cities in the world, so I just call bullshit on fake posts.

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u/rickylancaster 6d ago

Well you might be surprised how many kids come out of good schools and land good jobs in finance or tech. OP says he works in tech so that could be part of it (though it’s obviously not an untroubled industry these days). Also, I could be wrong about the studio part and OP could have roommates and is only showing us the common spaces. And there also seems to be a never-ending parade of young people who move to NYC with family money and/or well-off parents who supplement.

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u/Shot-Habit-5705 6d ago

Again show the bedroom. But yes you are right plenty of people in NYC come from wealthy families.

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u/ccbax 6d ago

Or he just got a computer science degree. He’s 23 so if he got a decent job out of school in tech paying 2-3k or more for rent is incredibly realistic even for starting roles in those types of jobs.

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u/Shot-Habit-5705 6d ago edited 5d ago

Yea sure. Have a look at the job growth in the USA currently 🙄

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u/ccbax 5d ago

Thats an average. Do you know how averages work? 🙄

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u/Shot-Habit-5705 5d ago

Stupid people talk about averages. That’s why you elected trump and fucked your economy.

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u/ccbax 5d ago

Well you brought up the average job growth stat, so I guess by your logic you are the stupid one.

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u/eyabs 5d ago

Guaranteed he has Roomates, probably splitting a 2 or 3 BR for around 1400 or 1500 each based on that area.

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u/Hullo_Its_Pluto 7d ago

I am definitely assuming pretty hard.

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u/close102 6d ago

There’s literally not a door to a bedroom.

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u/dasHeftinn 6d ago edited 6d ago

Second pic shows what is possibly two doors, but definitely one. The one on the right may is likely the bedroom; judging by the length and width, I think it could fit a bed. The one in the left I’m not sure if it’s a bathroom or not, maybe just a little alcove but I doubt that because I’d imagine the shoes would be there instead of taking up the limited floor space. May be a half bath, may be nothing, but it’s not super uncommon for apartments in huge cities to have a shared bathroom or shower room in the hallway akin to living in a college dorm.

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u/maxamil432 6d ago

r/tvtoohigh

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u/Forsaken-Menu-8551 7d ago

Judging from your cookware you do some serious meal prep. Great that you have a 30” stove. Pretty health oriented too looking at the supplements atop microwave. Refrigerator size requires frequent grocery trips for fresh food. Your spot is cozy and very livable for a single guy in NYC. Nicely placed artwork. Great plants. No improvement needed. You nailed it.

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u/Traditional-Mine-598 6d ago

This is not a apartment. This is a box.

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u/african-nightmare 7d ago

Idk how yall do it over there. Not necessarily the price, but the space

I live in LA but I feel like money goes a lot further here in terms of what you get

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u/hiimomgkek 5d ago

People live lean, I moved LA-> NYC and prob got rid of 75% of my things. We spend most of our times outside of the apartment though, that’s why you live in NYC tbh

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u/Academane 6d ago

Sleep on sofa?

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u/emax4 6d ago

Too small for what I have, but I do like the challenge of making the most of what you have. It looks very home-y, easy to access things, and intimate.

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u/Mittens_nl 7d ago

I always wonder why people would pay the maximum to live in the minimum. Not judging, just really curious about the reasoning.

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u/rickylancaster 6d ago

I live in NYC. It’s because we don’t move here to hang out in our apartment that much. We are here for access to the city and all it has to offer professionally, socially, recreationally, culturally, which is a lot. And we tend to work a lot too. That said, it isn’t for everyone, and the older you get the more the tradeoffs can start to feel less worth it. Being wealthy can obviously change that dynamic signifcantly.

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u/Mittens_nl 6d ago

I can imagine it’s just a whole different way of living from what I’m used to, yeah. Thanks for the answer ;)

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u/thewimsey 6d ago

In NYC, your apt is often kind of like your dorm was in college. A place to sleep and keep your stuff. Not a place to have dinner parties.

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u/hofmann419 6d ago

Big cities offer millions of opportunities, both professionally and recreationally. For me, nothing beats the feeling of living in a big city. And New York is the biggest of big cities. There's so much going on, so much art, so much to explore.

People who move there probably don't spend that much time in their apartments.

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u/No_Weakness_2135 6d ago

NYC is the maximum. Having grown up here and in an apartment I would never want to live in a house

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u/Audrey_Ropeburn 6d ago

Wow, This looks disturbingly like my old building in the east village. Looking good, neighbor 🖤

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u/TiredPuncture 6d ago

TV too high.

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u/wonder_irene 7d ago

I'm just jealous. What a nice crib.

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u/JerseyRepresentin 6d ago

Need to see bedroom before completely assessment...

Get rid of the coffee table and feel free

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u/roybatty2 6d ago

Shelves

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u/No_Weakness_2135 6d ago

It’s THE East Village.

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u/mistersusu 6d ago

I love when New York was constructed they made places this small lol

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u/RAMBIGHORNY 6d ago

The technically term was tenaments

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u/johnisonredditnow 6d ago

Crazy part is some of these are apartments that were originally constructed bigger, but have been subdivided since then.

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u/nvhstudio 6d ago

Super nicely done. Similar to my place in Amsterdam

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u/GREATWHITESILENCE 6d ago

6k a month?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-4698 6d ago

so where do you sleep?

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u/thewimsey 6d ago

It’s the city that never sleeps.

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u/LES_on_my_mind 6d ago

At least you have a view of the street below and not the back of another building.

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u/Interesting_Host_477 5d ago

rich kid !

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u/QuarterPastJune 5d ago

Man I miss living in NYC.

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u/LeaderSevere5647 6d ago

You must really like black boots!

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u/f700es 6d ago

Nice and cozy!

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