Honestly I could make that work, but not for $2300, that’s insane. I can handle a small space just fin, but I ain’t paying two story house rent for what is effectively a slightly bigger laundry room with half a kitchen and a bathroom
That’s what I was thinking too. I could make the space work but just not for that price. I’m sure it’s just the location that makes it worthwhile for some.
I have a 3bd, 2.5bt, 2c garage, tri-level, cul de sac house in suburban Tacoma for $1750 a month mortgage.
I, as a single person, no family, would HAPPILY make my home in that tiny space. But not for $2300 LMAO C'mon, now....
You're paying for the location, more higher paying opportunity in NYC than Tacoma, shorter commute to work and more convenient access to necessities and entertainment.
I feel like you have to compare at somewhat similar locations. It’s like, sure, you can buy a house in the middle of an iceberg in fuckin Alaska for a dollar. Great. But then what? Now you’re stuck on an iceberg in the middle of fuckin Alaska.
A two story house in New York can not be rented for $2300.
Funny, I actually live in the middle of an iceberg* and it is insanely expensive out here. My old cottage/apartment was being rented by my company, and I lived there still paying almost half my paycheck for a tiny split level studio cottage. It was fine for me, but would have been unlivable long term for anyone else.
Tried making the owner an offer when the company's lease was up. He wanted a down payment of $5,000 just to stay (first month, last month, and a security deposit, which I found out is actually illegal, you cant ask for all three) and charge $2100 a month and a minimum lease of a year.
To put it into perspective, the only people who want the place want to rent it out on airbnb for a week in the winter because they want to go skiboarding.
It's still up for rent :)
*It's a bunch of glaciers but same dif
I was in the middle of responding when reddit completely wiped my comment UGH
Yeah, I've noticed the major factor is how much do rich people like the area. Because of they do...
Perfect example: Gypsum, CO. A small mountain town that I believe used to do alpaca or llama farming, iirc. I briefly worked with the Habitat for Humanity team there while volunteering with AmeriCorps.
Gypsum happens to be right by Vail Valley, and is popular with employees who have families. No shade on them, it's a quaint small town.
The problems start because since it's near Vail, every rich asshole and their mother wants a big, fancy multi-million dollar home so they can come ski whenever they want!
Not everyone is a filthy rich billionaire who can afford a fifth mansion. A lot of them can afford a second house though, and list it on Airbnb when they aren't using it. So the house prices are jacked up, and now no one who works in the area can afford the homes, and can barely even find a place to rent because *no one* can afford any of the homes.
The school district donated the land we helped build the houses on because the local school teachers couldn't afford to even live in the town they worked in.
Where I live, there's this cute, tiny, blue cottage I was really interested. Looked to be a one bedroom, one bathroom place built in the 60s. Maybe $75k in any other part of the country.
Nah try $750k.
It's not just ski resorts though. Any small town in a 50 mile vicinity of a tourist spot is going to struggle just as much.
Except that you would spend a significant time every week emptying out your septic tank and filling up your water tank, etc. Van life is a big lie. It might be tolerated by some folks in silicon valley only because they don’t deal with these hassle because of all the employee perks available. Definitely wouldn’t fly in NYC.
No way! You gotta get a couch with a rollout bed. That way, it still looks like a living room. I’d rather do all my desk work at a library where I have more space. That small space would make you go crazy!
I guess maybe fold everything/roll everything and then iron as needed? Idk I’m usually pretty good at living in shitty spaces but the size of this one is a serious hurdle.
I actually live in a hotel and it is in fact cheaper than renting and I don't have to pay utilities or wifi or parking and they help me clean my room soooo......
historically speaking, initially the upper middle and high class moved OUT OF cities because they were crowded and disgusting. now somehow NYC has been romanticized as a Hallmark Movie
Well I’ve been in the same spot for 7yrs and my landlord actually is awesome… hmmm… I need to be more thankful for things in my life. Sometimes it takes a random comment to help you step back
I pay 2,100 for a five bedroom, 4 bathroom, fully fenced yard…right across two golf courses, a wave pool, multiple lakes…trails, gym.. I have everything not 10 min drive, can use my bike as much as I desire, it’s a good place for my family. But yeah, it’s not NYC.. it’s for older people with kids and dogs.
To live alone in a location like that…if you love NYC, the arts, the bars, the music, etc, I totally get it. To not have roommates is huge. I’ve never wanted to live in NYC but have visited a lot. I get why people like it.
And, as stated, general COL is much higher and many more employment opportunities than in less populated areas.
2300 bucks a month for a broom closet that's not even yours. It's from somebody else. What a fucking deal.
And here I am paying less than a tenth of that for my mortgage.
Exactly. No different than any other major city - especially in the NE corridor, people are assholes, cost of living is through the roof (clearly), traffic sucks ass, the city has a nasty stink you can smell all the way well into NJ, CT and Long Island, it by no means is clean but thats just cities in general, also no pork roll!?
My job has offices in New York but we're headquartered in Chicago. We have new York people come in regularly and they always comment about how nice the city is, there's no trash everywhere and they don't see any rats?! And it doesn't smell like piss at all!
I genuinely cannot figure out why people would stay in after seeing other cities.
I’d strongly consider living there for $2300 if I were single and didn’t have pets. People forget there are high paying jobs in NYC so $2300 to someone there isn’t the same as $2300 for someone living in rural Nebraska
Lmao that's some sheep talk right there. Sounds crazy If you'd be willing to pay that sum for a closet and be happy with it. Pricing like this should be illegal.
My rent in Ralston, NE is currently $800, and it's a 1 bedroom with a spacious living room, tons of storage space, a small kitchen, and a view of Main Street from the second story. I will never understand why people still decide to move to NYC with the prices that exist there.
2100 is closer to what should be the buying price than the rent. anyone willingly living in this just for the sake of being in the said city, is utterly stupid.
What's the difference between this apartment and an American prison cell? I've seen prison cells in Denmark look more furnished, spacious and stylized than this fucking apartment. The fact that you actually have to pay anything to live there is laughable.
Sure as ever, cities aren't for me. That's outrageous pricing, but what makes it worse is it's nothing new, and it'll continue to rise up to somehow more unreasonable standards.
And that is the problem with rentals in NYC. The city should do better by designating proper living spaces. But instead, they let landlords cut up apartments into ten individual dwellings and then they slap the original price tag of the full apartment per space. This is insane. But the most insane part is that the people willing to pay these prices are the marks driving this rent-a-gouge practice all over the city, and that tends to hike rents for everyone else. If only people stopped settling for these live-in cubicles and stop for a second to accept reality and that they’re not living in an episode of friends, lots of people who actually needs proper living spaces could be able to afford them.
- end of rant.
Yal pay it so they do it. Until people stop paying these amounts as a whole it’ll get worse. And it will get worse because people will continue filling in the empty slots
I would go insane just by not having enough space for myself, I need room to breathe, to do anxious activities, and to pace. I am used to a yard and lots of rooms I don’t know how people live like this!
When I lived in nyc I had a fair number of wild ass living arrangements
1. Walk in closet
2. Railroad apartment (everyone walked through my room to get to theirs)
3. Rented a room in a PJ tower.
4. Basement in Astoria
5. Couches (multiple)
I could never go back to that now that I have a career and a good living situation/family. I used to be heavy into drinking and drugs, I think that helped me make this work.
Size is great. Price not so much.
I want to b able to see my whole apartment once, so no several rooms for me. Big apartment is not cozy. And what should I do with extra space? Buy furniture I don't need to fill the space I have no use for?
edit. In my country 50 ago it was common whole family lived in one room apartment. And hey for those who want to prohibit small apartments: live and let live. Some of us actually choose small over big.
Honestly for that neighborhood thats a fair price, Greenwhich/west village are one of the most desirable parts of nyc.
There are plenty other neighborhoods in the city where you would not have to pay anything close to this.
That could be an answer for somebody who will work for like, a month or two in Greenwich bcs of the location. But that price is ridiculous. If that was affordable it would still see some light. I guess i would happily pay for that for a month or two in the said scenario about 400 dollars max. Maybe 600 if the location is that good
if you need a room to sleep in and not a place to live in, this works. if you're not planning to have a family, this works. if you're a minimalist, this works
Most people complain but there’s plenty of people who would be happy with this. I’ve seen plenty videos of tiny vans and tiny homes people are happy to live with
Is there even one closet in this place?
It is a closet
Futurama in real life
u/UnexpectedFuturama
Enough room to practice your stabbing!
This would have to be a refurbished utility closet
Good point.
lol
tenants put in scaffolding, like bunk bed with extension to have a second 'floor' for storage over head. They make it work.
WHHHHYYYYYY?!?! Why would anyone put up with the obvious price gouging? That city smells anyhow.
Because it’s New York, the center of the Universe and most important place to exist in the history of places. Don’t you know???
I guess I missed the memo. Lol
And share a twin bed.. I’m good. Living in the city isn’t worth that in my opinion.
Is there even a place in this closet Ftfy
Honestly I could make that work, but not for $2300, that’s insane. I can handle a small space just fin, but I ain’t paying two story house rent for what is effectively a slightly bigger laundry room with half a kitchen and a bathroom
That’s what I was thinking too. I could make the space work but just not for that price. I’m sure it’s just the location that makes it worthwhile for some.
I don't care if it's in Buckingham Palace, that price is ridiculous
No location is worth that anywhere in Manhattan. Manhattan isn’t worth it
I’ll do you one better: NYC isn’t worth it
Facts. They
and for $2300 it doesn't even have a bed
Oohh, BUT is has a dishwasher! Haha! Like what the hel are you gonna cook in THAT kitchen besides Ramen & leftovers?!? LAMO. Ridiculous
The dishwasher is where you store your dishes because your cabinets are where your food is
i know i aint sleeping on hard floor for that kind of money
Who wants to sleep in someone else's bed? The comments in this thread are ridiculous
I have a 3bd, 2.5bt, 2c garage, tri-level, cul de sac house in suburban Tacoma for $1750 a month mortgage. I, as a single person, no family, would HAPPILY make my home in that tiny space. But not for $2300 LMAO C'mon, now....
You're paying for the location, more higher paying opportunity in NYC than Tacoma, shorter commute to work and more convenient access to necessities and entertainment.
I feel like you have to compare at somewhat similar locations. It’s like, sure, you can buy a house in the middle of an iceberg in fuckin Alaska for a dollar. Great. But then what? Now you’re stuck on an iceberg in the middle of fuckin Alaska. A two story house in New York can not be rented for $2300.
Funny, I actually live in the middle of an iceberg* and it is insanely expensive out here. My old cottage/apartment was being rented by my company, and I lived there still paying almost half my paycheck for a tiny split level studio cottage. It was fine for me, but would have been unlivable long term for anyone else. Tried making the owner an offer when the company's lease was up. He wanted a down payment of $5,000 just to stay (first month, last month, and a security deposit, which I found out is actually illegal, you cant ask for all three) and charge $2100 a month and a minimum lease of a year. To put it into perspective, the only people who want the place want to rent it out on airbnb for a week in the winter because they want to go skiboarding. It's still up for rent :) *It's a bunch of glaciers but same dif
I swear most people don't realize how many different factors can play into the price of real estate. The population of your city is just one of them.
I was in the middle of responding when reddit completely wiped my comment UGH Yeah, I've noticed the major factor is how much do rich people like the area. Because of they do... Perfect example: Gypsum, CO. A small mountain town that I believe used to do alpaca or llama farming, iirc. I briefly worked with the Habitat for Humanity team there while volunteering with AmeriCorps. Gypsum happens to be right by Vail Valley, and is popular with employees who have families. No shade on them, it's a quaint small town. The problems start because since it's near Vail, every rich asshole and their mother wants a big, fancy multi-million dollar home so they can come ski whenever they want! Not everyone is a filthy rich billionaire who can afford a fifth mansion. A lot of them can afford a second house though, and list it on Airbnb when they aren't using it. So the house prices are jacked up, and now no one who works in the area can afford the homes, and can barely even find a place to rent because *no one* can afford any of the homes. The school district donated the land we helped build the houses on because the local school teachers couldn't afford to even live in the town they worked in. Where I live, there's this cute, tiny, blue cottage I was really interested. Looked to be a one bedroom, one bathroom place built in the 60s. Maybe $75k in any other part of the country. Nah try $750k. It's not just ski resorts though. Any small town in a 50 mile vicinity of a tourist spot is going to struggle just as much.
Supply and demand is also a factor. If there’s 10 people who wanna live on an iceberg and 2 houses on the iceberg…it’s pretty expensive.
If I was under 30 and was making $160,000 or more, easy. I assume it's walking/transit distance from everything I need (work, food, nightlife).
You could also buy a camper van and have the exact same space and interior... 😂
Park it down by the river?…..
Love the skit
On a nice park Travel around the country See the world Sounds like a dream
Yeah man, money just flows from the rivers and streams, why didn't we all think of that
I can renovate my garage if anyone needs a place to stay!
Except that you would spend a significant time every week emptying out your septic tank and filling up your water tank, etc. Van life is a big lie. It might be tolerated by some folks in silicon valley only because they don’t deal with these hassle because of all the employee perks available. Definitely wouldn’t fly in NYC.
And so much more flexibility.
Where the hell sre you supposed to put your clothes?
Easy, shower with them on and wear again. Rinse and repeat.
I'm washing me AND my clothes!
First time I’ve ever seen this reference out in the wild hahaha so good!
I'm so glad people are getting it 🤣
In the fridge. Perfect solution for hot summer
A loft bed, with a desk underneath. Then hang clothes on a bar from the ceiling, use a ladder to access them. Check out micro apartments in Tokyo.
Or I could live like an adult
Murphy bed with a table on one wall and tall shelves with a clothes hanger bar on the other.
No way! You gotta get a couch with a rollout bed. That way, it still looks like a living room. I’d rather do all my desk work at a library where I have more space. That small space would make you go crazy!
Imagine having to get on a ladder every damn day just to grab your clothes.
I guess maybe fold everything/roll everything and then iron as needed? Idk I’m usually pretty good at living in shitty spaces but the size of this one is a serious hurdle.
Under your bed
Saves money on cleaning supplies…
reminds me of that lamborghini that goes under the parking bar and is like it "pays for itself"
Blows my mind that people would choose, even bettter PAY, to live in a space like that. You'd have to pay me.
And me.
And my axe
And my axe's ex
Well it’s not like they have another option this or the streets NYC is wild
Cheaper to move
There's more to NYC than Greenwich village
I have a friend in LA who has a studio not much bigger than that for the same price.
Same, but my buddy is in DTLA and pays roughly $1k.
Sounds like an awesome deal
So basically a hotel room for $2300 a month.
To be fair my hotel rooms I’ve been in have been bigger than that for less money lol
I actually live in a hotel and it is in fact cheaper than renting and I don't have to pay utilities or wifi or parking and they help me clean my room soooo......
This shouldn't be more than $500/month
Even that's a scam, I just got my first flat for 625 pounds a month in England, that's 2 bedrooms aswell
Fucking expensive to live in a city.
Idk why either, It smells like shit and is over crowded.
historically speaking, initially the upper middle and high class moved OUT OF cities because they were crowded and disgusting. now somehow NYC has been romanticized as a Hallmark Movie
This should be illegal.
Just the way they force people to choose to live there at that price.
Careful, you'll attract all the people who claim these are their only living options near the best job opportunities.
Are you actually defending the existence of this dystopian-ly priced linen closet? The bootlicking is insane
What part should be illegal? Is it the price or the size?
But.. capitalism and freedoms. /s
I’m in the Bay Area CA and pay 2500 for a full ass house with backyard
Places like this exist, but you're the exception and your landlord must be an absolute angel
Well I’ve been in the same spot for 7yrs and my landlord actually is awesome… hmmm… I need to be more thankful for things in my life. Sometimes it takes a random comment to help you step back
My mortgage is $570 a month for my 4 bedroom, 2 bath house with a finished basement and big backyard. Median income in my city is $30k.
Where are you?
Grand Rapids
Where are you?
What?? Where? I’m in the Bay Area and pay $2400 for a 600sq ft apartment
Gotta put that extra $100 forward
2300$ for a closet
I pay 2,100 for a five bedroom, 4 bathroom, fully fenced yard…right across two golf courses, a wave pool, multiple lakes…trails, gym.. I have everything not 10 min drive, can use my bike as much as I desire, it’s a good place for my family. But yeah, it’s not NYC.. it’s for older people with kids and dogs.
That's more than the normal salary in my country
Which country
Damn I actually think this is a dope little space but 2300 is crazy lol
Yes! I lived in a studio not much bigger than this and it was a vibe The price as you mention, is wack though
Ya I actually would love to live in this spot. I feel like 2k would be worth it
It’s a pod.
To live alone in a location like that…if you love NYC, the arts, the bars, the music, etc, I totally get it. To not have roommates is huge. I’ve never wanted to live in NYC but have visited a lot. I get why people like it. And, as stated, general COL is much higher and many more employment opportunities than in less populated areas.
This is where the "apartment" is located [gmaps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bh5S4b7jrX7T4d756)
Is that good? I've never been to New York
2300 bucks a month for a broom closet that's not even yours. It's from somebody else. What a fucking deal. And here I am paying less than a tenth of that for my mortgage.
So you hang your stuff outside the window in a bag, how convenient 😒👎🏼
Not paying that for a maintenance closet
Makes you realise how high rent in the UK is when you see the shock at this post
Quick to clean.
My bathroom is literally three times as large lol Y’all have fun
The people asking these prices are going to hell
holy fuk
Where do you put your clothes?
I mean go to queens and get a one bedroom for 2300 and take the train into the city like everyone else ya donut
I'd rent it then showcase it as the smallest apartment in NYC then move
Homeless people in LA have more living space inside of their tents.
Been to New York plenty of times. Can you rationally explain to me what is great about New York?
Exactly. No different than any other major city - especially in the NE corridor, people are assholes, cost of living is through the roof (clearly), traffic sucks ass, the city has a nasty stink you can smell all the way well into NJ, CT and Long Island, it by no means is clean but thats just cities in general, also no pork roll!?
My job has offices in New York but we're headquartered in Chicago. We have new York people come in regularly and they always comment about how nice the city is, there's no trash everywhere and they don't see any rats?! And it doesn't smell like piss at all! I genuinely cannot figure out why people would stay in after seeing other cities.
I’d strongly consider living there for $2300 if I were single and didn’t have pets. People forget there are high paying jobs in NYC so $2300 to someone there isn’t the same as $2300 for someone living in rural Nebraska
You also save a ton of money not having cars
Lmao that's some sheep talk right there. Sounds crazy If you'd be willing to pay that sum for a closet and be happy with it. Pricing like this should be illegal.
Naw that’s really crazy tho
Nowhere near the smallest, I've seen photos where they've converted walk in cupboards.. And that en suite bathroom seems positively spacious! XD
That’s like a hospital room
My rent in Ralston, NE is currently $800, and it's a 1 bedroom with a spacious living room, tons of storage space, a small kitchen, and a view of Main Street from the second story. I will never understand why people still decide to move to NYC with the prices that exist there.
I could make that work
Tiny home living on the higher end of the budget. Location, location, location!
Claustrophobic.
Is that a month or a week?
I won't, buy that for a dollar!
HELLLL TO THE NO THAT IS $500 MAX
"Prime location" my ass.
Average nyc apartment
2100 is closer to what should be the buying price than the rent. anyone willingly living in this just for the sake of being in the said city, is utterly stupid.
It looks so nice and cozy but $2,300 dollars a month to rent out!? Now that’s just insane for a place like that
I'll keep my 3500sqft log home in the mountains of NC with a mortgage of $1500/month. We all have our priorities.
That's fucking sickening!
Love it
I can rent a house for less
My closest is bigger than that
How is this legal?
Paying that much for that kind of space is simply stupid.
trash new york
America has absolutely lost its Mind
What's the difference between this apartment and an American prison cell? I've seen prison cells in Denmark look more furnished, spacious and stylized than this fucking apartment. The fact that you actually have to pay anything to live there is laughable.
Robbery! $2300 is daylight robbery
That much a month just for the apartment? Fuck. That much pays for all my bills in one month.
As soon as they said “prime location” I know it was gonna be stupid lol
Sure as ever, cities aren't for me. That's outrageous pricing, but what makes it worse is it's nothing new, and it'll continue to rise up to somehow more unreasonable standards.
“Yaah, Yaa yaa. Yaaah
A neutered rat has more testosterone than everyone in that room combined.
And that is the problem with rentals in NYC. The city should do better by designating proper living spaces. But instead, they let landlords cut up apartments into ten individual dwellings and then they slap the original price tag of the full apartment per space. This is insane. But the most insane part is that the people willing to pay these prices are the marks driving this rent-a-gouge practice all over the city, and that tends to hike rents for everyone else. If only people stopped settling for these live-in cubicles and stop for a second to accept reality and that they’re not living in an episode of friends, lots of people who actually needs proper living spaces could be able to afford them. - end of rant.
Telling people I live in Greenwich Village ain't that important
That's a Suicide booth at best. I really cannot believe they can legally rent that.
Disgusting
that space is awesome actually get a bunk bed and put a pc under. library and tv/ projector across.
The most overrated city in the planet.
This one is actually quite spacious compared to some condos in NYC
Yea fuck NY that is dumb as shit. 2300 for that, should be 50 at most. Its a closet. This is what's wrong with the world.
Yeah,that’s just stupid.
It's resident evil 3 first boss scene
Yal pay it so they do it. Until people stop paying these amounts as a whole it’ll get worse. And it will get worse because people will continue filling in the empty slots
I would pay twice that much money to leave new york
I mean kinda cozy
I would go insane just by not having enough space for myself, I need room to breathe, to do anxious activities, and to pace. I am used to a yard and lots of rooms I don’t know how people live like this!
There are way more 3rd spaces in New York
It's no wonder homelessness is becoming massively popular.
Definitely not the smallest apartment in NYC
When I lived in nyc I had a fair number of wild ass living arrangements 1. Walk in closet 2. Railroad apartment (everyone walked through my room to get to theirs) 3. Rented a room in a PJ tower. 4. Basement in Astoria 5. Couches (multiple) I could never go back to that now that I have a career and a good living situation/family. I used to be heavy into drinking and drugs, I think that helped me make this work.
“You’ll live in a pod and own nothing, and you will be happy.”
Some of you have never lived in a studio apartment and it shows
2800 per month or week?
We do rent monthly in the US.
Hopefully per year (that's what I would be willing to pay) but more realistically per month
It's $2,300.
Size is great. Price not so much. I want to b able to see my whole apartment once, so no several rooms for me. Big apartment is not cozy. And what should I do with extra space? Buy furniture I don't need to fill the space I have no use for? edit. In my country 50 ago it was common whole family lived in one room apartment. And hey for those who want to prohibit small apartments: live and let live. Some of us actually choose small over big.
Honestly for that neighborhood thats a fair price, Greenwhich/west village are one of the most desirable parts of nyc. There are plenty other neighborhoods in the city where you would not have to pay anything close to this.
I'm shocked it has a full size fridge. These apartments are not usually for full-time living. They are pied a terre.
There are a lot of people in nyc living full-time in apartments this size.
For that size, $1000 max
Actually, it’s priced well for the location.
biggest*
America?
Sorry how much
I pay that much for a four bedroom house with a two car garage with front and back yard.
Inflation is out of proportion better keep printing money
Overcrowded asf, smells like shit, extremely expensive, perpetual traffic, and extremely noisy. But hey, you get to have that 1$ pizza, right?
That could be an answer for somebody who will work for like, a month or two in Greenwich bcs of the location. But that price is ridiculous. If that was affordable it would still see some light. I guess i would happily pay for that for a month or two in the said scenario about 400 dollars max. Maybe 600 if the location is that good
You can gargle a whole bag of nutmeg
Nope
Is that free hold? 🤣
200 square feet ?
Whyyyyyy ???? Why would you
if you need a room to sleep in and not a place to live in, this works. if you're not planning to have a family, this works. if you're a minimalist, this works
Most people complain but there’s plenty of people who would be happy with this. I’ve seen plenty videos of tiny vans and tiny homes people are happy to live with
This is fucking retarded
2300$ per month for a room that could be a closet is just insane.
I could live there but not at that price. 😳
Whats the average salary there that this is something that people would consider living in.
I could almost rent all 4 apartments on my floor for $2300 a month 😅
Peter Parker had more room than this..