I live on the other side of the country in a mid sized apartment. Backyard, 3 Parking Spaces, Garage, 2 Bedrooms and 1 Bath and I pay $2000 a month. It's not perfect by any stretch, but at least the 4 of us can live here at $500 a person.
@@suatae I hear ya! I live in the south, in a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment (just me and my partner) and pay less than $1000 a month. It’s also not perfect, but at least it’s somewhat affordable lol.
I live in a 3 bedroom 1bath house, 1250 sq ft, garage, large lot. When I still had a mortgage I paid $650/mo. This is a medium size college town with all sorts of things to do, good food spots AND close to two major cities with even more stuff to do. NYC can suck it, bebe.
My friend bought a condo in a really beautiful beach city (I don't remember the name) for $100,000. I saw pics and it's absolutely lovely. Trying to convince my husband to consider moving there ❤.
I love what they call 'penthouse'. I'm an old guy who grew up with a extravagant idea of what a 'penthouse apartment' is. It is top floor of an expensive and exclusive high rise apartment building and may even have its own elevator, floor to ceiling glass views of Central Park etc. all around, a garden area etc. What THEY call 'penthouses' now we used to call 'fifth floor walkups' and they were CHEAPER because you had to walk up!
@@justicedemocrat9357 I hold down two jobs at 70 and see able bodied 20 something young men begging on corners,.I don't need a nursing home but they effing need either rehab or jail.
@@justicedemocrat9357 I know, from personal family experience how many of these 'poor homeless men' have left a wreckage of a life behind them of abused and abandoned children, wives, parents bankrupted on yet another attempt at rehab, victims to their thefts, violence and just plain selfish carelessness.
> Michelle Harley Unbelievable! It's almost like they price them so high so no one will rent them - less population in the city or something weird like that.
@@kerryalfaro9437 I hear you, Kerry. I dislike being the bearer of bad news but I've seen on several sites discussing where Biden is delivering plane loads & bus loads of the illegal immigrants across America in the middle of the night that many of them are stating they want to be dropped off in New York City. Since Biden implemented his "open border" policy, it is estimated that four to five million have entered our country - this is a recipe for disaster. He won't get my vote for re-election.
Yepp think of what the economy really is for, to ensure each does their part. The rich just feed off of us and the government is basically controlled by them.
In the first apartment where the shower door couldn't open all the way, he said you can solve that by replacing the toilet with a urinal. They have to poop outdoors or in a 🪣 though.
I was looking to move to NYC, visited. After looking between rent & jobs and seeing what people there call "deals" or "beautiful" when it comes to somewhere to live is absolutely depressing. It's disgusting that $2k a month can't even buy you complete privacy.
And I was thinking who cares about the apartment, you’ll only be there long enough to sleep because you’ll need three jobs to pay for it!! Where I live you can rent 4, 3 bedroom apartments or 2 single family homes for the price of one tiny “town house” in NYC! I used to dream about moving there when I was way young. Almost glad I didn’t pursue it… Like, is this a super ritzy part of the city to live!? Those apartments are glorious compared to some I’ve seen, and he’s like “eh” they’re ok… maybe here property owners don’t put much into their places because so many morons just end up trashing them. Thanks for the tours though! Fun and interesting for sure! Oh and like the other person mentioned… I cringed every time you slammed a cupboard, a drawer, flung a door open and it hit the wall etc. You’re a little rough on stuff someone else is going to be renting….. but my husband would say OMG it’s fine, he’s not hurting anything.. LOL
I would never recommend moving to NYC. In addition to federal and state taxes, you also have city tax. That's on top of the expenses you already mentioned. Additionally, people think it is so cool to live in NYC, however, unless you are making a huge sum of money you will not be able to afford the fun and cool things you think you would do being able to live there. On top of the expense, the crime is through the roof. The best thing to do is live somewhere affordable and take trips to NYC if you really wanted to. One trip and a mugging would most likely end that interest.
@@mortimerbrewster3671 oh yeah, the idea of moving there or anywhere within a 50 mile radius is long gone. I visited for a few weeks and people between NJ & NY drivers ruined my car. Looks like the hulk punched in the front & back of my car. Hotel was meh and people inside businesses always seemed hella rude. Just a big pass for me. Thankful I took a visit before jumping to moving. Absolutely most miserable vacation in my life.
Being optimistic and ignoring reality is not the same thing. You can't call a branch a tree. You can't justify minuses with a positive attitude. Seeing the top of the shopping center 10 miles away does not mean having a good view of the shopping center.
I had to move out of Long Island because a one bedroom was $2,000 a month in the ghetto. The apartment was full of flying roaches that came from the crawl space, rats and mice everywhere and other tenants kids damaging your vehicle on a regular basis. Lead paint walls cracking in every room, leaking walls from broken pipes, the floors buckled from broken pipes beneath you in the crawl space and mold everywhere. I moved upstate NY and now have a 3 bedroom for $1,300 in a very wealthy area. Very peaceful and serene. Beautiful Deers greet me at my door often. I will never go back to Long Island!!! Yes I miss it. I was born & raised there, but change is always good 😊
This stuff absolutely blows my mind. Here I am in Mo in a 2700 sqft house on 10 acres with my own pond and my mortgage is only $845 a month. I could never in my life live like that. It would literally be hell on earth to me. I will never see the perk of living there….ever.
Agree a 100 percent. I watch these channels sometimes to get a laugh out of how some people like to live. Give me the freedom of the outdoors.... not elbow to elbow room.
I’m in Az and I feel the same. Although housing prices have really gone up lately, for $9000 a month you could literally buy a couple MILES of land with a great house in my area. That’s in the country. But even in the city, $9000 a month would buy the nicest house in the best neighborhood…..
Do not let greedy asians to buy properties, houses or land in your state because they will destroy it, asians and jews are the most greedy people even with the own, just watch the video "Living in cages in Hong Kong". Greed greed and more greed.
I lived in NYC (Specifically is Spanish Harlem), rent has been going up for years. Manhattan has gone to expensive to live in and the wage people earn is not enough. Everyone I knew has either moved out of new york entirely or moved deep into Brooklyn, queens or the bronx
I’m in MO also and I have 1,600 square feet two bed to bath large front room w/fire place and I WOULD NEVER understand how they pay what they pay! In MO for what they pay for rent in NYC you literally could get a mini mansion mortgaged for that 8,000 apt! A two bedroom apt is literally about 800 to 1,000 here! I’m grateful because I could not be that close to another person all day my anxiety would at a 10!
I've lived in Florida my whole life. Prices here are getting out of control because so many people have moved here in recent years. Locals are being priced out of their own neighborhoods. Years ago, my parents bought a lot on a canal for $40k and now the same lot won't go for less than $200k. It's beyond ridiculous here. There's little affordable housing especially for younger people just starting out
@@kingpiniv I can’t agree with you more I am born and raised here in Florida and you are so right the locals are being priced out in a major way. Even buying a home here is hard right now with interest rates are high and they are still buying home. Don’t get me started on the people from California they are killing the market here as well
@@90sflimlover 100%. There are 6 new houses being built in just my neighborhood and all I can think everytime I drive by is "who the hell can afford these new homes?" I have friends who have been looking for places to live for months because they can't afford anything. And they have good, stable jobs. One had to move 40 minutes from work because they finally found a small place they could afford
@@kingpiniv I can so relate because I have friend as well that drive over an hour for work because the housing prices are just crazy. One bedroom apartment now here in Florida is 1900 a month like who has that kind of cash. The homes you are seeing built are people moving to Florida my friend because this state doesn’t care where you come from as long as you have the cash. Plus people are leaving states with state income tax and Florida and Texas are big hot spots to move
For reference, to rent the second apartment using the 30% rule (rent shouldn’t be more than 30% of what you make in a month.) you would need to make $360,000 a year.
30% of a person's income spent in rent is called, they are rent overburdened and over charged. No more than 25% should be the rent. 30% of a person's monthly income before taxes, is what the government calls the "rent overburdened" point. In most Section 8 or government housing, it's the maximum rent a Section 8 eligible person can be charged, and it's too much. I have been in real estate and I know this.
@@Basedme944 housing for very low income seniors and people with disabilities that are subsidized by the government charge you exactly 30% of your income and the only utility included is water. You have to pay for laundry in the building's laundry room. If your income is very low, imagine how little you have left for utilities, food, medical expenses. It's increasingly difficult just to survive and have any housing.
Cosmic is on point, with 360K a year move somewhere else, and buy a house and build equity instead of paying some's mortgage. We need to leave NYC and let these greedy landlords shovel these overpriced apartments up their @$$E$!!!
When you said take out the toilet and put in a urinal, I laughed. No woman would ever want to go there bc she needs to sit to urinate. Plus if only a urinal there, where would you go #2 ? Just be careful when you open the shower door. You could turn the toilet facing the door and that resolve the issue.
If you can afford $3000 for a studio or $7000 for a two bedroom, a house should be considered. I often wonder what kind of job does a person who rents places like this has. Make it make sense.
They are stuck renting because the rent and other expenses are so high they can't afford a down-payment and banks won't mortgage you to pay less than you would pay in rent unless you have a down-payment in the vast majority of cases.
Be homeless and live in your vehicle for 3 months and you have down payment. Or living in hotel is better and cheaper than this crap and you'll save money for down payment
Shared laundry is a deal killer for me. I had an apartment in Las Vegas with shared laundry and people were total bastards about leaving their laundry finished but still sitting in the machine hours later or even the next day so you either had to remove it yourself or just wait. Removing another tenants laundry is a sketchy enterprise, you have no idea if that person is going to turn out to be a nutcase who will target you ever after, not to mention loading the folding table with wet laundry. Plus you do not know what they did with that machine, shitty diapers, a quilt covered in dog hair that fouled the machine, just NO! Not sharing laundry equipment again ever, it is as bad as having to share communal toilets. The laundry room on my floor was about 120 feet from my door, if it all machines were in use you had to go to the one on the next floor or the floor after that. And the poor people who lived close to the laundry rooms, the doors were permanently prevented from closing all the way and locking because the autoclosers would slam the doors, so the tenants near the laundry just stuffed wads of paper in the locking holes. And people would be doing laundry at midnight, 2 in the morning, at any hour. How would you like to have a common wall next to that? I believe I was the only one to ever clean a lint trap from a machine. Passing by a laundry room it seems there was a fellow that washed his sneakers after every use and in the dryer they sounded like bowling balls being dried. I will live under a bridge before doing multi family housing again.
Wow, just wow. Absolutely no reason for rental prices to be that high for a shoe box size apartment. I'm so blessed to live out in the country, in a huge 4 bedroom stand alone farmhouse.. With a very cheap rent where my heat is included. Yep, definitely blessed. No traffic, no neighbors, no crime. I too, would like to meet the people who could afford to rent any one of these apartments on their own salaries.
Sounds like me! My family and I pay 1200 a month for a four bedroom, two bath farmhouse in a town of only 100 people. We also have a huge three story barn. My husband works in the back of the barn (he makes decoys) and we converted the front into a hang out spot for our teenagers. We have a huge patio with a hot tub that overlooks a hill leading down to the woods. Complete privacy. I work as a toxicology scientist in a town about 15 minutes away. Works well for us. Our credit took a huge hit a few years ago so renting is smarter for us than buying, and we love the area and schools so we have no desire to leave here anytime soon. We figure we will try to buy again when our kids are grown.
I would like to know where you live if I can find a small house for four and the price, we want to move out of NYC as soon as we can. The high prices of everything is killing us and the politicians....do not care about us.
This is sad no one is talking about how unaffordable these apartments are to families. New York City will end up being a city of single people or maybe a couple in a room in a shared apartment. It's just disgusting how it's gotten. I grew up in a family oriented neighborhood in the Lower East Side & East Village area I seen my entire life of friends & family completely wiped out from these neighborhoods so, remember if your moving into these expensive apartments there's a karma there waiting for you.
Exactly, and those greedy landlords already bought themselves a Very Spacious Place in HELL for destroying So many millions of LIVES with their Disgusting GREED.
I feel lucky our father bought a house on LongIsland so we didn’t have to grow up in the city like his family did. After college I lived in various apartments in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. Never owned much so it was day to move, always seeking a cheaper better place. I don’t know how young people manage now. If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to buy acreage- it was so affordable then but I knew nothing about it. If you own land, it can bring in income. An ordinary job more than covered the bills. . Now… Even Wyoming is pricey.
What do you mean becoming a place for single people? Way back in the early 2000s NYC had the highest percentage of singles of any city. When I left in 2009 you could still get rent stabilized Apts but my neighbourhood was gentrifying. I suspect folks come from Idaho they don't know the City so they rent these places and when the years lease is up they find something more affordable. I don't believe people stay in these places long term. I moved to Barbados and though I love NYC I haven't missed it at all. The quality of my life improved 100% just by getting off the plane. Lots of sunshine and fresh local fruit every day.....it can't be beat.
It’s more terrifying than fascinating to me!Lol! Am not used to such a tiny cubicle apartment like these ones in NY! I think am spoiled here in Germany and West Europe!
I don't even live on the East coast, but the things you say with a straight face are so funny. "The view is great for sleeping and doing homework." and "At least it has a really strong lock. There's no way anyone is going to get that open. " 🤣🤣🤣
But there are crazy rental prices in Texas right now. I’ve been looking and there are a lot of shared houses with $800.00 - $1,000.00 for a bedroom. It took me a while to understand the criticism the landlords were getting. I can’t imagine paying that much to rent a bd in a nice shared house with three other people. Most even have a shared bathroom.
The same type of people who would prioritize a wine fridge are the ones who would pay those sort of prices for a cracker box "apartment" and think it was fabulous.
@@arlaabrell8658 But people who live in NY prioritize the convenience of NY. Why hold onto a bottle of wine when there’s 15 places it can be bought within 5 minutes. And if they’re a big wine snob, they’re not going to like it being kept right next to the oven.
I will probably never live in NYC (that ship has sailed) but I love seeing these tiny living quarters. 😍 There's something so magical and endearing about imaging myself young, single and living in NYC. This channel is a fun escape for the middle-aged suburban homeowner.
To the people that react to this. NYC is a lovely place as a native. If you've never spent some time living here, I recommend it just for the energy, entertainment, mixed cultures and people (who are really nice if you ask for help, people do). I hope you'll come around and it becomes less of a "what if" :) Live how you want ofc but I hope you can experience it yourself one day!
I always noticed in his video how he "kicks" objects in the house, opens and closes appliances so aggressively, opens and closes doors in a similar way, and turns on and off switches, faucets, and the likes in a very strong manner. I don't know, it might be a cultural thing but it does not sit well with me. 😅
It's deliberate. He's checking how sturdy and well made the fixtures are. If they can't handle one slam then they can't handle being closed and shut hundreds of times.
@@le4905 It's ridiculous. Our rent went up $200 when we renewed in August 'to bring it up to par with rent prices in town', according to the new management. But it's still less expensive than most anywhere else so we stayed. Luckily, it looks like the rapid rising rents are stabilizing somewhat.
Yes, these vids put things in perspective for sure. Sometimes it's hard not to feel like a sucker for paying more rent to live in a city that's looking more trashy, which is what's happening in Austin. Luckily, my landlord is a good friend so I get the friendship discount on my duplex. Otherwise, I'd probably move on to Pflugerville or Round Rock.
@@bkwrrm that's like 60K/month here in Phils! OMG! that kind of money a month you'll be able to purchase a condo or even a new house in a premium subdivision! Insane rental rate!
Watching these videos really makes me so thankful for having a rent controlled apartment in Harlem. Because if I had to pay $2000+ a month for rent I would have had no choice but to move out of NY
I own four different apartments in NYC and two of those I rent it out for 5k, I was told I’m charging way too low for an east village 1 1/2 bedroom apartment that is more than double the size of the one in this video, and actually have a kitchen diner and a living area. The reason I haven’t raised the rent in 4 years is because it’s hard to find good renters who don’t give you headaches. Both apartments are lived in by long term tenants who pays on time and has taken good care of the place. They rarely call me or my aunt for any repairs too. I’m actually not making a lot of money from those two apartments but it’s alright because my other two more than makes up for it. Sometimes, it’s not actually how much you earn but how you value your good tenants and your peace of mind. NYC does have a high rental cost but I was lucky enough to not live in a tiny apartment when I first came nearly 2 decades ago and I had a good landlord and I wanted to repay that somehow by keeping my apartment rent friendly to my good tenants.
I love watching your videos but man the rent is steep in the new York area. Here in Scarborough Ontario Canada I pay $1377.00 plus bills for a 3 bedroom bungalow with 1.5 acre property ( I’m on the outskirts of the city in farm land. ) I don’t hear the sirens I don’t have traffic all day on my street my neighbour’s are amazing and friendly and will help you on the drop of a hat. In the city here I’ve seen prices of 2-3 thousand for 2 and 3 bedrooms. I could never fathom paying 9 g’s for a 2 bedroom apartment unfortunately.😮
I live in North York, Ontario and share a townhouse with roommates. She isn't greedy and doesn't charge extra for rent she just wants help with splitting the rent. I pay $550/month with unlimited internet included. I have my own bedroom which came furnished. Shared bathroom, kitchen, dining room and basement with laundry. Soon my rent will be going up.
These are actually beautiful spaces but the rents are beyond outlandish!! The kitchens are well fitted out, very high end bathrooms, GORGEOUS wooden floors and brick walls. Even some great views of NYC! I liked these spaces alot but l would have to be a very successful drug dealer to afford it, lol!! 🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦
The standard ratio of rent to income is 30%. So that means you need to be making $150,000 net income to afford these places. Now NYC/state taxes you around 15% and the Fed Gov't is going to take at least 30%. So that means you need an income of $300,000 to live in a submarine under the sidewalk. LOL.
Charles' old-school apartments have generally more square footage, but you pay for it! And thinking about the apartment with "5 sleeping areas", although it had 2.5 baths, committing yourself on a year's lease to share with four other people is risky. I have a concern about using portions of a roof deck that has nothing protecting the roofing material. If you puncture it you may find yourself liable for the water damage and the repair.
As a New Yorker, I can tell you cash is right though. For New York, what he says is a good view, really is! Most views are just rooftops. If you can see a leaf, in New York that’s a good view.
I wonder if one can hang planters outside the window while still allowing the window to be sealed shut. Would save one some rent dollars by choosing the worse view.
@@lyrikah Most natives either have a place they lived in for years, or have sailed for other pastures lol, I know I have... BUT I am a masochist. I wound up in... SAN FRANCISCO the ONLY PLACE MORE EXPENSIVE for rent!!!! Palm slap.
You definitely have to be a special breed of person to feel that living in NYC is worth paying huge amounts of money for relatively small space or sharing that space with up to half a dozen roommates that you probably didn't even know before moving in. For me, just about anything there is a deal breaker by definition. I get way more for my money in NJ, don't have to share it and I can be in the city in less than an hour if I want which is perfectly fine
Maybe it's just me but as a homeowner, it annoys me to see other people practically breaking everything in my house (slamming doors, kicking items in the house, aggressively turning knobs and pressing switches) 😬
Yup, thought he was quite grating. Owning multiple apartments it hurt to watch. Guess he has to hype it for the channel, but it's so disrespectful of other people's property, especially seeing he's a licensed professional.
He’s the type that probably throws trash in the street. I had a friend that did the same thing slinging doors open etc and when we would drive down the road she starts throwing her garbage in the street to keep her car clean. Hell she would do that in the drive thru with cameras. She just didn’t give a crap. Hated being associated with anyone like that. Needless to say told her to kick rocks years ago.
My apartment in Kansas City is literally three times the size of any of these. Two bedrooms one bath, remodeled kitchen with lots of cabinets and storage, huge formal dining room and living room with a fireplace, two outdoor living spaces and off street parking. $950!
Hey don't tell them soon you'll be liveing like they are because they will come! Usto be 100 for a studio $25-$50 for 1 bedroom & so on! No $1000 to $2000 for a studio! All while only makeing $5 more an hrs than 3 years ago! Takes 45min to an hrs to drive accross town if your not killed In a wreck or shot driving through a crime scene! No car will take all day to go & back plus only 6-7 transfers & walking 2-3 miles awesome!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I don't know why anyone needs a beverage cooler in these small apartments. There are hardly any cabinets in those "kitchens". Honestly can't say I was wowed by any of them today
Let me start by saying I absolutely love your videos which are beyond informative and brimming with your infectious enthusiasm. I'm probably (definitely) going to get some hate for this but I just wish you'd be way more gentle on those appliance doors. Every time I see you open and close a microwave, fridge, oven or dishwasher door it sends my anxiety into overdrive...🥺
I lived in Philly in the late 80's. At that time, some people lived in Philly and commuted to NY for work. It was worth it to them, the rents in Philly being a fraction of these. The commute by train is usually under 1 hr 30 minutes.
I used to think that living in a box and paying an arm and a leg for it was great and fabulous. Then I moved to NC and soon realized that I can get a mansion and acres for the same price. I love living in the country 😊😊❤
NC is my home state but shhhhh keep quiet, we don’t want NC to get over ran with folks from the city raising our prices and disturbing our peace lol NC is a hidden gem! There’s mountains , the flat lands, the sea….there are rural areas, surburbs and even big dense cities! I live in Seattle wa now but all of my family are still in NC.
I’m an Aussie and have never seen silly prices like this in my life, and I lived in Hawthorn, a beautiful inner green suburb of Melbourne. This is ridiculous!!
They are all so tiny! The rents are insane! When you suggested *5* people in that 2nd place 🤯. And the only bathroom being in the bedroom is a deal breaker.
I think the apartments are nice , even though they’re tiny. However, the price is absolutely insane. How do ppl afford these ? What are they making per month ? Where do they work to afford these cute tiny homes ? Shared laundry is a NO GO for me. That’s like dorm living lol 😂.
I live in the SW & will never move to NYC but I’m fascinated by your videos! 😄 It’s wild to consider the huge homes you can get here in Las Vegas for the same price that come with large lots & swimming pools etc. I really do cherish the extra privacy I get here even though houses can be close together. You’re getting a different lifestyle in New York for sure. I do wish other cities were more friendly to people without cars
Yes, really the only ones I see that are, are NYC, LA and Chicago, Maybe Minneapolis/St Paul due to the number of Buses and routes there. Most others are crappy and have little to no public transit.
@@caseysmith544 Philly, Baltimore, DC, Boston, and a few NJ cities (Newark and glorified NYC suburbs like Jersey City) are far more livable than LA and Minneapolis without a car. East coast cities were mostly designed before cars existed, and the majority even had a higher population in 1920 than they do now. The availability of cars (and affordable energy, heating and cooling) invented the suburbs, and ultimately, cities like Phoenix and Vegas. The midwest and west coast really only have Chicago and SF as good examples of car-free living. Seattle is doable but not ideal.
@Karl with a K Apartments in the bay area in CA are literally more expensive than NYC. The ballooning prices have the same root cause as NYC: the cities are home to huge companies that hire a huge number of highly skilled and highly paid workers who are beholden to their respective cities because they will not find the same level of pay or career advancement elsewhere. You simply can't be an engineer for Apple and live in Trenton, you can't be a Wall Street banker in Tucson, or a Hollywood actor in Dayton. These types of people might only represent the top 1 or 2 percent, but the top 1-2% of the USA is still 3-6 million wealthy people that end up concentrated in very specific areas.
IMO, the last one was the worst of the bunch by far, which is pretty bad considering the others were overpriced, century old dumps. It's a dated 1BR without laundry, the small bathroom is off of the bedroom, has poor lighting with the only view being a dark alley.....for $4400. In sane times given the average NYC salary ($53K), this would be $2500/mo ($30K/yr). Even the $4700 one had 2 BR's.
I'm from lethbridge alberta canada. these NY apartments are unbelievably small and expensive. I rent a townhouse with my girlfriend in the town for 1100$ a month, and it's 1100sqft 3 bed 2 bath and a basement. Even with avg income being higher in NY I can't understand how the average person can afford to live there
I live in Arkansas and there is no way I could force myself to pay even 1/3 per month what these apartments go for. Different strokes for different folks I know but you could rent a mansion with 6 large bedrooms, 2 large living area, huge kitchen, laundry room, at least 4 full bathrooms, a couple half baths, and a big yard with fruit trees for what y'all paying in New York City for scrunchie living. Those of y'all that can work remote might consider a change of locale and check out some southern states.
Well, to be honest, I think you should handle the doors and furniture with care. Letting the door slam, throwing the bag on the table, pushing hard on the door. It is still someone's property.
Hey, he's being COOL. You know, major attitude? Notice that backwards cap? WHY do white guys still DO that? The black guys who originated the cap thing moved on to something else in a few months.
Okay so I live in Atlanta, Ga and the prices you are showing for each apartments is the cost of mansions in Atlanta. Our apartments prices are going up but still the apartments that are those prices here in Atlanta are the size of a 1 to 3 story houses. Those closest spaces alone makes me was to cry. I could never live in New York. 🤦🏾♀️
I live in So. California and the place that is $8000+ would be considered a dump and maybe $1500 or $2000. But I'm no expert it may be a little more in LA. Still love these videos. Cash is funny as hell.
A triple bonus Sunday WITH Charles, no less! I had a great brunch while watching this. Rents are out of control for those size of spaces, though. I’d love to know what some of them were like 20, 30, 40 years ago. I often wonder about the stories of the people who lived in them before. If walls could talk!
@@retire14pattaya9 I was born in the Lower East Side in 1940. My parents paid around $25/month rent for a 2 Bedroom/1 Bath Apartment with large kitchen.
@@653j521 Just me and the guy with the lease. Next door to hells angels clubhouse. East 3rd. St. My window looked south at the World Trade Center being built.
Love your videos. Makes me glad I snagged a $2K per months. Must say, though, that those water fixtures in the closet of one of the apts is not a washer hook-ups, it's the place where you turn the water source to the bathroom off and on! I suppose it can be converted to be a source for a washing machine, but building an outlet for the water may be difficult..
That first place was small, but I liked the layout. Doesn't face the street so its quiet, cool view out your bedroom, absolutely INSANE view from that roof deck. Sucks you can't use it 4-5 months of the year in NY but man it looks like an awesome place to hang out when the weather is nice.
I'm very, very fortunate to own my own home in So. Cal and have no plans on moving to NY anytime soon, but have been a long time subscriber and really enjoy your videos. You make me laugh in everyone. Today was the gnome comment. Thank you!
I’ve spent lots of time in Manhattan over many years, and I always feel at home. I get why these apartments are not bad for ny in terms of space or amenities, but the rents are too high for these units, and the tour left me anxious, depressed, & claustrophobic on behalf of anyone having to live this way.
The place with his and hers closets and an en suite bathroom dates back to the 1930's or before. I love these old places especially if they have the old fixtures and moldings.
This is my first time seeing NYC go into autumn. I'm looking forward to Christmas time there too! These videos have really made me want to move there....with a lot more money than what I have.
I can tell you now that it’s not the size of the apartments that is hindering them from being rented, it’s the ridiculous rent cost.
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Right? That first one is definitely livable if it weren't 4,000 dollars??
I live on the other side of the country in a mid sized apartment. Backyard, 3 Parking Spaces, Garage, 2 Bedrooms and 1 Bath and I pay $2000 a month. It's not perfect by any stretch, but at least the 4 of us can live here at $500 a person.
@@suatae I hear ya! I live in the south, in a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment (just me and my partner) and pay less than $1000 a month. It’s also not perfect, but at least it’s somewhat affordable lol.
I live in a 3 bedroom 1bath house, 1250 sq ft, garage, large lot. When I still had a mortgage I paid $650/mo. This is a medium size college town with all sorts of things to do, good food spots AND close to two major cities with even more stuff to do. NYC can suck it, bebe.
People WOULD rent them fast if they were more affordable. 😑
If they liked coffins.
Yupp . . . NYC - great no place to visit, couldn't afford to live there ! 💀🇺🇸
They are actually very affordable.
@@paulsuprono7225 I live in this s**t show place.
@@anonymousmoon7863 For a very small minority, sure.
$4000+ per month?! And people wonder why the city is dying and people are fleeing. This is ABSURD pricing.
That could be the plan all along... throw the poor people out of NYC.... help the rich move in.
@@HansMuneEnBy Rich people still need to eat/get coffee. When the poor leave, the rich will leave with them.
Don’t bring yo ass to North Carolina. lol naw I’m joking
@@wallacedavis3110nah fr 😂I’m in SC and we been getting a lotttt of NY/NJ newcomers here lately. Better take they behind elsewhere
@@wallacedavis3110i’m not lmao
I think you should rename your channel to, " You won't believe what they are charging for these apartments!"
Exactly 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Yes $4150 is crazy for a box 📦 I pay $660 for 1500sq home with a pool in phoenix.
@@rimc8783 how is that rent even possible? $660?
It’s not how small, it’s how insanely expensive they are
For that kind of rent, in some other cities you can purchase a home for that amount monthly.
Also anybody slightly obese,would find it impossible.that rules out most Americans
N you wonder y so many homeless ppl smh
NYC is dead.
@@morgan3662 Nah the issue is the price youre over reaching with that BS
9k+ a month is insane. Thats 40 months rent in Bangkok. In a new building with incredible facilities in a good neighborhood.
My friend bought a condo in a really beautiful beach city (I don't remember the name) for $100,000. I saw pics and it's absolutely lovely. Trying to convince my husband to consider moving there ❤.
@@suzybearheart530You're trying to convince your husband to move to a city you don't know the name of.........
We got a real big brain o'er here
That's 18 times my mortgage payment on a bigger condo, in a gated community, and with an attached garage.
and all the aids you can handle.
Wow, I should go do a year in Bangkok
I love what they call 'penthouse'. I'm an old guy who grew up with a extravagant idea of what a 'penthouse apartment' is. It is top floor of an expensive and exclusive high rise apartment building and may even have its own elevator, floor to ceiling glass views of Central Park etc. all around, a garden area etc. What THEY call 'penthouses' now we used to call 'fifth floor walkups' and they were CHEAPER because you had to walk up!
Totally😁I grew up in 80's and my idea of a penthouse is Alexis's from Dynastie!
Go back to the nursing home, grandpa.
@@justicedemocrat9357 I hold down two jobs at 70 and see able bodied 20 something young men begging on corners,.I don't need a nursing home but they effing need either rehab or jail.
@@poetcomic1 Didn't your mom ever teach you to never judge another man's situation or are you going senile?
@@justicedemocrat9357 I know, from personal family experience how many of these 'poor homeless men' have left a wreckage of a life behind them of abused and abandoned children, wives, parents bankrupted on yet another attempt at rehab, victims to their thefts, violence and just plain selfish carelessness.
It’s something sinister about the rental prices of these apartments 😮
> Michelle Harley Unbelievable! It's almost like they price them so high so no one will rent them - less population in the city or something weird like that.
@@ofthedifference GOOD..BECAUSE it's wayyy over populated..AND real New Yorkers....we want it New York AGAIN
@@kerryalfaro9437 I hear you, Kerry. I dislike being the bearer of bad news but I've seen on several sites discussing where Biden is delivering plane loads & bus loads of the illegal immigrants across America in the middle of the night that many of them are stating they want to be dropped off in New York City. Since Biden implemented his "open border" policy, it is estimated that four to five million have entered our country -
this is a recipe for disaster. He won't get my vote for re-election.
There's something sinister about NYC, period.
I don't care how much I loved NY, I would move out if these were the prices I was expected to pay.
9K for that a month for that... greed knows no end.
Yepp think of what the economy really is for, to ensure each does their part. The rich just feed off of us and the government is basically controlled by them.
That's insane how much these little places cost. They are all unique in their own way. But OMG.
Nothing unique about them
Once you put in the furniture, there's very little room to walk.
In the first apartment where the shower door couldn't open all the way, he said you can solve that by replacing the toilet with a urinal. They have to poop outdoors or in a 🪣 though.
@@lisastarr6481 hahaha I thought the exact same thing
Unique? Because they're a closet space that has been made into an apartment?
I was looking to move to NYC, visited. After looking between rent & jobs and seeing what people there call "deals" or "beautiful" when it comes to somewhere to live is absolutely depressing. It's disgusting that $2k a month can't even buy you complete privacy.
And I was thinking who cares about the apartment, you’ll only be there long enough to sleep because you’ll need three jobs to pay for it!! Where I live you can rent 4, 3 bedroom apartments or 2 single family homes for the price of one tiny “town house” in NYC! I used to dream about moving there when I was way young. Almost glad I didn’t pursue it… Like, is this a super ritzy part of the city to live!? Those apartments are glorious compared to some I’ve seen, and he’s like “eh” they’re ok… maybe here property owners don’t put much into their places because so many morons just end up trashing them. Thanks for the tours though! Fun and interesting for sure! Oh and like the other person mentioned… I cringed every time you slammed a cupboard, a drawer, flung a door open and it hit the wall etc. You’re a little rough on stuff someone else is going to be renting….. but my husband would say OMG it’s fine, he’s not hurting anything.. LOL
Even making $100,000 per year, the rent makes it undesirable.
I would never recommend moving to NYC. In addition to federal and state taxes, you also have city tax. That's on top of the expenses you already mentioned. Additionally, people think it is so cool to live in NYC, however, unless you are making a huge sum of money you will not be able to afford the fun and cool things you think you would do being able to live there. On top of the expense, the crime is through the roof. The best thing to do is live somewhere affordable and take trips to NYC if you really wanted to. One trip and a mugging would most likely end that interest.
@@mortimerbrewster3671 oh yeah, the idea of moving there or anywhere within a 50 mile radius is long gone. I visited for a few weeks and people between NJ & NY drivers ruined my car. Looks like the hulk punched in the front & back of my car. Hotel was meh and people inside businesses always seemed hella rude. Just a big pass for me. Thankful I took a visit before jumping to moving. Absolutely most miserable vacation in my life.
@@v.alvena.v Ouch. Expensive lesson to learn but cheaper than if you had committed to a move.
I watch Cash's videos to remind myself how thankful I am for my living conditions and cost.
I watch to convince myself that I shouldn’t go back to NYC 😅
I totally AGREE!
These landlords are nuts. I can’t believe people can actually pay those rents.
Welcome to NYC! It's insane!
@@belltolls1984 I thought Paris was expensive but this is crazy !
Not that they can, but that they WANT to.
You're gonna have to have at least 3 roommates to afford it.
I guess that's the reason why he's able to go in and film. No one can afford to rent them.
Being optimistic and ignoring reality is not the same thing. You can't call a branch a tree. You can't justify minuses with a positive attitude. Seeing the top of the shopping center 10 miles away does not mean having a good view of the shopping center.
He also didnt know that the nut on the floor was a walnut, meaning he is probably not very bright.
he knows, he is doing it on purpose, this is a humor style.
You've don't know what sarcasm is?
@@maticbukovac6966I could barely tell myself..
I think he's being sarcastic, not optimistic
I had to move out of Long Island because a one bedroom was $2,000 a month in the ghetto. The apartment was full of flying roaches that came from the crawl space, rats and mice everywhere and other tenants kids damaging your vehicle on a regular basis. Lead paint walls cracking in every room, leaking walls from broken pipes, the floors buckled from broken pipes beneath you in the crawl space and mold everywhere. I moved upstate NY and now have a 3 bedroom for $1,300 in a very wealthy area. Very peaceful and serene. Beautiful Deers greet me at my door often. I will never go back to Long Island!!! Yes I miss it. I was born & raised there, but change is always good 😊
Poor thing thats insane
New York, LA, SF, Boston - every major city is expensive.
Glad to see you wised up and got out of there dude.
@@Here4TheHeckOfIt : Most other major US cities offer reasonably priced rents if you don't mind living in a high-crime area.
Lol😂 LI
This stuff absolutely blows my mind. Here I am in Mo in a 2700 sqft house on 10 acres with my own pond and my mortgage is only $845 a month. I could never in my life live like that. It would literally be hell on earth to me. I will never see the perk of living there….ever.
Agree a 100 percent. I watch these channels sometimes to get a laugh out of how some people like to live. Give me the freedom of the outdoors.... not elbow to elbow room.
I’m in Az and I feel the same. Although housing prices have really gone up lately, for $9000 a month you could literally buy a couple MILES of land with a great house in my area. That’s in the country. But even in the city, $9000 a month would buy the nicest house in the best neighborhood…..
Do not let greedy asians to buy properties, houses or land in your state because they will destroy it, asians and jews are the most greedy people even with the own, just watch the video "Living in cages in Hong Kong". Greed greed and more greed.
I lived in NYC (Specifically is Spanish Harlem), rent has been going up for years. Manhattan has gone to expensive to live in and the wage people earn is not enough. Everyone I knew has either moved out of new york entirely or moved deep into Brooklyn, queens or the bronx
I’m in MO also and I have 1,600 square feet two bed to bath large front room w/fire place and I WOULD NEVER understand how they pay what they pay! In MO for what they pay for rent in NYC you literally could get a mini mansion mortgaged for that 8,000 apt! A two bedroom apt is literally about 800 to 1,000 here! I’m grateful because I could not be that close to another person all day my anxiety would at a 10!
I see why people from New York are moving here to Florida because the rent prices in New York are crazy! 8995 for that townhouse is not worth it
I've lived in Florida my whole life. Prices here are getting out of control because so many people have moved here in recent years. Locals are being priced out of their own neighborhoods.
Years ago, my parents bought a lot on a canal for $40k and now the same lot won't go for less than $200k. It's beyond ridiculous here. There's little affordable housing especially for younger people just starting out
@@kingpiniv I can’t agree with you more I am born and raised here in Florida and you are so right the locals are being priced out in a major way. Even buying a home here is hard right now with interest rates are high and they are still buying home. Don’t get me started on the people from California they are killing the market here as well
@@90sflimlover 100%. There are 6 new houses being built in just my neighborhood and all I can think everytime I drive by is "who the hell can afford these new homes?"
I have friends who have been looking for places to live for months because they can't afford anything. And they have good, stable jobs. One had to move 40 minutes from work because they finally found a small place they could afford
@@kingpiniv I can so relate because I have friend as well that drive over an hour for work because the housing prices are just crazy. One bedroom apartment now here in Florida is 1900 a month like who has that kind of cash. The homes you are seeing built are people moving to Florida my friend because this state doesn’t care where you come from as long as you have the cash. Plus people are leaving states with state income tax and Florida and Texas are big hot spots to move
They are leaving in record numbers after experiencing their first summer in Florida! Flood insurance? Why would I need that? 😂
Nobody will rent them- not because they're small, but because rent is ridiculously high
For reference, to rent the second apartment using the 30% rule (rent shouldn’t be more than 30% of what you make in a month.) you would need to make $360,000 a year.
And if you made that much a year. I'd move somewhere else to have land and fresh air!! Forget these places!!!
30% of a person's income spent in rent is called, they are rent overburdened and over charged. No more than 25% should be the rent. 30% of a person's monthly income before taxes, is what the government calls the "rent overburdened" point. In most Section 8 or government housing, it's the maximum rent a Section 8 eligible person can be charged, and it's too much. I have been in real estate and I know this.
@@Basedme944 housing for very low income seniors and people with disabilities that are subsidized by the government charge you exactly 30% of your income and the only utility included is water. You have to pay for laundry in the building's laundry room. If your income is very low, imagine how little you have left for utilities, food, medical expenses. It's increasingly difficult just to survive and have any housing.
@@1cosmicdebrisexactly
Cosmic is on point, with 360K a year move somewhere else, and buy a house and build equity instead of paying some's mortgage. We need to leave NYC and let these greedy landlords shovel these overpriced apartments up their @$$E$!!!
When you said take out the toilet and put in a urinal, I laughed. No woman would ever want to go there bc she needs to sit to urinate. Plus if only a urinal there, where would you go #2 ? Just be careful when you open the shower door. You could turn the toilet facing the door and that resolve the issue.
Except you can't change the plumbing wall.
@@KB-hd4iz folding shower door would fix the issues
A felt or spongey sticker on the door will prevent damage. You can buy them in packs in hardware sections.
Go liquid diet
@@bobthelibtard599 that would just make your poop liquid too.
If you can afford $3000 for a studio or $7000 for a two bedroom, a house should be considered. I often wonder what kind of job does a person who rents places like this has. Make it make sense.
They are stuck renting because the rent and other expenses are so high they can't afford a down-payment and banks won't mortgage you to pay less than you would pay in rent unless you have a down-payment in the vast majority of cases.
Be homeless and live in your vehicle for 3 months and you have down payment. Or living in hotel is better and cheaper than this crap and you'll save money for down payment
Shared laundry is a deal killer for me. I had an apartment in Las Vegas with shared laundry and people were total bastards about leaving their laundry finished but still sitting in the machine hours later or even the next day so you either had to remove it yourself or just wait. Removing another tenants laundry is a sketchy enterprise, you have no idea if that person is going to turn out to be a nutcase who will target you ever after, not to mention loading the folding table with wet laundry. Plus you do not know what they did with that machine, shitty diapers, a quilt covered in dog hair that fouled the machine, just NO! Not sharing laundry equipment again ever, it is as bad as having to share communal toilets. The laundry room on my floor was about 120 feet from my door, if it all machines were in use you had to go to the one on the next floor or the floor after that. And the poor people who lived close to the laundry rooms, the doors were permanently prevented from closing all the way and locking because the autoclosers would slam the doors, so the tenants near the laundry just stuffed wads of paper in the locking holes. And people would be doing laundry at midnight, 2 in the morning, at any hour. How would you like to have a common wall next to that? I believe I was the only one to ever clean a lint trap from a machine. Passing by a laundry room it seems there was a fellow that washed his sneakers after every use and in the dryer they sounded like bowling balls being dried. I will live under a bridge before doing multi family housing again.
1000% agree with you Mark. It’s a problem waiting to happen.
Guess I've never thought about it until reading your comment, but totally agree with what you've said. Sounds like a nightmare.
Lmfaoooooo your comment about the shoes took me out because drying shoes do be loud as hell omg 😂
I hear you.. I live in a complex that has 50 apts and 3 washing machines in the shared area.. nightmare.
Had to be the 211 lol
Wow, just wow. Absolutely no reason for rental prices to be that high for a shoe box size apartment.
I'm so blessed to live out in the country, in a huge 4 bedroom stand alone farmhouse.. With a very cheap rent where my heat is included. Yep, definitely blessed.
No traffic, no neighbors, no crime.
I too, would like to meet the people who could afford to rent any one of these apartments on their own salaries.
Sounds like me! My family and I pay 1200 a month for a four bedroom, two bath farmhouse in a town of only 100 people. We also have a huge three story barn. My husband works in the back of the barn (he makes decoys) and we converted the front into a hang out spot for our teenagers. We have a huge patio with a hot tub that overlooks a hill leading down to the woods. Complete privacy. I work as a toxicology scientist in a town about 15 minutes away. Works well for us. Our credit took a huge hit a few years ago so renting is smarter for us than buying, and we love the area and schools so we have no desire to leave here anytime soon. We figure we will try to buy again when our kids are grown.
If you call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye. Lol 🤫
I would like to know where you live if I can find a small house for four and the price, we want to move out of NYC as soon as we can. The high prices of everything is killing us and the politicians....do not care about us.
Can you imagine making enough money not to cry when paying that kind of rent, yet staying there?? At that price couldn't they just live at the hotel
@@coffic facts! If I'm making THAT kind of money, I don't want to bang my elbows on both walls at the same time! 🤣
My wife watching this and complaining how he slammed every door of every kitchen appliance 😂
I agree it's ridiculous
This is sad no one is talking about how unaffordable these apartments are to families. New York City will end up being a city of single people or maybe a couple in a room in a shared apartment. It's just disgusting how it's gotten. I grew up in a family oriented neighborhood in the Lower East Side & East Village area I seen my entire life of friends & family completely wiped out from these neighborhoods so, remember if your moving into these expensive apartments there's a karma there waiting for you.
Exactly, and those greedy landlords already bought themselves a Very Spacious Place in HELL for destroying So many millions of LIVES with their Disgusting GREED.
I feel lucky our father bought a house on LongIsland so we didn’t have to grow up in the city like his family did.
After college I lived in various apartments in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. Never owned much so it was day to move, always seeking a cheaper better place. I don’t know how young people manage now.
If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to buy acreage- it was so affordable then but I knew nothing about it. If you own land, it can bring in income. An ordinary job more than covered the bills. . Now…
Even Wyoming is pricey.
What do you mean becoming a place for single people? Way back in the early 2000s NYC had the highest percentage of singles of any city. When I left in 2009 you could still get rent stabilized Apts but my neighbourhood was gentrifying. I suspect folks come from Idaho they don't know the City so they rent these places and when the years lease is up they find something more affordable. I don't believe people stay in these places long term. I moved to Barbados and though I love NYC I haven't missed it at all. The quality of my life improved 100% just by getting off the plane. Lots of sunshine and fresh local fruit every day.....it can't be beat.
These are not marketed to families, NYC is a terrible place for families.
NYC is bad period you couldn’t pay me to live there.
Rent in Newyork is crazy. You get a closet. No thanks. Thanks again for bringing us along ❤
Seriously! The rent is stupid expensive!
In the hood, it's a top floor walk up, for others, it's called a penthouse.
There’s plenty of room to turn that toilet toward the sink and back it up to the window
@@JOJO-ig1op STUPID are those Who PAY it!!!!
It is getting kind of bad in Denver too.
Realistically, living in NYC sounds terrifying and fascinating at the same time.
It’s more terrifying than fascinating to me!Lol! Am not used to such a tiny cubicle apartment like these ones in NY! I think am spoiled here in Germany and West Europe!
@@edenhundsdoerfer7971 Me as well, I live in a small town in a large house and quiet area. It’s peaceful and no crime.
Skip the fascinating and I agree. Depressing place.
I don't even live on the East coast, but the things you say with a straight face are so funny. "The view is great for sleeping and doing homework." and "At least it has a really strong lock. There's no way anyone is going to get that open. " 🤣🤣🤣
The landlords charging that crazy rent for such a small space can go str8 to hell. Ain’t no way that would fly here in Texas 🤦🏽♀️
But there are crazy rental prices in Texas right now. I’ve been looking and there are a lot of shared houses with $800.00 - $1,000.00 for a bedroom. It took me a while to understand the criticism the landlords were getting. I can’t imagine paying that much to rent a bd in a nice shared house with three other people. Most even have a shared bathroom.
Yeah, down with free marets, right ?... North Korea is calling you.
Yeah, two room addition in Austin for $1425 and going up each year
Nothing ever flies in Texas, bro
Apparently it's having a hard time getting airborne even in New York.
I live in small town Missouri and Ive never seen such small apartments it fascinates me . Thank you for your interesting videos
I just cannot imagine having that small of a kitchen and dedicating that much space to a wine fridge
You’ll need a lot of wine to sleep knowing the space is so small and overpriced 😂
The same type of people who would prioritize a wine fridge are the ones who would pay those sort of prices for a cracker box "apartment" and think it was fabulous.
@@arlaabrell8658 But people who live in NY prioritize the convenience of NY. Why hold onto a bottle of wine when there’s 15 places it can be bought within 5 minutes. And if they’re a big wine snob, they’re not going to like it being kept right next to the oven.
What gets me is how narrow most of the bedrooms are
I will probably never live in NYC (that ship has sailed) but I love seeing these tiny living quarters. 😍 There's something so magical and endearing about imaging myself young, single and living in NYC. This channel is a fun escape for the middle-aged suburban homeowner.
I completely agree. I’m a middle aged renter in Colorado, but these videos make me think about the “what ifs” of having had a life in NYC.
To the people that react to this. NYC is a lovely place as a native. If you've never spent some time living here, I recommend it just for the energy, entertainment, mixed cultures and people (who are really nice if you ask for help, people do). I hope you'll come around and it becomes less of a "what if" :) Live how you want ofc but I hope you can experience it yourself one day!
Nicole, don't give up, let's move in a place and split the rent. I completely understand where you are coming from
@Karin B…I’m middle aged, too, and I think about moving to NYC constantly. I feel like I HAVE to live there before I die!
Yes, I'm sure the constant sound of gunshots and screaming crazies is so relaxing and soothing as well.
I always noticed in his video how he "kicks" objects in the house, opens and closes appliances so aggressively, opens and closes doors in a similar way, and turns on and off switches, faucets, and the likes in a very strong manner. I don't know, it might be a cultural thing but it does not sit well with me. 😅
Me either…thats just not done to others’ property, not in my world.
It's deliberate. He's checking how sturdy and well made the fixtures are. If they can't handle one slam then they can't handle being closed and shut hundreds of times.
He's just an AH who's impressed by himself. A wannabee with an attitude.
He shows such disrespect other peoples property. He should watch a few episodes of shogun to learn some real respect
Part of it is he amps up the sound in editing.
You can’t afford to be an introvert living in NYC. To be able to live in a descent area you gotta have roommates. 😅
Live with other introverted people you’ll never see each other because all of you will be in your room 😂
or be wealthy. there's rich kids who's parents pay rent.
@Just4 Universeyou don’t have to be in shared room you can stay in your bedroom
Man, can you imagine the stress if you got behind on that rent? 😭
Might as well just move out if you're 1 day late. Late fee is probably 500 dollars 😢😂
I didn't find any of them to be to small. I have seen far worse on RUclips. What I did find insane was the prices!
No longer complaining about my $1000/month 1 bedroom in Austin. 750 sq feet and plenty of room for my daughter and I both.
@@le4905 It's ridiculous. Our rent went up $200 when we renewed in August 'to bring it up to par with rent prices in town', according to the new management. But it's still less expensive than most anywhere else so we stayed. Luckily, it looks like the rapid rising rents are stabilizing somewhat.
Yes, these vids put things in perspective for sure. Sometimes it's hard not to feel like a sucker for paying more rent to live in a city that's looking more trashy, which is what's happening in Austin. Luckily, my landlord is a good friend so I get the friendship discount on my duplex. Otherwise, I'd probably move on to Pflugerville or Round Rock.
In Seattle that wouldn’t even get you a studio in town anymore. Maybe way north or south of town.
@@bkwrrm that's like 60K/month here in Phils! OMG! that kind of money a month you'll be able to purchase a condo or even a new house in a premium subdivision! Insane rental rate!
Watching these videos really makes me so thankful for having a rent controlled apartment in Harlem. Because if I had to pay $2000+ a month for rent I would have had no choice but to move out of NY
I own four different apartments in NYC and two of those I rent it out for 5k, I was told I’m charging way too low for an east village 1 1/2 bedroom apartment that is more than double the size of the one in this video, and actually have a kitchen diner and a living area. The reason I haven’t raised the rent in 4 years is because it’s hard to find good renters who don’t give you headaches. Both apartments are lived in by long term tenants who pays on time and has taken good care of the place. They rarely call me or my aunt for any repairs too.
I’m actually not making a lot of money from those two apartments but it’s alright because my other two more than makes up for it. Sometimes, it’s not actually how much you earn but how you value your good tenants and your peace of mind. NYC does have a high rental cost but I was lucky enough to not live in a tiny apartment when I first came nearly 2 decades ago and I had a good landlord and I wanted to repay that somehow by keeping my apartment rent friendly to my good tenants.
I love watching your videos but man the rent is steep in the new York area. Here in Scarborough Ontario Canada I pay $1377.00 plus bills for a 3 bedroom bungalow with 1.5 acre property ( I’m on the outskirts of the city in farm land. ) I don’t hear the sirens I don’t have traffic all day on my street my neighbour’s are amazing and friendly and will help you on the drop of a hat. In the city here I’ve seen prices of 2-3 thousand for 2 and 3 bedrooms. I could never fathom paying 9 g’s for a 2 bedroom apartment unfortunately.😮
That's because You are WAY SMARTER than those mentally Retarded people Slaving themselves for those SLUM LORDS of NYC.
Are you serious...$1377 for a 3/ bdrm!?! It cost between $1,300-1,500 for a small one bdrm. in Cali. Better bring a tent, if you wanna move here!!!😩
@@sasfiremaiden840 ya I rent of the federal parks department In a national urban park.
I live in North York, Ontario and share a townhouse with roommates. She isn't greedy and doesn't charge extra for rent she just wants help with splitting the rent. I pay $550/month with unlimited internet included. I have my own bedroom which came furnished. Shared bathroom, kitchen, dining room and basement with laundry. Soon my rent will be going up.
These are actually beautiful spaces but the rents are beyond outlandish!!
The kitchens are well fitted out, very high end bathrooms, GORGEOUS wooden floors and brick walls. Even some great views of NYC! I liked these spaces alot but l would have to be a very successful drug dealer to afford it, lol!!
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Or another insidious industry such as finance
The standard ratio of rent to income is 30%. So that means you need to be making $150,000 net income to afford these places. Now NYC/state taxes you around 15% and the Fed Gov't is going to take at least 30%. So that means you need an income of $300,000 to live in a submarine under the sidewalk. LOL.
F that & F NYC.
@@YTSparty 😆😆😆😆😆😆
Hahahaha so well said!!!
I live in westchester county, new york and the rent is way cheaper 45 minutes from the city Without all the noise and crime
Charles' old-school apartments have generally more square footage, but you pay for it! And thinking about the apartment with "5 sleeping areas", although it had 2.5 baths, committing yourself on a year's lease to share with four other people is risky.
I have a concern about using portions of a roof deck that has nothing protecting the roofing material. If you puncture it you may find yourself liable for the water damage and the repair.
A thing I always find funny in these videos is when Cash shows off the worst looking view in the world and goes "Wow, what an incredible view."
As a New Yorker, I can tell you cash is right though. For New York, what he says is a good view, really is! Most views are just rooftops. If you can see a leaf, in New York that’s a good view.
It is Nyc standard of view..it is really something from nothing.
You'll notice Cash says incredible, not beautiful!
I wonder if one can hang planters outside the window while still allowing the window to be sealed shut. Would save one some rent dollars by choosing the worse view.
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The way you be going through these apartments and slamming every door in there stresses me tf out ngl
So expensive! I’d like to meet the people who can afford to pay for these tiny places!
Me too! As a native NYer looking, these rents are INSANE.
They are slaves to a crime ridden, cesspool of a city
@@lyrikah Most natives either have a place they lived in for years, or have sailed for other pastures lol, I know I have... BUT I am a masochist. I wound up in... SAN FRANCISCO the ONLY PLACE MORE EXPENSIVE for rent!!!! Palm slap.
F that. Glad I left US
And they are raggedy
You definitely have to be a special breed of person to feel that living in NYC is worth paying huge amounts of money for relatively small space or sharing that space with up to half a dozen roommates that you probably didn't even know before moving in. For me, just about anything there is a deal breaker by definition. I get way more for my money in NJ, don't have to share it and I can be in the city in less than an hour if I want which is perfectly fine
Imagine 5 adults trying to share that one small kitchen! It wouldn't even be comfortable for everyone to make toast and tea in the morning
But you have to live in New Jersey
The word you're looking for is stupid.
Yeah it’s Manhattan. Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx are much cheaper. You can even go to Nassau County
I’m so glad I left New York years ago and have a 5 bedroom 3 car garage and my mortgage is $1,700 for 3000 square feet living space
@Rbeautiful4. What city & state is that in ?? SOUNDS great 👍.
Maybe it's just me but as a homeowner, it annoys me to see other people practically breaking everything in my house (slamming doors, kicking items in the house, aggressively turning knobs and pressing switches) 😬
Not a homeowner, but yes it does seem disrespectful and over the top. Like just turn things on/off and open/close things normally ffs
Yup, thought he was quite grating. Owning multiple apartments it hurt to watch. Guess he has to hype it for the channel, but it's so disrespectful of other people's property, especially seeing he's a licensed professional.
I was looking for a comment like yours. It makes me angry, that's the reason why I'm not going to watch more videos of him anymore.
He’s the type that probably throws trash in the street. I had a friend that did the same thing slinging doors open etc and when we would drive down the road she starts throwing her garbage in the street to keep her car clean. Hell she would do that in the drive thru with cameras. She just didn’t give a crap. Hated being associated with anyone like that. Needless to say told her to kick rocks years ago.
that's the 1st thing that hit me with this video! No respect from this guy to other peoples property
My apartment in Kansas City is literally three times the size of any of these. Two bedrooms one bath, remodeled kitchen with lots of cabinets and storage, huge formal dining room and living room with a fireplace, two outdoor living spaces and off street parking. $950!
Hey don't tell them soon you'll be liveing like they are because they will come! Usto be 100 for a studio $25-$50 for 1 bedroom & so on! No $1000 to $2000 for a studio! All while only makeing $5 more an hrs than 3 years ago! Takes 45min to an hrs to drive accross town if your not killed In a wreck or shot driving through a crime scene! No car will take all day to go & back plus only 6-7 transfers & walking 2-3 miles awesome!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Shoebox living is ludicrous and unsupportable, as are unrealistic rents.
I don't know why anyone needs a beverage cooler in these small apartments. There are hardly any cabinets in those "kitchens". Honestly can't say I was wowed by any of them today
It is a wine cooler but if you don't drink wine, then soda pop cooler.
Let me start by saying I absolutely love your videos which are beyond informative and brimming with your infectious enthusiasm. I'm probably (definitely) going to get some hate for this but I just wish you'd be way more gentle on those appliance doors. Every time I see you open and close a microwave, fridge, oven or dishwasher door it sends my anxiety into overdrive...🥺
I tend to agree with you. It appears that they are slammed quite hard. Everything else if perfect. CIC (Cash is Cool)
I noticed how he was slamming everything. Very annoying.
I lived in Philly in the late 80's. At that time, some people lived in Philly and commuted to NY for work. It was worth it to them, the rents in Philly being a fraction of these. The commute by train is usually under 1 hr 30 minutes.
I used to think that living in a box and paying an arm and a leg for it was great and fabulous. Then I moved to NC and soon realized that I can get a mansion and acres for the same price. I love living in the country 😊😊❤
thats good you have a choice
NC is my home state but shhhhh keep quiet, we don’t want NC to get over ran with folks from the city raising our prices and disturbing our peace lol
NC is a hidden gem! There’s mountains , the flat lands, the sea….there are rural areas, surburbs and even big dense cities! I live in Seattle wa now but all of my family are still in NC.
Just make sure you don't go out at night if you're black in certain towns. How magical.
I could never share an apartment with 4 other people.
5 people in a space that small. I wonder who would lose is first and take out the other four.
I would probably become unhinged and beat someone with a baseball bat. Fortunately, I don't have to live like that.
@@pmc2999😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂 i live in NYC so this is very true
This is why there is a slowly growing small house movement and regrettably more people living in RV, vans and trucks.
I once lived in a place with a shared laundry. I hated it and could not wait to move out. Thank you for the video!
$9,000 a month for the townhouse? Who are these people that can afford that ? Crazy.
Exactly my thought! Glad I only pay $6,000/year for the mortgage on my 3 bdrm/2 bath home on a .27 acre lot.
Apparently people who seem to be tied with a rope to NYC.
@@nancyn6215 Where do you live?
@@kerynl.sanchez9891 Central California.
I’m an Aussie and have never seen silly prices like this in my life, and I lived in Hawthorn, a beautiful inner green suburb of Melbourne. This is ridiculous!!
They are all so tiny! The rents are insane! When you suggested *5* people in that 2nd place 🤯. And the only bathroom being in the bedroom is a deal breaker.
I think the apartments are nice , even though they’re tiny. However, the price is absolutely insane. How do ppl afford these ? What are they making per month ? Where do they work to afford these cute tiny homes ? Shared laundry is a NO GO for me. That’s like dorm living lol 😂.
1st apartment: Install a urinal instead of the toilet? Dude what are you going to do if you have to do number two?🤣🤣
Best Sunday morning. Kid is asleep and wife out shopping and enjoying your videos. Thanks Cash ❤
I live in the SW & will never move to NYC but I’m fascinated by your videos! 😄 It’s wild to consider the huge homes you can get here in Las Vegas for the same price that come with large lots & swimming pools etc. I really do cherish the extra privacy I get here even though houses can be close together. You’re getting a different lifestyle in New York for sure. I do wish other cities were more friendly to people without cars
Yes, really the only ones I see that are, are NYC, LA and Chicago, Maybe Minneapolis/St Paul due to the number of Buses and routes there. Most others are crappy and have little to no public transit.
@@caseysmith544 Philly, Baltimore, DC, Boston, and a few NJ cities (Newark and glorified NYC suburbs like Jersey City) are far more livable than LA and Minneapolis without a car. East coast cities were mostly designed before cars existed, and the majority even had a higher population in 1920 than they do now. The availability of cars (and affordable energy, heating and cooling) invented the suburbs, and ultimately, cities like Phoenix and Vegas. The midwest and west coast really only have Chicago and SF as good examples of car-free living. Seattle is doable but not ideal.
I haven’t had a car since 2001 in San Francisco.
@Karl with a K Apartments in the bay area in CA are literally more expensive than NYC. The ballooning prices have the same root cause as NYC: the cities are home to huge companies that hire a huge number of highly skilled and highly paid workers who are beholden to their respective cities because they will not find the same level of pay or career advancement elsewhere. You simply can't be an engineer for Apple and live in Trenton, you can't be a Wall Street banker in Tucson, or a Hollywood actor in Dayton. These types of people might only represent the top 1 or 2 percent, but the top 1-2% of the USA is still 3-6 million wealthy people that end up concentrated in very specific areas.
I've never seen prices this high for how small the square footage is in San Francisco. NYC has us beat.
Very entertaining presentation. Not boring! You’re terrific at this.
I enjoyed the video. The rent prices are insane! I am so blessed to live where I do.
Me, too.. my rent is zero. I paid off my home in less than 7 years in a National Forest of Alabama. My living room is bigger than those apartments!!
Me too. Our home is paid for!
Those rent prices are insane. I rent a HOUSE in a small-ish town and my rent is almost 4500 dollars PER YEAR.
Where?!? Jelly
I have a 3,000 sq foot house with 4 bedrooms 20x40 garage..2 car garage under the house and 5 acres! For 1,300 a month mortgage. This is insane!!
The $4400 one is the best of the bunch. Less expensive than the $4700 apartment. Good to know Cash and Charles saved it for the closing segment.
IMO, the last one was the worst of the bunch by far, which is pretty bad considering the others were overpriced, century old dumps. It's a dated 1BR without laundry, the small bathroom is off of the bedroom, has poor lighting with the only view being a dark alley.....for $4400. In sane times given the average NYC salary ($53K), this would be $2500/mo ($30K/yr). Even the $4700 one had 2 BR's.
I'm from lethbridge alberta canada. these NY apartments are unbelievably small and expensive. I rent a townhouse with my girlfriend in the town for 1100$ a month, and it's 1100sqft 3 bed 2 bath and a basement. Even with avg income being higher in NY I can't understand how the average person can afford to live there
They can’t, hence the empty apartments.
I think I would be terrified to live in a ground floor apartment in New York City.
That's just crazy. Not sure how anyone could afford that rent.
I live in Arkansas and there is no way I could force myself to pay even 1/3 per month what these apartments go for.
Different strokes for different folks I know but you could rent a mansion with 6 large bedrooms, 2 large living area, huge kitchen, laundry room, at least 4 full bathrooms, a couple half baths, and a big yard with fruit trees for what y'all paying in New York City for scrunchie living. Those of y'all that can work remote might consider a change of locale and check out some southern states.
Depending on how they vote...for policies or feelings.
You crack me up. Lol. I love your narration.
Well, to be honest, I think you should handle the doors and furniture with care. Letting the door slam, throwing the bag on the table, pushing hard on the door. It is still someone's property.
The word childish "punk" crossed my mind. Watched three apartments and had to get away from his negative anger
Hey, he's being COOL. You know, major attitude? Notice that backwards cap? WHY do white guys still DO that? The black guys who originated the cap thing moved on to something else in a few months.
Okay so I live in Atlanta, Ga and the prices you are showing for each apartments is the cost of mansions in Atlanta. Our apartments prices are going up but still the apartments that are those prices here in Atlanta are the size of a 1 to 3 story houses. Those closest spaces alone makes me was to cry. I could never live in New York. 🤦🏾♀️
I live in So. California and the place that is $8000+ would be considered a dump and maybe $1500 or $2000. But I'm no expert it may be a little more in LA. Still love these videos. Cash is funny as hell.
A triple bonus Sunday WITH Charles, no less! I had a great brunch while watching this. Rents are out of control for those size of spaces, though. I’d love to know what some of them were like 20, 30, 40 years ago. I often wonder about the stories of the people who lived in them before. If walls could talk!
My share of rent in lower east side studio 1971 was 55 dollars.
@@retire14pattaya9 I was born in the Lower East Side in 1940. My parents paid around $25/month rent for a 2 Bedroom/1 Bath Apartment with large kitchen.
No washer or dryer in the buildng, no wifi, no microwave, etc?
@@retire14pattaya9 Your share? Tell us more. How many lived in that studio?
@@653j521 Just me and the guy with the lease. Next door to hells angels clubhouse. East 3rd. St. My window looked south at the World Trade Center being built.
Love your videos. Makes me glad I snagged a $2K per months. Must say, though, that those water fixtures in the closet of one of the apts is not a washer hook-ups, it's the place where you turn the water source to the bathroom off and on! I suppose it can be converted to be a source for a washing machine, but building an outlet for the water may be difficult..
$3400 will get you a 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home here, with real walk-in closets and 2 car garage.
That first place was small, but I liked the layout. Doesn't face the street so its quiet, cool view out your bedroom, absolutely INSANE view from that roof deck. Sucks you can't use it 4-5 months of the year in NY but man it looks like an awesome place to hang out when the weather is nice.
Oh I'd go out there when it snows!
I think these apartments are cute 🥰
The rooftop view in the first one is a treasure.
I'm very, very fortunate to own my own home in So. Cal and have no plans on moving to NY anytime soon, but have been a long time subscriber and really enjoy your videos. You make me laugh in everyone. Today was the gnome comment. Thank you!
That one got me as well🤣
Gnomes are very cool.
"free pair of pants". Lol!!!
That was fun, thank you! Loved seeing an apartment that has a monthly rental equal to my yearly income❣️😆
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I’ve spent lots of time in Manhattan over many years, and I always feel at home. I get why these apartments are not bad for ny in terms of space or amenities, but the rents are too high for these units, and the tour left me anxious, depressed, & claustrophobic on behalf of anyone having to live this way.
Always enjoy your sense of Humor that you put in your video's Cash. Makes them so entertaining. How's the family doing?
Doing good!
The place with his and hers closets and an en suite bathroom dates back to the 1930's or before. I love these old places especially if they have the old fixtures and moldings.
You sense of humor is awesome. New York is just too expensive 😢
This is my first time seeing NYC go into autumn. I'm looking forward to Christmas time there too! These videos have really made me want to move there....with a lot more money than what I have.
You'd get keeled.
It is shitty here. Living in the city you will find most streets full of dog poopoo. NYC is now known as Dog Sh*t City.
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Sameeee
watched a ton of these vids, and to be honest every single apartment ends up blending together, they all look the same. Its so soulless
I don't know why NYC showed up in a search for Chicago, but this video's a pleasant diversion.
I really like the first one! It would be perfect for me! Love the greenery & the in unit laundry!
Wow, the way you slam the appliance doors, if they don’t fall off after you get done with them, they are good! 😂
These are way better than small apartments in Japan and Germany
Charles does seem to have the best apts. Hard for me to get used to the rent prices in NY. But I do enjoy the tour, I wouldn’t miss one.😊
You continue to slay me with your commentary! You rock! The prices of these places…not so much! Yikes!!
My body couldn’t handle all of those stairs.
"In my opinion, that could be solved by installing an urinal" that killed me 🤣🤣🤣 Good one Cash!
Number 2s out of bounds!
No shit. !
@@AVMamfortas this comment wins 🏆
And where are you supposed to take a crap?
Wow that price is unbelievable