This is smaller with less features than a prison cell
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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Vertical storage and a twin bed can make it work. But the lack of a private bathroom and kitchen is a hell no from me.
oh god that means it has a communal bathroom 💀
And kitchen?!
Even larger NYC apartments frequently don't include a kitchen for whatever reason. I know if I worked there I'd likely just always get carry-out since it's much more reasonably priced than in other large US cities despite the salaries being so much higher.
Coin laundry in the basement with 2 washers and a dryer that is only half functional. For 10units.
Don't look up what some countries would consider "an illegally small prison cell".
In 2020 during the summer I was feeling pretty depressed due to obviously Covid but also my father dying and a lot of riots were happening nearby. I was generally not in a good place and wanted a change to get out of the rut I was in.
I decided to move into an apartment exactly like this but near the beach. When I say near I mean I could see the ocean from my window. It was exactly this size and configuration. It cost $900 a month back then.
The problem wasn’t as much the size as the people you live with. It attracts either young adults who want to party or older people with big life problems, like addiction, divorce, mental health issues.
The place I lived was an old wooden building so it was very easy to hear my neighbors. I didn’t sleep well the entire time I lived there…
The communal bathroom was constantly dirty despite having a service come in daily and they had laundry room that was constantly backing up and malfunctioning.
The same place today goes for nearly $2k. I lasted two months before moving into a slightly larger place with a private bath, a left after my lease was up a year later.
Living at the beach was great, but I’ll never live in a place like this again.
That is a closet.
My current closet in my bedroom is larger than this.
Its smaller than the laundry room in my 2000 sqft 4 bedroom house that I pay $1100 a month for.
(In methtown, OH... and the house is over 120 years old, still has knob and tube wiring, the plaster ceilings in the bedrooms are threating to fall down at any moment, and it's lined with asbestos and lead paint, but at least i have my own bathrooms and kitchen!)
$1,100 in Cleveland is equal to $2,800 in NYC in terms of wages and cost of living. This place is extraordinarily cheap for NYC.
Your 120 year old house has asbestos?
Yeah, why would a house built before 1930 - 1977 need any updates during that period, seems sus?
Ita often easier to just cover up asbestos than remove
The lead paint keeps the asbestos in place.
That looks identical to the clothes closet back when I worked as a waiter
Nothing some galvinized square steel and eco friendly wood veneer can't fix
Location location location
Where is this?
New York City, and probably a really desirable part of town
At least the ceilings are pretty tall.