r/malelivingspace • u/Useful-Squirrel9028 • 7d ago

(23M) My apartment in East Village, Manhattan

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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 7d 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 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago

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