I'm Kenyan and I must agree that we are used to living in such small spaces....your video is inspiring because it gives an idea of how we can arrange our own small spaces.....thank you for sharing....🙂
@M A this world is a prison cell you just don't realize it yet .... Freedom can only be found one way , through Jesus Christ . Seek Him today is my hope for you all ....
My house is less than that. It's tiny for a house and trashy tbh but we have 2 bedrooms, ACTUAL kitchen/living room/bathroom, closets and a basement. And a garage and shed. And pets. $700.
$800 for that?!?!?!?!? You could just rent a room in a house and have access to the kitchen, bathroom, basement and living room for like $200-$300 dollars less.
Don’t be embarrassed! When I was in college, I lived with 4 students in a small room, across the school. Only a sink, two bathrooms to share with other room occupants. Couldn’t cook so had to eat out every time. Thank God that phase in my life is over. So, don’t apologize for your apartment. You’re not sharing it with anyone. You’re not homeless.
I live in Hamilton, Ontario and in 2019, I pay $750 for a large 2 bedroom apartment with a large eat in kitchen, living room, bathroom (INSIDE the apartment), lots of closets and cupboards, and wonderful huge windows in every room. Over in Toronto, people are paying over $2000 a month for a similar apartment. It is insane what people will pay for the "privilege" of living in a big city. For what people pay to live in big cities like New York, Toronto, or Vancouver, they could rent something bigger and nicer outside of the city and commute.
Carrie Bradshaw had people thinking they can get a sizable studio with a full kitchen and a walk in closet in Manhattan rent controlled for 750 a month. His apartment is more the reality of what 750 would get you in Manhattan. Building owners absolutely price gouge because people will pay just for location. It’s disgusting.
Good accommodations for the choice of living in an expensive city. Creative use of space. This living space seems monklike. No place for a bunch of stuff you don't need. Sharing access to water and toilet/shower. I wish i had that. I'm living in an 8 x 27 ft space which is down from a 2 bdrm house which burned in a fire a few years ago. 3 years here waiting for pge to distribute payment for fire damage.....so i can appreciate this guys space. Good job.
BellaLove I didn’t say that everyone has roommates, just that living like this is similar to having roommates (in college), which isn’t ever ideal but is perfectly livable and a great way to save money. And living with roommates, whether in a dorm or apartment, usually involves living with strangers, so again, that’s not so different from living in an apartment like that. This apartment complex is a lot like a college dorm where as a bonus you get to save a ton of your NYC paycheck - and New Yorkers tend to get paid quite well. I could do that for a year or... 4.
@@Avenus112 Ahem..... and what a handsome woman she is! Seriously... anyone ever hear of an extra-large, deep-dish, meat-lovers pizza? I know, he’s a veggie lover.
I'm astounded that this man is a WHOLEASS PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT and didn't bother to loft anything with that 13 foot ceiling. All you'd have to do is remove the ceiling fan, and he could easily double his usable space by lofting his bed and inserting his office underneath it.
@@SuzanneBaruch True, which is why so many older apartment buildings in NYC have such high ceilings in the first place. They were built before AC, so it allowed the heat to rise above the living space. However, a window AC unit would easily be able to cool that small of a room, so he's just wasting space by not lofting.
Actually, I'm amazed at how organized he is. He did a fantastic job with that storage/closet. I would prefer to have more space, of course, but what he did with such a small amount of room, was astounding!
If there was a nice shared kitchen it'd be OK cause them it's like having 3 or 4 roommates which is just like a shared apartment but this just feels like a rip.
Fabian Patrizio I don’t think it is “normal”. I think it is just what people are willing to do to live in a big city and landlords take advantage of them. It’s robbery.
Yashaya Yaquab 144 it’s called profit margins dumbass when a company is as big as Apple they can afford to buy wholesale and therefore lower the price it costs to make, if you tried to buy all the materials yourself it wouldn’t cost $15
That's so depressing. Designs nice homes for a living, lives in a cupboard for 800 bucks a month. He works online, so why does he need to "live" in Manhattan?
I’m guessing he still might have to go into the office every couple days for meetings, reports, etc. similar to software engineers - still, WAY better/cheaper places to live than Manhattan esp. on an architect’s salary
I guess he likes living there. I personally wouldn't live in an urban area. I like a larger apartment for the same price. But some people like to live in urban areas because they have mass transit, easier access to stores and entertainment, etc.
That door that he can't open because the bed is in the way leads to a fullsize apartment and this literally is just the closet. Like Bender's digs in Futurama.
Let's be honest here, he's paying $800/month to be almost homeless in Manhatten. He could be making payments on a whole damn house most everywhere else in the country.
He wants to be a New Yorker. People do everything to accomplish their dreams. Not even a private bathroom? Nor even a nano kitchen? Almost like a capsule. Cool for a weekend, or maybe if he worked outside in town. But, working from home?? I don't need big spaces, but at least 15m2, in case of self isolation due to the pandemy. And at least a fish to take care of. There is no place not even for a small freshwater tank.
I was thinking the exact same thing. It became more of a nervous outburst of a laugh when he mentioned how he works from home designing houses with storage closets as big as his apartment.
perolito83 that's the impression I got too. I actually could handle it, but he's probably used to growing up in bigger places in the suburbs or something.
It is ok wtf at least he’s not sleeping on a park bench. This looks like a mansion compared to cold cement under a freeway bridge. Until you’ve slept on bare cold snow and had all of your belongings buried under mountains of snow SHUT UP. this place is a BLESSING
I once rented out a walk-in closet in Edison New Jersey and it was actually a good deal I think I spent $40 a month on it and I only used it temporarily till I bought my house
I was actually kind of on board with this until he brought up the prt about sharing that tiny little bathroom with other tenants! That’s where I draw the line. No way I’m gonna share a bathroom with a bunch of strangers
@@betterthinktwice9944 exactly. This isn't much different than roommates. Really how much do some people know about all their roommates before moving in with them?
i would be ready to quit my job if that was the home reality. I have an entire 3 bedroom house, with large garden, garage, shed and clothesline, and front yard, parking for 4, and a quiet neighborhood, IN IOWA, for $900 plus utilities (15 year mortgage) , this video makes me love IOWA even more! =) my entire kitchen, and its tiny for this state, would be the size of your room. get out of there!
@@robanderson84 been through Iowa many many MANY times. have experienced the extremes of the summer months and bitter BITTER cold months. oh and there are the smell of GOLD, hog sh*t. just as the smell of hog farms go away, maybe 5 minutes, BOOM another hog farm for miles. but that's in central Iowa. Eastern Iowa has corn fields, flooding rivers, a few universities and hospitals.... $900 is too much lol
@@SHADOWBOXERBAYBEE i live in the Des Moines, no pigs for 30 miles in any direction from my place, can't smell a thing like that, but my grandma lives on a farm, and it smells like money to her =)
It’s not about “saying you live in New York” it’s about the real difference in culture and variety and entertainment that exists there and doesn’t exist in cheap suburban places in the US. This place is small as hell I agree, but you just sound small minded and silly trying to negatively reduce the massive amount of things NY offers in life to “someone wanting to say they live in NY”. Maybe you should look in the mirror and realize many many people would laugh at whatever boring place you live.
@@turkey4957 I give zero shits about people's general opinions about me, so don't assume everyone has the mentality and attention craving of a middle schooler. Secondly, it's cute that you assumed i couldn't possibly have thought of what new York has to offer. Cuz those unsophisticated rubes in flyover country just don't know what they're missing! I have and it's not that appealing, in my opinion. Even if it was, I have a bit more dignity and intelligence than you believe to allow someone to sell me the equivalent of a pet rock.
“I make eggs in my microwave which everyone thinks is weird” DUDE! That is the last thing we find weird about this sad scene. I can’t tell if his nervous tics are laughs or cries. Ugh....a piece of my soul died just watching this.
+pdrbcl I thought about that too and I think it could be that it used to be the closet of the room next door, and an entrance to that room. It is probably locked, but still there for when the owner wants to sell someday!
@@murrrr8288: Depends on where you live. Where I live, weather-wise, a van would be no different than living in that N.Y.C. dog house. Summer though, better find a tree to park under or a freeway overpass.
He's an architect and living in a 2m wide shoebox...THE IRONY :/ The location wouldn't convince me to live in that hole, the price ain't even that cheap, wtffff
I bet he leaves that front door open to the hall ALL the time. I would have to. Sorry I understand living small in the city, I lived in Philadelphia PA in a small apt bed room small kitchen with bathroom with shower only but dang u coukd at least walk to the other room. Plus my apt was the only one on that small floor when you opened the door a small landing with a big window and the stairs ( inside stairwell) I essentially made that landing part of my living space. Had a little chair and endtable out there. You could see straight down the steps to the front door that had a huge window to the street. Best seat in the house actually. It was and old apt building from the 20s or 30s the architecture was beautiful. You could tell in it's day it was lovely. The Windows in the bedroom was like three trifold and huge with high ceilings so though small you did not feel trapped. Right across from Temple University so you know they made a killing off of students. 30 yrs ago the rent there was 800 per month. Sorry but this is sad, but i am sure any homeless person would love it so who are we to say if it is dumb. I see there is an AC at least
IInvictus hes paying $800 a month. I live in nyc and apartments are very small yet expensive as hell smh I’m actually moving into a new apartment tomorrow. Nyc is hard! Lol
I think it's a cute apartment for a single individual. I like that he fixed and added a door to his closet. 👍 Neat. Keep up the great job. Best of luck.
It looks unbelievably worse than the 90 square foot apartment video I saw before this. What a difference 12 square feet makes! More importantly, the other place had a loft for a bed and its own bathroom. I’m not claustrophobic, but sharing a bathroom is my deal breaker.
A typical NYC hipster nowadays only has an iPhone, a MacBook, and the quintessential mechanical typewriter in a 100sq apartment, oh and of course some skinny jeans. To make up for the rent they might rent out 20 sq feet in a corner to some bum to sleep in. lol My laundry room in the midwest is bigger than this room... available for rent, real cheap ;) By the way R. Kelly would love that closet... tsk-tsk (if you get my drift about the Closet song)
@Adam Cairns < Not necessarily, but comfort certainly is... if NYC would have reasonably priced dwellings, it would be the greatest place on earth to live, but nowadays rents are simply ridiculous, borderline insane.
Wow that is too small of a living space and it looks like a prison cell. I would go insane. And the rent is $800/month plus 3-4 people sharing the washroom? That's gross.
I used to live in a place like that but with 2 roomates. Instead of sofa, there was a triple bunk bed and instead of desk we had 3 vertical lockers 1 for each one of us. Washroom was also shared with around 12 people. But when you have no option, you adapt and get used to it. I spent most of the time time outside so when I did need to go back, I was so tired that the only thing I wanted to do is sleep. And for solely having a place to sleep, that's better than the streets. If you think about it the human capacity of adaptation is amazing.
Ras Irie honestly, very well said. i recently had to move home with my parents after a horrid break up with my fiance. I hated it SO much at first but then it's like... shit.... better than a bus stop bench...
MaroonStorm Yeah, not only that shoebox apt is too small they have to share a single washroom among 3-4 people? That is kinda disgusting. Imagine lining up in the morning for #1 and #2, guys pissing and pooping in the same toilet oh boyy! And I know how some male tenants are DIRTY MOFOS.. who can't clean up after themselves. Sorry but I pass. If I had work in NYC, I would live in the suburbs, take the train or whatever even its a long ride. I just can't mess with my living conditions just cuz the location is close to my work.
One bathroom, FOUR people that use it? No thanks. Must be lovely having to wait 15-20 min just to take a piss, or walking in after someone takes a shit
what makes you think he didn't? just because his living conditions aren't what you would want to live in doesn't mean he or other people wouldn't want to.
Beth Dunbar agreed. I’m not sure what the big deal is. It’s not that small. The area in which he lives? Obscenely expensive rent. At least he’s not p*ssing his hard earned money away on rent.
It's a pathetic standard of living. Granted, many if not most Westerners are not making the most of the larger homes that they do occupy and prefer, but this guy thinks it's cool that he can read with his feet up on the opposite wall. That's just lame. And I suppose if I'd had to do without a kitchen when I was single, I would have adjusted to it. But sharing a bathroom with strangers? No way. Hopefully that young architect has more living space now.
Many people (though not hippie types!) care about sharing bathrooms. I'm not a germaphobe in the pathological sense, but my husband and I ARE clean. This is about not having to wait for others, and being able to take my time whether I'm relieving myself or I just want to have a bath without scheduling specific times or having someone pound on the door. A lot of people- even young guys- have experienced the 'charm' of communal bathrooms and draw the line there.
I live in a 161sqm bachelor's apartment (which is still almost double the size of his apartment, and mine includes a private bathroom). First time I entered it I was like "no way I can live here".... but it's totally cool. Sure, there are some minor inconveniences, but nothing I can't cope with. It's fascinating how resilient and adaptable we humans are.
He honestly sounds like he’s going nuts, and I would too in those conditions. I’m pretty sure even solitary confinement cells have to be bigger than this shithole.
Are you looking for a new place? I just bought a refrigerator. I was going to throw the box out, but if you want, you can rent it from me for $300. It's less money and bigger.
Boomers be like: "See, you can afford to live on your own. Stop being so lazy and ungrateful!" Also Boomers back in the day: *Buys a 4 bedroom house with a poptart*
@@melissaj6786 you're right. Actually to be exact, 1.15$ in 1964 I appreciate that you actually knew that. Now time for some inflation The avg cost of a house was $20,000 The avg mortgage required only 3% down Which is $600 Assuming I work 40hrs at 1.15 = $46 per week. 600/46 = ~ 13 weeks to save up. Adding other expenses more like 25 weeks to save up realistically. So I get my mortgage at a 30 year fixed rate with let's assume a 600 credit score. They give me that loan at %4.5 interest and I'm looking at a $101 a month bill. At my wage I make $184 a month. My annual salary at my wage would be around $2000 putting me at about a 22% tax bracket which reduces my monthly wage to 184 - 22% = 161.92 That means every month I have $60 left for other things.... A loaf of bread was 18c don't forget this is a minimum wage straight 40 hour a week job that any high school kid could get as their very first job don't tell me it wasn't easier When nowadays a full-time minimum wage job would barely let you rent a room out of someone else's apartment
Maybe the landlord had rules against loft beds. Why can't you guys celebrate the fact that he is doing what he wants. It seems as if you are afraid of someone who is doing what he wants to do.
Yeah, legally a bedroom has to be at least 80 square feet, so this wouldn’t even qualify as a bedroom. It’s possible it was grandfathered in, as I know some SROs are.
Found him on LinkedIn and now owns an architecture firm in California. I don't know why people got so mad in the comments, this was clearly just a means to an end for this guy. I'm sure those years in this "apartment" weren't the best but he made the sacrifices he needed and is doing better for it.
Yep. And I was thinking about how he could rent a four-bedroom house near Eldoret or Kitale for a little over $250 per month...and then he mentions he's lived in Kenya! Yet, he chooses this?
It’s so dumb (and sad) how some people will settle for that just so they can live next door to some bars/restaurants and stores they can’t even afford.
As a introvert i wouldn't mind living somewhere like this, If it had its own bathroom. I would rather have a small space for myself, than have a bigger space and need room mates. Privacy, peace and quiet are all very valuable things. Lol
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I think I may have an idea why some New Yorkers seems so angry all the time.
nyc is a stressful city
avaorchid 200th like. ;)
+Q u. prison cell chic 😛
Q u it's a shit city too
Yep, so glad my mother didn't raise us their, she knew got the f out with 7 kid's..
The perfect apartment for when you’ve always wanted to go to prison but are too scared to commit a crime.
LOL
Hah! Good one bro.
Lol had to sign in to youtube just to give a like and comment 🤣🤣
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ababyharpseal 🤣🤣🤣🤣 spot on
He’s doing the laugh that is like one step away from a cry
His nervous embarrassing laughter breaks my heart
😂😂😂
Annie McKnight or he is laughing all the way to bank with the money he saves at the end of the month that you don’t
@@canucksfan8051 $800 is overpriced for that amount of space.
Yes! One day he will look back on this and remember the struggle! I'm sure this is a stepping stone for him!
I'm Kenyan and I must agree that we are used to living in such small spaces....your video is inspiring because it gives an idea of how we can arrange our own small spaces.....thank you for sharing....🙂
He downsized again - now he's living in an MRI tube.
This made me LOL
Lmfffao 😂😭
Oh ffs 😂
I heard he now lives in a locker
Hahaha!!!
Imagine self isolating in there.
God!
I hadn't thought of that! I'd go insane!
It would be essentially impossible because you're sharing a bathroom with your neighbors.
@M A this world is a prison cell you just don't realize it yet .... Freedom can only be found one way , through Jesus Christ . Seek Him today is my hope for you all ....
I knew this would be the top comment so weird
He lost me on the bathroom. If there’s no kitchen and bathroom it’s not an apartment, it’s a RENTED ROOM!!
Exactly!! He rented a room. He could actually get a better room with a shared kitchen as well for the same price. Also dude’s an architect!?!
It’s like a dorm room, just smaller
A rented closet.
Rinee n lol for $800 where?? You dont even live in nyc so you dont even know anything about rent prices.
Chief of Staffy oooohhhh😵 sad to hear!! Hurry and graduate 👍🏼
4:53 "I work a lot, here. When I work, I'm here. When I'm not working, I'm not really here." Socrates reborn.
hahaha
Dude is paying $800 to live in a closet..
Also this was posted 9yrs ago. So its even more now!!
My house is less than that. It's tiny for a house and trashy tbh but we have 2 bedrooms, ACTUAL kitchen/living room/bathroom, closets and a basement. And a garage and shed. And pets. $700.
$800 for that?!?!?!?!? You could just rent a room in a house and have access to the kitchen, bathroom, basement and living room for like $200-$300 dollars less.
I thought he said “a hundred dollars” and I was thinking - “I could live like that for a year for $100” - but $800?! No way. What the hell?
@@dhrgkbqxtjr2743 not in manhattan lol
if he works from "home" he could literally live anywhere in the world and do the same job.
MITCHELL WIGGS Right? “But the city” these people will say
Most people don't have COMMON SENSE. Uncomfortable lifestyle.
You'd think he'd get a bigger apartment in a less pricey area.
800 a month can get u a mansion in Mississippi or anywhere South Central haha
he could live in a rv or schoolbus and save 500 bucks.
Each time he chuckled= a cry for help
Sydney cole okaaaay
LOL!
yeah he's gonna snap any minute
Lucy Loft 😂😂😂
"Breaking news, local man who resides in a milk crate went on a rampage through Williamsburg today."
Don’t be embarrassed! When I was in college, I lived with 4 students in a small room, across the school. Only a sink, two bathrooms to share with other room occupants. Couldn’t cook so had to eat out every time. Thank God that phase in my life is over. So, don’t apologize for your apartment. You’re not sharing it with anyone. You’re not homeless.
$800 a month in 2011. Imagine what it costs now.
I saw a smaller one for $1600 so probably $1700
Omg thats insane, for 1400 a month im paying my mortage in PA.
Just saw a video of one for 1600
I live in Hamilton, Ontario and in 2019, I pay $750 for a large 2 bedroom apartment with a large eat in kitchen, living room, bathroom (INSIDE the apartment), lots of closets and cupboards, and wonderful huge windows in every room.
Over in Toronto, people are paying over $2000 a month for a similar apartment. It is insane what people will pay for the "privilege" of living in a big city.
For what people pay to live in big cities like New York, Toronto, or Vancouver, they could rent something bigger and nicer outside of the city and commute.
I replayed a million times I thought I can’t hear properly 800 damn
me: "oh maybe he doesn't stay home much, and basically just sleeps there"
him: "i work from home" WHY
Me: ok. You: huh?
go to a damn coffeeshop or something or the park 😂
I was thinking the exact same!!
Why not live in NJ? Like why?
“I work from home”
Then why pay the outrageous cost to rent in Manhattan? lol
Because he’s secretly Carrie Bradshaw.
piecesofme correction... WANTS TO BE Carrie Bradshaw🙃
Carrie Bradshaw had people thinking they can get a sizable studio with a full kitchen and a walk in closet in Manhattan rent controlled for 750 a month. His apartment is more the reality of what 750 would get you in Manhattan.
Building owners absolutely price gouge because people will pay just for location. It’s disgusting.
Oh, yeah, and then he said that place is near of a lot of activities he does...
danny cortés yeah... idk i would move to the out skirts of the city in a real apartment with a bathroom and find new activities 😂
Good accommodations for the choice of living in an expensive city. Creative use of space. This living space seems monklike. No place for a bunch of stuff you don't need. Sharing access to water and toilet/shower. I wish i had that. I'm living in an 8 x 27 ft space which is down from a 2 bdrm house which burned in a fire a few years ago. 3 years here waiting for pge to distribute payment for fire damage.....so i can appreciate this guys space. Good job.
"My home office, if you will"
I won't
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KaBash 😂
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Hahaha
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Definitely not.
It’s not the small space that would bother me so much as sharing that tiny bathroom with so many people.
Christine Peterson
No different from having roommates.
@@AddBowIfGirl Not everyone has roommates and it is different when it's a couple people you know sharing vs random people in your building.
That's where I was like nope.
@@AddBowIfGirl But that bathroom is their only water source. No kitchen... ugghhh. I couldn't.
BellaLove
I didn’t say that everyone has roommates, just that living like this is similar to having roommates (in college), which isn’t ever ideal but is perfectly livable and a great way to save money. And living with roommates, whether in a dorm or apartment, usually involves living with strangers, so again, that’s not so different from living in an apartment like that. This apartment complex is a lot like a college dorm where as a bonus you get to save a ton of your NYC paycheck - and New Yorkers tend to get paid quite well. I could do that for a year or... 4.
That ain’t no apartment.
That’s a confession booth.
LOOOOOOLLL
😂😂😂
Looked like a coffin from the thumbnail
That's exactly what it is
You're much more likely to get laid in a confession booth
“I’m vegetarian”
**opens fridge”
*water and an orange”
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5'10
140pounds
~Zero muscle tone
This poor man.
@@Avenus112 and he is The Hulk compared to the cameraman.
@@jimgardner1306 that's because the one with the camera is a woman, the owner of the channel.
@@Avenus112 Ahem..... and what a handsome woman she is! Seriously... anyone ever hear of an extra-large, deep-dish, meat-lovers pizza? I know, he’s a veggie lover.
I'm astounded that this man is a WHOLEASS PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECT and didn't bother to loft anything with that 13 foot ceiling. All you'd have to do is remove the ceiling fan, and he could easily double his usable space by lofting his bed and inserting his office underneath it.
News flash: it gets hot in the summer time. Heat rises. There's no way to cool up there, so he'd bake like a skinny lil chicken at night.
True
@@SuzanneBaruch True, which is why so many older apartment buildings in NYC have such high ceilings in the first place. They were built before AC, so it allowed the heat to rise above the living space.
However, a window AC unit would easily be able to cool that small of a room, so he's just wasting space by not lofting.
That’s New York: In some buildings it’s illegal to install an AC unit. 🥳
@@tybrown7112 There's an AC in his window.
Actually, I'm amazed at how organized he is. He did a fantastic job with that storage/closet. I would prefer to have more space, of course, but what he did with such a small amount of room, was astounding!
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Yes !
Rumor has it the checks he gets from Guiness Book of World Records helps him out.
He's really clever!
$800US to live in a closet, with no kitchen, and sharing a bathroom wth 4 others is a colossal rip-off.
Welcome to New York...
@@RedfishInc didn't he say $100?
@@MaxItUpwithMarta he said 800 a month but the description says 750.
If there was a nice shared kitchen it'd be OK cause them it's like having 3 or 4 roommates which is just like a shared apartment but this just feels like a rip.
it's called NYC lol
"This is an upgrade, I lived in a mud hut in Kenya", did they charge you 800 to live there though?
i bet the hut looked more inviting to
And I imagine the hut had more inviting views and access to outside space/nature
I honestly can’t believe this is legal.
That’s what I said how is this legal
Rico G I think in a lot of places it isn’t!
This is normal in Tokyo for example..I lived there 5 years :)
Fabian Patrizio I don’t think it is “normal”. I think it is just what people are willing to do to live in a big city and landlords take advantage of them. It’s robbery.
Yashaya Yaquab 144 it’s called profit margins dumbass when a company is as big as Apple they can afford to buy wholesale and therefore lower the price it costs to make, if you tried to buy all the materials yourself it wouldn’t cost $15
hes trying to hard to convince himself this is a good idea
And we aren't helping any.
This is so ridiculous that there isn't much to say
i have never said it about any of the small houses that kirsten has shown-but this is not very appealing.,I think it’s a very awful looking space.
Mayra Alejandra I swear it’s on every single one of em
He's an architect... Why is he living in this? Don't they make decent money? I wish he or someone could answer this.
That's so depressing. Designs nice homes for a living, lives in a cupboard for 800 bucks a month. He works online, so why does he need to "live" in Manhattan?
conversiamo1 Agreed, its amazing that the guy doesn’t see the irony in this
I’m guessing he still might have to go into the office every couple days for meetings, reports, etc. similar to software engineers - still, WAY better/cheaper places to live than Manhattan esp. on an architect’s salary
i mean he literally said hes 5 minutes from all the thing hes does
@@brownsugar3389 maybe he likes living in the city? lots of stuff to do, bars, restaurants etc
I guess he likes living there. I personally wouldn't live in an urban area. I like a larger apartment for the same price. But some people like to live in urban areas because they have mass transit, easier access to stores and entertainment, etc.
That door that he can't open because the bed is in the way leads to a fullsize apartment and this literally is just the closet. Like Bender's digs in Futurama.
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$800/month to live in a Cocoa Pebbles box? No thank you...
+Rebel G. that is what i was thinking too
+Rebel G. And it doesn't even come with a bathroom! That alone would be a deal breaker for me.
+The Rebel someone had a 90 sq ft house and 700 a month
+The Rebel no one moves to Manhattan so they can hang out in their home all day. To each their own.
Elizabeth Heywood haha good point. I moved into my car 5 years ago. I could live there free if I wanted.
Let's be honest here, he's paying $800/month to be almost homeless in Manhatten. He could be making payments on a whole damn house most everywhere else in the country.
Especially when he's able to WFH.....
Yes, but HE prefers to live in Manhattan, duh!
He wants to be a New Yorker. People do everything to accomplish their dreams. Not even a private bathroom? Nor even a nano kitchen? Almost like a capsule. Cool for a weekend, or maybe if he worked outside in town. But, working from home?? I don't need big spaces, but at least 15m2, in case of self isolation due to the pandemy. And at least a fish to take care of. There is no place not even for a small freshwater tank.
Tim B he could just have roommates and pay $800 for a nicely sized room . He’s already sharing a bathroom lol
I think we should not judge people because of their house. he might be saving more money. 800/M is not that bad in that area.
i love how this guy laughs all the time to try and squelch the inner struggle
I was thinking the exact same thing. It became more of a nervous outburst of a laugh when he mentioned how he works from home designing houses with storage closets as big as his apartment.
i was thinking the same 😂😂
The compromise ain't worth it.
Yup, poor guy looks like he's trying to convince himself that that tiny room is comfortable.
perolito83 that's the impression I got too. I actually could handle it, but he's probably used to growing up in bigger places in the suburbs or something.
This isn't an apartment. Its a bedroom/dormitory. He's renting a bedroom.
I agree. A room. Well organized/ utilized.
That's all he needs for now
Not even a bedroom, he's renting a closet.
I need to know what's behind that door beside the bed. Maybe he never realized he's been living in the closet of a giant penthouse the whole time.
That would be hysterical!
When bender shows fry his closet 💀💀
@@CarlosMartinez-bg3cn Dammit that is exactly what I was thinking.
Lol
I came to the comments to see if anyone has the same question as me ;D
It makes me angry that he's paying $800 a month.
That was way back in 2010-11
Just think what he's paying now ffs
@@nasifshadmanchowdhury5023 $1000
NYC should make you angry... not him...
@Gabriel Hernandez is it true about the smell of sewage in the summer when it’s hot?
Added bonus - if he ever gets convicted of a crime and sent to prison, the cell will seem spacious.
His asshole will also get spacious
Bryan lmfa 😂
ShredZeppelin Bro 😂😂😂😂
And he'll have his own bathroom! Sheesh.
@@unholydiver1095 💀
Bless him. He's trying so hard to convince himself that this is ok 🥴
The dude has perseverance I’ll give em that!
It is ok wtf at least he’s not sleeping on a park bench. This looks like a mansion compared to cold cement under a freeway bridge. Until you’ve slept on bare cold snow and had all of your belongings buried under mountains of snow SHUT UP. this place is a BLESSING
@@chloeh600 Nah. He's a dumba$$ for paying that much. 😘
That’s a really annoying thing to say
Did he say $800 a month?
yeah poor dude's voice sounds like he's on the verge of crying
That's literally prison but a bit more lavish and some privacy so you can drop your soap without any worries
he sounded happy to me.
@@Amr_D He said he shares the bathroom.... :)
When he said he needed to go to the bathroom to fill his cup, i lost it.
What about the shoes next to dishes, microwave and other miscellaneous items used to PREPARE FOOD 🤮
I agree. There's no way I'm using bathroom sink water for basic drinking. He should buy bottled water. I bet he has a huge bank account.
Wow, somebody's making a lot of money renting out closets.
I once rented out a walk-in closet in Edison New Jersey and it was actually a good deal I think I spent $40 a month on it and I only used it temporarily till I bought my house
@@arlenmargolin1650 Yeah but he's paying around $800. Crazy to think about.
@@springtreats9509 very expensive to live in New York City
@@arlenmargolin1650 haha what! Really? Like out of someone’s house? I’m so intrigued
There's one youtuber who lives a shoebox apartment but at least he pays way cheaper and it has a laundromat down strairs with a clean shared batheroom
I was actually kind of on board with this until he brought up the prt about sharing that tiny little bathroom with other tenants! That’s where I draw the line. No way I’m gonna share a bathroom with a bunch of strangers
Me too,! I was like Ok, this is a possibility, then he got the water from a communal bathroom I was like "check please'...
Lol. I wouldn't want to do it now, but in my youth budget was the priority, & I did it!
@@betterthinktwice9944 exactly. This isn't much different than roommates. Really how much do some people know about all their roommates before moving in with them?
You are no longer strangers once you share a bathroom.
He sounds like he's on the verge of crying the entire time as he's explaining his situation and quite honestly I don't blame him.
@RetroGuy76 yep
i would be ready to quit my job if that was the home reality. I have an entire 3 bedroom house, with large garden, garage, shed and clothesline, and front yard, parking for 4, and a quiet neighborhood, IN IOWA, for $900 plus utilities (15 year mortgage) , this video makes me love IOWA even more! =) my entire kitchen, and its tiny for this state, would be the size of your room. get out of there!
@@robanderson84 been through Iowa many many MANY times. have experienced the extremes of the summer months and bitter BITTER cold months. oh and there are the smell of GOLD, hog sh*t. just as the smell of hog farms go away, maybe 5 minutes, BOOM another hog farm for miles. but that's in central Iowa. Eastern Iowa has corn fields, flooding rivers, a few universities and hospitals.... $900 is too much lol
@@SHADOWBOXERBAYBEE i live in the Des Moines, no pigs for 30 miles in any direction from my place, can't smell a thing like that, but my grandma lives on a farm, and it smells like money to her =)
That's sad. I live in a 2 bedroom apartment wifi, water, sewage
, trash included for 670.
I feel bad for complaining
... all this to be able to say "I live in New York"?
Yeah really worthless
@P Smith there are train cabins larger than this
It’s not about “saying you live in New York” it’s about the real difference in culture and variety and entertainment that exists there and doesn’t exist in cheap suburban places in the US. This place is small as hell I agree, but you just sound small minded and silly trying to negatively reduce the massive amount of things NY offers in life to “someone wanting to say they live in NY”. Maybe you should look in the mirror and realize many many people would laugh at whatever boring place you live.
@@turkey4957 I give zero shits about people's general opinions about me, so don't assume everyone has the mentality and attention craving of a middle schooler. Secondly, it's cute that you assumed i couldn't possibly have thought of what new York has to offer. Cuz those unsophisticated rubes in flyover country just don't know what they're missing! I have and it's not that appealing, in my opinion. Even if it was, I have a bit more dignity and intelligence than you believe to allow someone to sell me the equivalent of a pet rock.
Live? This shit is embarrassing
The landlord probably put a door near a dead end hallway and called it a room.
You could also rent out half a bed, but that's another story!
That's a really good price for an SRO in hell's kitchen. Nice job!
Nicole O. You have me laughing
Lmao...we are really missing our calling. These people will fall for anything just to have that City Living experience.
Nicole Oliver 😂
He said an inch can make a difference. I bet he’s heard that before.
Whew a good one lol 😂
😆
That’s what she said...
I know i have. 😑
😂😂😂☠
“I make eggs in my microwave which everyone thinks is weird” DUDE! That is the last thing we find weird about this sad scene. I can’t tell if his nervous tics are laughs or cries. Ugh....a piece of my soul died just watching this.
You can give your opinion without being so rude.
@@usfanlovesjiwoo1978 What was rude about it? Are we supposed to pretend living in a shoebox isn't extremely depressing
chasenip2 LOL I also sensed some embarrassment in his laughs.
Currently living in a similar situation
😭
This dude could literally work anywhere and he chooses to live in a walk in closet with a shared bathroom. Wow, what a life.
That’s why I don’t feel that bad for him lol.
He's an architect maybe he's saving up!
He is work from home and study too.. And he is an architect, he knew what he choice
Makes no sense. If he works from home then why not just get a bigger place further out?
@@bluebull399 or here is a controversial one live with his parents for the time as he is surely not bringing in any girl in that place
Someone just saw this and feels better about their life
My bedroom is 4 times the size of his "apartment "
🙋🏻♀️
Me included
I live in my own house, 675 square feet, and I thought I was in a tiny living situation.
@AceOfHearts I have a 3 bedroom fairly large house .... watching this definitely made me feel fortunate. ... the city isn't for me though. Lol
There's no way he's still living in that utility closet.
What's that white door in his apartment for?
Narnia?
His hopes and dreams?
+pdrbcl I thought about that too and I think it could be that it used to be the closet of the room next door, and an entrance to that room. It is probably locked, but still there for when the owner wants to sell someday!
***** That's what I also meant to say. His room is a closet to the room next to it, originally :D
I thought it was just for decoration to make it look bigger
😂😂😂 @ hopes and dreams
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He sounds like a very kind and humble guy. I hope he can one day use his skills to build himself the home he deserves 😭
Not everyone is materialistic
Biba Cummins having a home you deserve does not mean you’re materialistic 🙄
Finally a nice comment
Biba Cummins true
@@bibacummins7706 What? How is wanting a decent sized home materialistic???
Sharing bathroom with strangers is my personal hell
Sharing a bathroom with your family is gross!!
Will. Not. Share. Bathroom.
You would not have done well in college dorms then lol
I agree
I wouldnt like sharing it either!
It’s 2020, we need an update. I think he’s probably saved a bit and left. But it’s ok if he’s still there.
Update: he’s still hanging in there
@@viliamvacula8111 any links?
no
A guy in Federal Prison has more room than you. Take a minute to digest that.
Wow. That's true. And they often have their own toilet.
And better food
Even the video is compressed.
And still, crime doesn't pay. The rents in NYC are criminal.
I know a guy that did time and he said its like staying in a shitty hotel.
"I'm thirsty, hang on while I go to the toilet to get a drink of water from the communal bathroom".... This would be a BIG NO for me...
For a person coming from Kenya, it must be nice though
@@NerdKing9826 Point taken...
I share with 4 other ladies, I keep 5 gals in my room.cistern I refill every Sunday
@@NerdKing9826 They wouldn't rent that place to an immigrant, look where it is! Lol.
How many people does he share the bathroom with?
I'd rather live in a van. At least you can move around from place to place and not be stuck in a shoebox size studio.
vans get really cold during the winter months and nights
@@murrrr8288: Depends on where you live. Where I live, weather-wise, a van would be no different than living in that N.Y.C. dog house. Summer though, better find a tree to park under or a freeway overpass.
I've been living in my work truck for almost a year know. I call it my Peterbuilt condo
I Ford transit will be bigger
@@murrrr8288 Especially if you're living in a van down by the river.
I love this!!! Just moved into a 80 square-foot apartment here in Florida! I have no idea how to make this work… Gives me great ideas!
where in florida? i need a small apartment
He's an architect and living in a 2m wide shoebox...THE IRONY :/ The location wouldn't convince me to live in that hole, the price ain't even that cheap, wtffff
Jaclyn Tan 100 dollars isn’t cheap for rent?
@@barbiegirl9175 @0:42 he says "I pay $800 a month"
i wonder if he realizes he's living in a janitorial closet
It probably was at one point.
I bet he leaves that front door open to the hall ALL the time. I would have to. Sorry I understand living small in the city, I lived in Philadelphia PA in a small apt bed room small kitchen with bathroom with shower only but dang u coukd at least walk to the other room. Plus my apt was the only one on that small floor when you opened the door a small landing with a big window and the stairs ( inside stairwell) I essentially made that landing part of my living space. Had a little chair and endtable out there. You could see straight down the steps to the front door that had a huge window to the street. Best seat in the house actually. It was and old apt building from the 20s or 30s the architecture was beautiful. You could tell in it's day it was lovely. The Windows in the bedroom was like three trifold and huge with high ceilings so though small you did not feel trapped. Right across from Temple University so you know they made a killing off of students. 30 yrs ago the rent there was 800 per month. Sorry but this is sad, but i am sure any homeless person would love it so who are we to say if it is dumb. I see there is an AC at least
One of those moments I wish there was a “milk-squirting-out-your-nose” emoji. 🤣🤣
At least a janitorial closet has running hot and cold water & a drain.
Lmaooooo hell yeah
I hope he’s doing better today.
“I’m vegetarian so I eat a lot of fruit”
Opens fridge to reveal one Orange
😬😂
It's a grapefruit, actually. Or at least, he said it was.
Maybe he already ate all his fruit?
he ate a lot of fruit, that's why there's one orange left
800 a month to live in an apartment thats literally the average size of a prison cell
Except it's actually smaller than a prison cell.
Gm 4L Smaller. That would probably be considered inhumane to keep a prisoner in such a confined space.
In NY.
“Location location location”
Why doesnt he live in a Van?
I lived in a car in the eighties and had more room.
I lived in a car last year when I traveled full time. It was s much bette rthan what he has
Rick G. 😂
I lived in my mother for 9 months and even i had more space and my own fucking toilet!
He is laughing way too much. He knows it sucks living there .
Gotta laugh to hide the pain
Laugh now cry later.
Laughing regret. Look how happy I'm not, ahu ahu.
He said he lived in Kenya in a hut with mud and that his apartment was a step up. He is quite humble.
sowhatwearedoomed exactly the tears behind the laughter 😂💯
Wow, Soo incredibly neat & tidy. Good for you making your bed & desk. You've been very resourceful & made a really lovely, cozy home for yourself !!
The shared bathroom is a deal breaker. Well the whole place is a deal breaker really.
And he’s paying 2k a month for that shitty place
IInvictus hes paying $800 a month. I live in nyc and apartments are very small yet expensive as hell smh I’m actually moving into a new apartment tomorrow. Nyc is hard! Lol
Same here - as soon as he got to the ‘4 other units share this ... ‘ I’m like..oh, I don’t think so ..
Its worse than most people think. If one person gets sick, you all get sick.
What is going on these rentals are crazy so are the landlords I can't breathe in a super tiny apartment these prices a. Are ridiculous.
It kinda sounds like this guy is losing his mind with that little chuckle
I thin he already did.
Sad
This guy seems very happy. You got to like that. Seems like a nice person.
He already has. Didn't you hear him say he pays $800 month for that dump?
It’s his own stupidity
Am I the only one nervous about the fact that his microwave is crammed in a closet with NO ventilation space around it? 🔥🥵
No. You are not. I'm thinking exactly the same thing.
I mean it's own on for like 2 minutes max at a time so why would it make a difference
Yeah, I noticed that, too. That would make me nervous.
Ughhy the fucking grease on my shirts, I can already feel it. Also his dirty shoes next to it 🤢
Same here
I think it's a cute apartment for a single individual. I like that he fixed and added a door to his closet. 👍 Neat. Keep up the great job. Best of luck.
I really hope he got a bigger place like he wanted coz I can't imagine going through 2020 lockdown in that tiny space😨
He moved to San Francisco and started his own architecture firm. Not sure what kinda place he’s living in.
If hes in SF probably not much bigger. SF prices are insane also.
@@meshiu2344 if it's got internal walls, it's already an improvement
@@davidthaler7018 how do you know?
@@annetuntun8746 Google his name.
I have a better understanding of why some New Yorkers are having a hard time staying in during quarantine 😳
You know, that's a good point.
This is the extreme. Our apartments are small but this was a damn closet lol
Living in NYC. Live like a rat, feels like a king.
Right now on CNN: New Yorkers fleeing New York during pandemic.
😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Some genius landlord is renting spare closets to hipsters for $800/month. Amazing.
😂😂😂😂😂 trueee jhajahaha
More like 1200 a month but yeah
Yeah, hes making a killing on these fools!
@@hannahondler2952 That is what most people don't get..these closets can run up to 2500 a month depending on location. It's insane. 😯
Hipsters deserve everything they get... Bloody hipsters.
I like the bed idea. So small, I can’t imagine living like that. Kudos to him.
I find these usually inspiring, but this one just left me depressed
It looks unbelievably worse than the 90 square foot apartment video I saw before this. What a difference 12 square feet makes! More importantly, the other place had a loft for a bed and its own bathroom. I’m not claustrophobic, but sharing a bathroom is my deal breaker.
A typical NYC hipster nowadays only has an iPhone, a MacBook, and the quintessential mechanical typewriter in a 100sq apartment, oh and of course some skinny jeans. To make up for the rent they might rent out 20 sq feet in a corner to some bum to sleep in. lol
My laundry room in the midwest is bigger than this room... available for rent, real cheap ;)
By the way R. Kelly would love that closet... tsk-tsk (if you get my drift about the Closet song)
Bill A what's sad is how you seem to think happiness is relative to the size of your house.
@Adam Cairns < Not necessarily, but comfort certainly is... if NYC would have reasonably priced dwellings, it would be the greatest place on earth to live, but nowadays rents are simply ridiculous, borderline insane.
@@adamcairns2434 The Hong Kong citizens who live in literal apartment cages would like to have a word with you.
“So this is my place”
*depressive music starts playing*
😂😂😂😂😂
Sad ukulele
@1400deadwood It's her therapeutic way of dealing with all of the pretentious douches, that she dates....
Wow that is too small of a living space and it looks like a prison cell. I would go insane. And the rent is $800/month plus 3-4 people sharing the washroom? That's gross.
i agree. That is fucking horse shit.
I used to live in a place like that but with 2 roomates.
Instead of sofa, there was a triple bunk bed and instead of desk we had 3 vertical lockers 1 for each one of us.
Washroom was also shared with around 12 people.
But when you have no option, you adapt and get used to it.
I spent most of the time time outside so when I did need to go back, I was so tired that the only thing I wanted to do is sleep. And for solely having a place to sleep, that's better than the streets.
If you think about it the human capacity of adaptation is amazing.
Ras Irie honestly, very well said. i recently had to move home with my parents after a horrid break up with my fiance. I hated it SO much at first but then it's like... shit.... better than a bus stop bench...
MaroonStorm
Yeah, not only that shoebox apt is too small they have to share a single washroom among 3-4 people? That is kinda disgusting. Imagine lining up in the morning for #1 and #2, guys pissing and pooping in the same toilet oh boyy! And I know how some male tenants are DIRTY MOFOS.. who can't clean up after themselves. Sorry but I pass. If I had work in NYC, I would live in the suburbs, take the train or whatever even its a long ride. I just can't mess with my living conditions just cuz the location is close to my work.
Organic Beast i hear ya. i used to live with 3 guys. it was nasty as hell... it amazes me how they just didn't care
him: my home office if you will
me: I will not sir.
I couldn't accept having to share a bathroom with my neighbors.
One bathroom, FOUR people that use it? No thanks. Must be lovely having to wait 15-20 min just to take a piss, or walking in after someone takes a shit
Lot of families share bathroom, also roommates. Don't think this setup is worse in any way.
Never ever.
Imagine getting the stomach virus in such a tiny place with one bathroom... tbh not worth it, I'd move to a smaller city and throw up in peace.
I guess you could use a chamber pot or a bucket to crap in when the bathroom is occupied, and a piss jug as well.
I just walked in the front door and fell out the back window!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
You totally cracked me up 😆
😆
Now that's bloody hilarious.... except the AC is in the way 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
if i lived here i would literally be spending $800 a month for depression...
You mean for therapy
Very nice carpentry. Your talent as an architect shines through!
This guy is living in hell. He wakes up every morning trying to convince himself he did the right thing.
what makes you think he didn't? just because his living conditions aren't what you would want to live in doesn't mean he or other people wouldn't want to.
Beth Dunbar agreed. I’m not sure what the big deal is. It’s not that small. The area in which he lives? Obscenely expensive rent. At least he’s not p*ssing his hard earned money away on rent.
Well, at least he's not living with his parents.
EXACTLY!
Brok Homz hes obviously happy and makes it work each to they own hes not homeless or at his parents like half of these fucks .
I'd be fine with the small room but not sharing a bathroom.
Same. I dont mind the tiny room but it should have a bathroom at least.
Same
He's a guy so he can literally pee in a bottle.
it's not even a room! it's like a hallway of another apartment they have subdivided and rented out!
I’m the opposite. I don’t mind sharing a bathroom but I don’t like sharing a bedroom.
It's 2019, the rent is probably 1800.00 now.
Oh, I bet !!!
chax2004 that’s fucking insane!
Pretty much. That's why people are opting for tents. Greed
He can move down to live with Ninja Turtles. He wouldn't lack space and it's free😆
@@sofijintata157 There are tons of people's dow there . You never know
I really like his sense of humor and attitude. Seems like a sweet guy 😊
That's an urban prison. Most cities would consider this illegal and not a proper living environment. And you work there all day too?
Not legal in Chicago. Needs 2 doors to start.
This is pretty normal in many part of the world. Japan. China.
It's a pathetic standard of living. Granted, many if not most Westerners are not making the most of the larger homes that they do occupy and prefer, but this guy thinks it's cool that he can read with his feet up on the opposite wall. That's just lame. And I suppose if I'd had to do without a kitchen when I was single, I would have adjusted to it. But sharing a bathroom with strangers? No way. Hopefully that young architect has more living space now.
Many people (though not hippie types!) care about sharing bathrooms. I'm not a germaphobe in the pathological sense, but my husband and I ARE clean. This is about not having to wait for others, and being able to take my time whether I'm relieving myself or I just want to have a bath without scheduling specific times or having someone pound on the door. A lot of people- even young guys- have experienced the 'charm' of communal bathrooms and draw the line there.
Wow. Suddenly I appreciate what I have.
Lmao you should check out hong kong “cage apartments/micro apartments” then
Jaemie Hart finally, some positivity in the comments section.
Ikr
800 a month for a 78 square feet closet house without a personal bathroom
What a time to be alive
I might loose my mind
I live in a 161sqm bachelor's apartment (which is still almost double the size of his apartment, and mine includes a private bathroom). First time I entered it I was like "no way I can live here".... but it's totally cool. Sure, there are some minor inconveniences, but nothing I can't cope with. It's fascinating how resilient and adaptable we humans are.
This is NOT an apartment, this is a cell. This guys nervous laugh says a lot.
He honestly sounds like he’s going nuts, and I would too in those conditions. I’m pretty sure even solitary confinement cells have to be bigger than this shithole.
Cells at least have a sink and toilet. He cooks with water out of the community bathroom. Let that sink in. Ewwwwww
That's the same thing i said that ain't no apartment that's a cell and the crazy part about it i thought manhattan was luxurious
babyblueLEGEND ;
babyblueLEGEND
To me, this is the 'new' American majority. While the other Americans are morbidly rich off of these ppl 'with nervous laughter'.
Tonight on MTV's Millennial Cribs.
Tim Kitchen lol
Tim Kitchen this wouldn’t even be considered a millennial 🤦🏽♂️
😂😂😂😂😂
Are you looking for a new place? I just bought a refrigerator. I was going to throw the box out, but if you want, you can rent it from me for $300. It's less money and bigger.
LMAO!!!
Learn Computer Science another closet with someone living in it
Learn Computer Science 😂😂😂😂
🤣
Boomers be like: "See, you can afford to live on your own. Stop being so lazy and ungrateful!"
Also Boomers back in the day: *Buys a 4 bedroom house with a poptart*
I am not a boomer but I am pretty sure they were only making like a dollar an hour.
@@melissaj6786 you're right. Actually to be exact, 1.15$ in 1964
I appreciate that you actually knew that.
Now time for some inflation
The avg cost of a house was $20,000
The avg mortgage required only 3% down
Which is $600
Assuming I work 40hrs at 1.15 = $46 per week. 600/46 = ~ 13 weeks to save up.
Adding other expenses more like 25 weeks to save up realistically.
So I get my mortgage at a 30 year fixed rate with let's assume a 600 credit score.
They give me that loan at %4.5 interest and I'm looking at a $101 a month bill.
At my wage I make $184 a month.
My annual salary at my wage would be around $2000 putting me at about a 22% tax bracket which reduces my monthly wage to
184 - 22% = 161.92
That means every month I have $60 left for other things....
A loaf of bread was 18c
don't forget this is a minimum wage straight 40 hour a week job that any high school kid could get as their very first job don't tell me it wasn't easier
When nowadays a full-time minimum wage job would barely let you rent a room out of someone else's apartment
@@Jay-og4yb Inflation is a "Flat Tax" on everyone.
In Missouri or somewhere with low house prices
An architect who didn't consider building a loft bed?
Julie McLean very good observation!
I very much dig his couch bed combo though; I wonder how he built it...
How do you know he didn’t consider it?
Wait, what? He is an architect?!!!! He seems tonearn minimum wage.
Maybe the landlord had rules against loft beds. Why can't you guys celebrate the fact that he is doing what he wants. It seems as if you are afraid of someone who is doing what he wants to do.
I can't imagine this being up to code. The radiator is almost touching the bed.
Yeah, legally a bedroom has to be at least 80 square feet, so this wouldn’t even qualify as a bedroom. It’s possible it was grandfathered in, as I know some SROs are.
He built the 'bed' himself tho. I think the only furniture that came with the unit was that 'cabinet' that he also added the shelves and door to.
and, the microwave inside very full closet with a printer right on top of it worries me
It is very amazing
Ok Karen
He puts a floor mat down and now there's wall to wall carpeting.
stephen isaacs 😂😂😂😁😂I’m dying!!!
Omg 😂😂😂
BEST FUCKING REPLY!
Found him on LinkedIn and now owns an architecture firm in California. I don't know why people got so mad in the comments, this was clearly just a means to an end for this guy. I'm sure those years in this "apartment" weren't the best but he made the sacrifices he needed and is doing better for it.
just to say " I live in Manhattan" sad...
Yep. And I was thinking about how he could rent a four-bedroom house near Eldoret or Kitale for a little over $250 per month...and then he mentions he's lived in Kenya! Yet, he chooses this?
Manhattan is totally overrated. Well the whole of NYC is overrated honestly
@LemonMint _ he works from home. Why does he need that location?
@LemonMint _ doesn't bother me...but it sure sounds like it bothers him.
It’s so dumb (and sad) how some people will settle for that just so they can live next door to some bars/restaurants and stores they can’t even afford.
He should do a furniture line. That couch/bed/storage, the desk, and the closet door with shelves in it are all dope!
$800 a month for a shoebox? Dude, you work from home, live in New Jersey or something.
Right? Why is everyone feeling bad for him when he has a choice to move across the river?
I feel like he does this just so he can say he lives in New York City.
Alex Hammons as do 99% of the people who live in the city
Stay in New Jersey. NYC is a bus ride away!
@@boarderking133 this dude dumb
As a introvert i wouldn't mind living somewhere like this, If it had its own bathroom. I would rather have a small space for myself, than have a bigger space and need room mates. Privacy, peace and quiet are all very valuable things. Lol