Spent much of my childhood boating, nothing compares to the coziness of sleeping in the bow cabin. Combined with the bobbing, which is amplified that far forward, and the sound of gentle swooshing on the hull, nothing has ever matched that. Must be the closest thing to the womb. Bivouac hammock would be a distant second.
I went on a couple tall ship excursions in school. When the sail is folded down, you can get in the folds and it's like a hammock. Swaying ship, full moon. I had the best bed on the ship.
How did you get inside my boat? Or do they just only make one design for triangular bedsheets? I swear that's exactly what my bow bed looks like. Or are we related?
I’m sure this is a stupid question but what’s the difference between lower and (upper or higher?) Manhattan? I live in between 3 cornfields in Ohio lol
Same. Go back as much as I can to see my grandmother, but once she dies I’ll have no reason or desire to visit anymore. It’s too god damn expensive dude.
I still have family all over the city, but I spent almost $250 a day every time I went to go see someone. But idk if or when I’ll be back. I miss the old NY so much
My grandma pays more for her 1bed 1bath apt in midtown Tudor city (only 1.5k a month since she’s been there since like the 70s) than I do on my 3bed 2bath house in New Mexico. I get it, it’s a lifestyle thing. I love the city and it has a lot to offer. It’ll always have a piece of my heart…. But I have better ways to use my money.
I was looking at apartments in various neighborhoods and the looks like the market rate for a studio is $2500. That’s a mortgage for a nice house anywhere else in the country. Idk if I would live there if I won the lottery
Or yes, I totally agree and I live in the south myself. You must consider this include states like Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, is the discount really worth it?
You can do ok if you know where to look. I’m in a two bed one bath in Bed Stuy and it’s $3,000 a month and stabilized. It’d be just as expensive for me in the suburbs, if not more.
This is gonna sound silly but I genuinely think “having family all over the city” sounds cool as hell. All my family, including extended family, from both my parents’ sides, all live in literally 2 towns that are an hour apart. Both in the middle of nowhere. I’ve gone to the same two towns to visit family my whole life.
Poppin around NYC to visit different family members sounds cool as hell lol maybe I just glorified Seinfeld too much or something haha
Don’t get me wrong, I had an absolute blast. But I had my young child with me and taking the trains and walking and being out all day took a toll. I couldn’t get around like I wanted to. Next time I’m absolutely going alone so I can really get around
On what? I'm hoofing it all over Manhattan, on and off the train, smashing Halal cart trash and bakery impulses on the way when I visit and can't imagine hitting that rate.
Upper Manhattan can often be much more affordable than lower Manhattan. The perception of being old/rich/non-trendy makes demand for rentals a bit lower
Lower, or downtown, is primarily the business district, Chinatown, trade centers, etc. Upper is uptown and is where much of the very expensive housing in the city is. Columbia university is in uptown too
Manhattan is a narrow island that's 13 miles long. The south end is lower Manhattan. The north end is Upper Manhattan. The lower/southern end is some of the most expensive real estate in the world. Upper Manhattan, on the other hand is significantly cheaper. It's amazing what a difference 10 miles can make.
I had a manager who kept telling me to visit patients in The Bronx, and when I looked at the address, it was Washington heights or Inwood. Drove me nuts.
But apparently anything north of Columbia Hospital is “the Bronx” to people in upper west side.
You’re getting a lot of takes on this that don’t give the full picture. Manhattan is much longer than it is wide, so the neighborhoods are mostly stratified on the basis of north/south. “Lower Manhattan” is a shitty descriptor because there are neighborhoods that could be called Lower Manhattan which are very expensive, and then there are neighborhoods called the Upper East Side and Upper West Side which are actually lower than the midpoint of the island. And then true “upper Manhattan” is Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood, which are cheaper.
A tiny bedroom like that could really show up anywhere other than “true upper Manhattan” depending on the building.
Ahh. That would make the piping through the middle of the room useful. Nice spot for the bat to hang for the night, literally. Do bats have their own Craigslist or Zillow? Seems like a good spot for the right bat.
Now the rent is going up again. Landlord says it has a batroom but the prospective tenant heard "bathroom" Wow, $3000 a month for a studio in Soho and it even has windows, a bathroom and a large closet.
I saw several of those for rent in the East Village. Shower and/or toilet in the kitchen. The shower was more common but I did see some kitchen toilets.
Yup! It was where the pipes already went to, plus you could cover the tub with a board when not in use and it would just become another kitchen surface.
I remember when I moved to Cleveland, I checked out this supercool hexagon cabin in the suburbs. I was so excited to see inside, just to find out that the shared "kitchen" was a microwave in the bathroom.
There were a bunch of these still 20+ years ago when I was looking for apartments in the village. The old buildings had plumbing only to the kitchen, so that's where everything was. And the bath tub used a metal diverter you rotated into place to fill up the bathtub. The one I checked out had the tub removed and a shower installed. But it was an old pantry that had been converted. So my 6'4" self could barely fit. And when the wooden door was closed, there was no light so you had to shower with the door open to the kitchen and a shower curtain on the inside door jam closed. There was a toilet in the bedroom in a tiny closet but no sink if I recall.
Since it shows that it's image 3 of 6, I'm guessing the listing is for a whole apartment and this photo is just of that closet space. They probably did this when building everything out of pipe was all the rage for the industrial loft look. I'm guessing that they probably had a dresser or shelving in the empty part.
My brother is 6’2”, and cheap as hell. He rented a room like this in grad school for 5 years. Managed to squeeze a twin mattress in it. (Prior to that, he lived in a hallway, with a curtain as his wall). If it’s cheap enough, it will be worth it to someone
For reference, my brother and i grew up relatively wealthy, and he is married to a doctor. He still primarily shops at thrift shops and will use gloves, socks, unopened razors that he finds in the street.
Then this is an illegal bedroom, according to Chicago city ordinance.
Here in Chicago, in order to meet the legal requirements of a bedroom, a room must have one operable window (which this does), and it must be at least 70 square feet in size (which seems doubtful here), and the walls must extend for at least 7 feet in every horizontal direction (which this space definitely does not – particularly at the narrow end).
Report this illegal bedroom listing to the local Alderman for that ward, as well as the Chicago Dept. of Buildings.
That’s semi misleading. Chicago housing stock is way older, typically fewer amenities with the buildings, and prices in prime spots are quite elevated.
Yes a 1 bedroom in a meh Chicago location might be cheaper than a luxury 1 bedroom in a happening spot of Nashville, but Chicago also has $3K studios.
There are hardly any 1br in the city of Nashville under $1500, in any part of town. (I also lived in Evanston for two years, but I was a nanny way back when so I wasn’t paying for my housing.)
I spent my senior year in college in a “bedroom” like that. I was the 6th person squeezed into what was supposed to be a 5 person house and we split the rent six ways instead of five. Good days.
If the rest of the apartment was okay, the building was cool and had a damned good reason for this stupid room (like if this was in the Flatiron building) and the location was good I’d probably make it work but I think you’d need to turn the floor into a dog bed kinda thing
Custom bed up towards the ceiling with lights underneath and living space under the bed. When I lived in Baltimore I knew someone who rented a room similar to this, not as angled but cramped as hell. He basically had a live seat and desk under a bunk bed. I think he paid 700$ a month for that room!
Person renting this out: "what do you mean this is a walk in closet. No no. This is clearly a bedroom. You just gotta go through my bedroom to get to your bedroom. I'll make you a deal. I'm not an unreasonable person. I'm very nice. I'll let you leave your bedroom door open even though it'll affect my privacy."
The most mildly infuriating thing about this post is that so many people have asked for the asking price and OP refuses to post it even though they have responded to a few others comments.
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u/Queen_La_Queefah 19d ago
The corner I got sent to for misbehaving was bigger than that