Thanks for watching! I forgot to mention in the video but Alaina told me she does not plan to renew her lease. It’s a 1 year fun experience to see what tiny living is like in NYC. I personally think that’s one of the reasons it’s so fun to live here. You can hop around between neighborhoods and try out new living situations all the time!
You can get some free land in Buffalo, but you got × amount months to build, and it has to be x amount of footage. You have to live in it 5 years before you can sell. If you sale before 5 yrs, you will have to pay for land.
I have two dogs, but I also have half an acre yard and a 2000sqft home. However, I think her set up is fine as long as she is taking her dog on long walks multiple times a day. She also did say that she takes her dog to a doggie daycare, so I'm sure it gets exercise there as well.
In the first place, she says in the video that she works from home 3 to 4 days a week. Then she says on the days that she has to go in to work, she takes the dog to doggy daycare. As long as she’s taking the dog for lots of nice long walks, there’s really no reason why she shouldn’t have one. Now, if she went off to work every day and left the dog cramped up in that apartment alone, it would be different.
welcome to liberal NYC. Only going to get worse as the new zoning law will allow people to rent their garages to people or even sheds. And yes that's true. That's the NYC Mayor (who just got in trouble) team/task force that pushed it. And no I'm not a Republican either. I don't vote for either side. Both trashy but this is Democrat NYC everyone seems to love and watch fall.
And a large dog at that. Not cool. The fool who said ... it’s better than death at a shelter is a real mouth breather. What isn’t better than being euthanized ?? Clown.
When did shit hole mongrels ever care for anything else but themself? That mongrel is living in this pod because she would be too lazy to handle the responsibility of any more.
That should be illegal to rent out a walking closet and market it as an apartment. That is inhumane and the fact that she has a dog in that small space, it’s criminal.
Now, I agree the dog is bad, but you have a pretty spoiled opinion about what "humane" is. There are people in the world who would kill for what she has. That's one problem with living in a great country, you look down on what 80% of the world would love to have
@siddhartacrowley8759 She moved into this place, she made a choice to live there. If she doesn't like it, move! Move out of the city, go somewhere affordable. People seem to think having nice things are entitled to them. Crazy
“Little John saved $3858385838448 from working in an office for 10 years he went in his new apartment, exited. When I saw it was only a 0.1 meter space. He decided to use galvanized square steel and he borrowed screws from his aunt, and he used eco-friendly wood vineries to extend the space.”
The lack of windows gives me serious anxiety. There are prison cells that are nicer than this. People gotta learn that there are a lot of really cool cities outside of NYC and LA.
NYC and LA are ass cities, I don't understand why anyone would want to live there in the first place. Only clowns who like paying a fortune for no personal space I guess
This is why NYC housing prices will never go down. The demand to able to sleep anywhere in this city is too extreme. Most people work all day or go out all day while spending little time at home, so they wouldn't mind this as a temporary living space. Still, I feel claustrophobic just from watching this video.
I agree. Over 20 years ago I worked in NYC, commuting from my, at the time, huge two-bedroom apartment in New Jersey (which had a ton of closet space, as well as a kitchen, and a living room). A co-worker was going away to Florida, with his wife, and invited me to stay at his tiny NYC apartment and watch his cats. I thought it would be the greatest experience ever, working, playing and living in NYC for a month. ...Sadly, I wasn't cut out for it. The apartment was so small, it depressed me. Now I live in a house, and feel maybe it's too big, even though it's a small house. Everyone is different and you have to find that sweet spot of what works for you. She seems happy, and it's decorated beautifully.
"This is why NYC housing prices will never go down" Housing normally goes up over time. If it's on a downward trend for a long time, that's really bad for that location.... 🙂 A large living space in NYC is pretty much always going to be more expensive than most other places in the world simply because NYC is a desirable place to live. 🙂
I'm from NYC and I never heard of any apartment priced that low in NYC, I don't live there anymore and not saying it's impossible, just saying it's highly unlikely!!! On average maybe you can get one around $900 plus, a very small maybe!!!
@@HyperionTG1 "'m from NYC and I never heard of any apartment priced that low in NYC, I don't live there anymore and not saying it's impossible, just saying it's highly unlikely!!! " I grew up in Silicon Valley and still live there, and $650 would be a low price here as well, but she gets a low price because it's a small space. I don't see a problem, NYC and SV are both very desirable and great places to live. I would rather pay $1000 for half of a living room in a 1 BR apartment, which is what I do, than pay $1000 for a mortgage on a five bedroom house but have to pay the Red State Tax of having maga neighbors. NYC = desirable Desirable = expensive. 🙂
NYC doesnt really enforce it's laws. There is WAYYYY too many people here to catch everyone (or even 1% of those committing crimes). The infrastructure is VERY suspect in many areas of NYC (been living here in Queens now for 2 years, can't wait to leave back home to California once residency is done, 1 year left baby!)
Ich finde das nicht würdevoll dort zu leben. Es ist wie eine Kammer weil ja so einiges drin steht. Das Geld was sie verdient hätte sie außerhalb der Stadt besser leben können. Es ist unmenschlich das die Vermieter so viel Geld verlangen für die Miete.
No, this is hell. 😮 Especially the very low ceiling over the bed. 😮😮😮 I would probably sleep downstairs and use the loft as a closet. But omg this feels so claustrophobic!
the fact that there is no window is a huge deal breaker. not only is that a huge safety concern (mainly fire hazard), but I think I’d legitimately go insane. and the fact that there’s like a 3 foot gap between the bed and the ceiling makes me anxious and claustrophobic just watching this video. otherwise, I think it’s actually a pretty solid spot for the price and location. I do agree with her in that when I lived in NYC from 2014-2015, I realized that I really didn’t need much in terms of living space. props to her for making it work.
It's insane, considering a 250sq/ft studio can go for $4000 in a co-living arrangement, but I have seen some recently go as low as $1800 for a studio around Central Park West, literally overlooking the park. The location is incredible and the place is modern and clean.
ACTUALLY THAT IS A LEGAL ROOM WITH AN ILLEGAL RENT( LEGAL RENT IS PROBABLY UNDER $200 PER MONTH). SHE HAS A SKY LIGHT FOR VENTILATION AND LIGHT. SHE MUST HAVE A FIRE SPRINKLER AND LADDER TO EXIT THRU THE SKY LIGHT. WE CALLED THESE ROOMS "TELEPHONE BOOT ROOMS IN AN SRO".
I think the opposite hes with her , hed be in a kennel if not . She must be a good person when your dog really loves you and you love him , youl make It work.
I literally feel suffocated while watching this apartment no windows omg how can sheEven imagine living in such an apartment which have no windows and no fresh air
She lives in a U-Haul storage unit. $650 sounds like a bargain until we realize that this same space costs roughly from $80-$120 per month at most storage facilities.
Well....check this out. So-called 'millionaires' live like paupers in NYC...no more than one person can walk down a hallway at a time and Murphys are quite common in NYC apartments.
To convert 80 square feet to square meters, you can use the conversion factor: 1 square foot is approximately 0.092903 square meters. So, 80 square feet is about: 80 × 0.092903 = 7.43224 Therefore, 80 square feet is approximately 7.43 square meters.
I love NY, completely understand sacrificing space for convenience/location, and to each their own but we honestly have to have a conversation about the diminishing utility and livability of our cities. There comes a point of too dense/too small and if this isn't it, it's definitely close.
My claustrophobia hit the roof when we get to her bed. So little space between the ceiling and her bed. It must feel like sleeping in a coffin. I salute these people and their resilience for making it work for them against all the odds.
i just finished building myself a loft bed, with an underside desk area. I made it as tall as possible at first so i could cut it down once i could feel what the spaces felt like on top and bottom. The top was pretty much what she had here. It didn't feel too bad, i could lay on my side and have a fist size gap to the ceiling, Though for her bed it seems more cluttered and closed in, but mines a big double bed with no clutter and good lighting, completely open on two sides with the foot end getting a view of the rest of the room, and out of a window. So hers definitely looks like it feels more cramped, dark, closed in on all sides, but if its cosy then a space that small can work for some people. I could have probably lived with it being that high, but the underside was needlessly roomy, so i cut it down an extra 15cm so both sides have a good middle ground.
I love her remarkable use of space: i.e. the use of vertical space [bed on a mezzanine] because she doesn't have horizontal space, bags hanging on walls, etc..
She was in a large apartment before moving to this one. She didn’t get one randomly after moving there. She said she takes her dog to daycare and she has not renewed her lease. Dog is fine.
You really think that makes it okay? You need to check yourself. That dog obviously isn't in the dog day care 100% of the time. This is literally animal abuse at this point I don't care how you try and sugarcoat it.@@biancamichelle11
She pays almost as much for an apartment the size of my closet, as I do for my house. It honestly makes me grateful. There’s no way I could live in a space so small.
@@zacster90 lol I’m not putting my city info out there, but I live in Kentucky in an 1800 square foot house, built in 2005 with an acre of land. Our second home, 2400 square feet, we built in 2007 and the payment for 15 years was 1160 with 20 acres of farmland.
@@lace1245 you can't compare what you paid for a house 17-19 years ago to what people pay now. Obviously it's going to be waaaay cheaper. Houses back then in my city cost like 48k and are now worth 200k+ today
@@OhhGeeskii I didn’t build the house I just bought. I said the second one was built in 2005. I purchased it in 2017. Go back and look at rental property costs in New York City for those years. You do realize that costs rise and fall country-wide, correct? My home in 2005 would’ve still been comparable to the cost of homes in New York in 2005. It just would’ve been far, far cheaper than anything in New York. Same as today. If it makes you feel better, I looked into a cash-out refinance option for my home last week. I opted out, but the payment to refinance and borrow $25,000 to make upgrades would’ve put me at $770 a month. So there’s your “today” payment.
If it had a window I could totally live there…im kind of an introvert and im used to chilling in my room which is just a tad bigger than this….so im used to it…but I need a window! Its sad that its so expensive to live now
We need to have laws against apartments or "houses" this small. People deserve to have a decent kind of life, and that involves a decent place to live.
Not in NY. People will pay anything just to live in a lil shoebox, like this woman. But rent is not the problem in NY, just the crazy taxes n living expenses are. Taxes have become unbearable so landlords are raising the rents to even higher prices. Bad policies in NY has made everything terrible, though I blame the politicians n not the landlords who are just trying to get by too.
That's a great idea, but there's the issue that this is the only thing some people can afford. It'd basically just be removing the only place some people can reasonably live except for a cardboard box. If people having a decent life is the goal, you want to change minimum wage, housing, and tax laws.
@Chill Will It's not about us, I'm very privilege, I have a huge house, but I have to take in consideration that I had many oportunities in life, and the vast majority of human population don't have the same "luck". So it's only fair, to make laws that prevent people from normalize under human living conditions. How can I consider myself a human being, if a let other human being, in a space no bigger than a closet?
@@xaviergough9359 it is in NYC yall collectively are not the smartest by just taking what was given to y’all & now y’all have this. This is embarrassing as a human tbh
Awww I love that she takes her dog to daycare sometimes. They tend to lay around all day but I can’t imagine him being in that small space for too long without anywhere to really go.
@@strawberrie6491 Agreed. It's a big dog that can barely turn around in that room. Can't go upstairs to her bed, can't go on the roof for air or to play around. Wtf was she thinking bringing a dog that size into that perpetual cage?
Palestine could be your vacation dream if those ppl were building with all of that money instead of Metro-Terror equipping it to the bone@@wickedknock9798
That dog 🐕 ... animal cruelty. I would never leave my dog alone even in my 750 sq ft condo. Must be so bored and lonely. Even she needs to go to the rooftop to escape. Don't encourage this.
Everything you pointed out is true. The self entitlement is absolutely shocking here. The fact that this already illegal space allows pets of Any kind speaks volumes about the owner. This person hasn't even Attempted to work out a way for her dog to join her in the areas he can't access by latter so not only is he locked in a closet, he's abandoned by his owner even while she is in the home with it!! The psychological trauma is completely twisted in this case of animal neglect and abuse, "yo"!
The dog has more rights than humans in NYC - it can defend itself without being prosecuted for a crime. And for that reason... it and the owner are able to enjoy excercising in central park. But to your point, big dogs need several miles a day worth of movement - she has to dedicate two good walks a day..
I live in the Bronx here in NYC. I could absolutely never live in something like this, no matter how cheap it is. No windows, bathroom down the hall and ceiling too close to the bed. I could see how some folks can deal with this when trying to save but my mental health would deteriorate so quickly in this room.
As much I am glad that someone found an affordable place in NY, it should not be legal to rent out a closet space as a living space to someone. It honestly makes me furious. Well done on making the most of this small space though!
Affordable housing and homelessness is a bit bigger of the issue rather than someone choosing to save 2,600 a month. You aren’t living in reality. This is how people stack money to afford a down payment on a house you gotta be willing to make sacrifices to get ahead. I agree that it’s not ideal.
I live in a 4 bedroom house and I feel like this would have been my dream place as a single woman in London back in the day 😂😂 seriously though, her place looks super cosy! Amazingly done well done girl!❤️
@@angelachristina TBH, it would be really hard to creep with such small living conditions, there is no room for any kind of "subliminal" "accidental" sexual harassment it would just end up being flat out sexual assault, lol. That is why she is cool with her neighbors because everyone will quickly get to know each other because they will have to move out of each others way all the time.
@@SeeBlondeUgo because some people should know better. If you can't afford to rent a normal sized apartment, why own a dog that will cost you more money? Owning a dog ain't exactly cheap and vets bills are high especially here in NYC
I like how chill she is about everything. As a single person, I’d totally live here. I’m pretty minimalist with my stuff and there’s a litany of ways to maximize storage space. The bathroom being just down the hall wouldn’t really bother me, it’s like living in a coed dorm I assume. 😅
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Well when there is lITERALLY nowhere else to go cheaper or bigger you deal and make the beast of what you have or be homeless. I personally would choose the roof, bed, tv and bathroom with shower over skid row, but that's just me. That's just the price to live in New York it's crazy considering you could get a 1500 square feet 3 bed 2 1/2 bath somewhere in the Midwest for damn near the same price.
They compared it to a dorm, but I've never even seen a dorm that small. Also I can't imagine I'd be comfortable sleeping in a space with the ceiling inches above my face.
Yo are you kidding, i would slam my fAce pn the ceiling thinging im a waking up late at least 3 times a week. Thqt beimg said i 10/10 would pqy 650 a month xfor this spot in midtown.
Definitely takes a certain level of mental strength to live in something like this. I just feel like I would be claustrophobic in there especially in the bedroom 😂
I just realized...if that stove catches fire while she's asleep and it reaches the stairs before she wakes up, that could be a wrap for her. Garbage apartment
@@imakeepitreal7313 odds are in a space like that you’d pay extra attention for stuff like that, also being so close to a fire would definitely wake you up in time, but you right still hella dangerous really
Yeah watching this video gave me like a mini panic attack, like dead ass. Imagine if I lived there, hell no! I rather move in an apt and have a bunch of roommates so I can save up $. Or just live right next door in Jersey.
It’s a 6 month lease, she said it in the video. She doesn’t plan on staying forever. It isn’t ideal, but as long as the dog gets plenty of time outside it isn’t the worst thing for a few months and is better than having to be put down.
@@hannahb2306 Being "better than having to be put down" in no way makes this selfish, thoughtless, behavior acceptable. This is straight up animal abuse. This woman should never be allowed to own a pet again.
I don't know if I could live in a place this small just because I think the bed being that close to the ceiling would freak me out. However, living in a smaller space honestly helps cut things back and encourages me to simplify what I own, and realize what I genuinely need and care about.
Exactly. I was thinking about it at 1st like yeah, I may can do it...but now thinking about it..that bed so close to the ceiling...nah, I can't do that. I would be hella uncomfortable every time I'm up there.
She lives here because she wants to. There's plenty of shared spaces and even private rooms she can rent for $800-$1000 a month in the same area or a little north into East Harlem. And for you smooth brains saying "but the room is $650", she clearly says the dog goes to doggy day care. In Manhattan doggy cares START at around $500 a month, on the upper east side there are doggy day cares that cost $1000+ a month. If she had a bigger apartment she wouldn't need the doggy day care or the transportation costs of taking the dog back and forth the day care.
It's insane and it has to be illegal to rent something so small!! Am I the only who doesn't understand how can people live like this only to say "yes, I live in Manhattan!"?? 🤷🏻♀️
Welcome to NYC. I pay 8 time more than her to have 3 bedroom 2 bathroom in NYC. For single person who only can have 800 bugget for the rent when they income only have 3000-4000 after tax in New York City. Who don't like big space, NYC living is not easy.
Yeah, pretty sure it is. Looks like it is breaking fire code and probably other codes. However, it seems like the enforcement is loose and the demand will always be there, so landlords can continue to get away with it.
@@jianpingzhuo294 understood, but she said she doesn't want to live in Brooklyn for example, it's insane!! And we'll, if you can't afford it, don't do it!!! I don't buy a Mercedes if after I can't buy a meal!! But "oh gosh, I've a damn Mercedes!!"
In AZ it is illegal to call a room without a window a “bedroom”. They refer to them as dens. It’s against fire code to have a room without a window as a bedroom
Keep doing what you love. You are doing a great job and your videos are amazing!!!!! and hope Alaina is doing good and hope she is still happy and having fun!
I spent $600 a month/everything included in Maine. Having heat included was why I lived there so long. 1000s of square miles of forest, and trails everywhere. It was like paradise. Then 2007 happened.
@@83limited A Military base was keeping this small town pretty much alive, then the base shut down, shortly after several large corps. packed up, one after one businesses failed, in 10 years it went from 12,000 residents down to 3000.
@@sdunn0417 let's see here. 1:12 the dog wags its tail slowly with the energy of Joe Biden, implying it's chill, not thinking too much, and not hyperactive. It's also off the street and being fed. But that's not enough for you, is it? 5:26 Owner says it sometimes goes to doggy daycare for a change of environment. Probably to help avoid coming home to a closet-sized apartment reeking of dogshit.
The storage issues would be a serious problem for me. I live in a 650 sq ft apartment and have storage issues. Maybe a fold down counter, desk, vanity, loads of shelving will all help; you’d still need to get rid of almost all of your belongings - or have somewhere off-site to store them - to live there. I find that even in my 650 sq ft apartment, just turning around and bumping into counters or doorways a problem with narrow, space-saving design.
Psh that's about what I pay for my 1400 sf 3 bedroom 2 bath house with partially finished basement. I would never want to live somewhere that you have to make a fortune just to be able to live a below average life
Size of the dog has nothing to do with it. Great Danes are actually one of the best apartment dogs. Although I agree with you that this closet of a space is way too small for a dog
@@robbarber7253 Bro that ain't an apartment that's more of a walk in closet. The size of the pet is a factor and all should have space to walk that definitely includes Great Danes.
I helped a friend moving to NYC from Boston in 2019. From newbury street to downtown Manhattan. She said "you are welcome to stay overnight at my place!" It an apartment a little bigger than this one at $1750/month. Wild. I believe it was hotel converted to apartments.
As someone who lives in a Travel Trailer (basically an RV), I can't even imagine having a dog! I'd have to live outside with him for real! The best part about dogs is when they get excited and start running around ❤🥺
I lived in an RV for 4 years had 1 large dog and two little dogs and my family 3 kids and my wife. All I did was fence off my area and let the big boy play outside and walked him around the lake we had at the grounds. He loved swimming in the lake
She used her space so well. Honestly for New York this is a STEAL! Just perfect enough to have somewhere to stay while saving and grinding. I love this.
@@miguelrosales6667 Realistically is there any city in America that has cheap housing in an area that people want to live in? New York is just the extreme of that phenomena and unfortunately the only solution seems to be running away like you're suggesting which isn't feasible for most people.
All the people hating in the comments have never lived in an expensive city 😂 $650 in the city for your own private space not having to deal with roommates is a steal if you’re not making a lot of money.
As a New Yorker who was born and raised here my entire life I would never subject myself to that. I love New York and I carry it with pride but I’ll never understand people who would move here and live under those conditions just for the sake of “living in New York”. It’s really not worth it if u being subjected to this.
Because a lot of these people who think this is cool or a bunch of rich upper middle class people from the Midwest . Who move to New York trying to live an Instagram lifestyle . Trying to pretend they're so humble when they're not
she is a creep + sociopath! she can afford a $4000 apartment and BLOCK the same workers or waiter she pick up food from everyday . SHE IS ONLY IN THIS APARTMENT because everybody wanted it. not because she really wanted it. Why would even have a PET in this apartment? so she and the dog bath 🛀...where? Her dog is not yorkie size. and her company is not paying her less than 650 a week. she would not give up that much income to take this job for the magazine. 10 out of 10 she is getting paid more to MOVE to NY from LA
I hope she's checked her building's address on the offender registry. One of my young, handsome, friendly and outgoing apartment neighbours is a High Risk S.. Offender five years out of prison for his latest crime against minors!!!
I'm usually the one encouraging people to do whatever makes them happy as long as they don't hurt anybody but this was next level. Just watching this video triggered my anxiety & claustrophobia and I feel so sorry for that dog. How does this not violate housing codes? Where's the window?? I thought it couldn't get worse until she said she walks out into the hall from the bathroom in a towel because she "knows her neighbours." And she did mention at least one of them is a guy. Whether or not you know them, what the hell? Btw if you can afford doggy day care, you can afford a nicer apartment. And shootout to you Caleb for being so understanding & non-judgemental.
The fuck are you talking about. Doggy daycare is usually pretty cheap and the dog would rather be there with other animals than in a slightly bigger apartment. If your a grown adult and can't walk around in a robe you have issues no matter the gender of people. You seem to be trying to find problems for some reason
It’s a cute apartment. She figured out how to make it work. It is a little bit hard for her dog though. I see why she only lived here for a year. Other than that tiny spaces are awesome.
I will never understand why people feel New York is the best place to live. The tiny apartments are one thing, but they were completely casual about the fact there were rats, and how nowhere in NY is safe from them. Mind-blowing.
@Sean Gordon AGREED. I vacationed their 2 years ago and it was really fun but i could already feel the stress from everything by the 3rd day. The place is too much. Creepy homeless dudes jacking off in the subway & shady bouroughs all around.
@@mafil8283 "This and that shouldn't be legal" is exactly how we got in this situation - letting the government fucking regulate everything and make it more overpriced, less functional, and overall shittier decade after decade. You WANT to live in a cupboard? More power to you. You want to live in a treehouse? Your choice. You should be free to do whatever you like as long as it hurts no one, if you start regulating and forbidding stuff 'for people's own good', you'll soon find out you're taxed for breathing where you're not allowed to, jailed for switching a lightbulb without permit, and having your bank account disabled for speaking of things the government doesn't want you speaking of.
My first thought! The selfishness is appalling. Notice that the dog didn't move when her guest came in? Looks depressed. And it can't climb the ladder to her bed space. It's like he is living in a crate.
@@HotnChilli no windows, this is sooooooooooooooooooo illegal in NYC. she has got to be insane to live in a closet, because this is NOT an apartment. There is no window, or we didn't see it???? But, this is not a leagal apartment. It is a space she made into a living space.
I'm 41 and live in Oklahoma but if I was single and 18-26, I would dig that set-up. $650/month, bills paid, roof over my head? NYC? I'd take that deal. I'd probably get a couple of pizza delivery jobs. Make $250-$350/day and just save money until I moved out of town to buy a house.
It’s business and there’s a market for it. Nobody is forcing her to take residence here. The price point is an abomination but you can’t blame the landlord for cashing in on a smart investment play.
I agree. The landlord should be ashamed, because they could easily rent that closet out for a smooth $1,200 a month.$650!? In NYC!? What is this!? Charity!? Jk.
Thanks for watching! I forgot to mention in the video but Alaina told me she does not plan to renew her lease. It’s a 1 year fun experience to see what tiny living is like in NYC. I personally think that’s one of the reasons it’s so fun to live here. You can hop around between neighborhoods and try out new living situations all the time!
Well then let us know when the lease is up! What a deal!
Does she have insta 😂
You rock girl!
You can do that anywhere in the country if you rent.
Also check out Alainas youtube ruclips.net/channel/UC05DeAe20bgA_KjZH8hAksA
If you're living in a building where you have to share a bathroom with the other tenants, you DON'T have an apartment - you have a ROOM.
Corrected
Get some Flips for that shower, and then you good.
You can get some free land in Buffalo, but you got × amount months to build, and it has to be x amount of footage. You have to live in it 5 years before you can sell. If you sale before 5 yrs, you will have to pay for land.
They got rooms for 1400 to over 2000 grand a month these are rooms
And second IF YOU LIVING IN THAT SHIT I GUESS YOU DONT plan on nothing better no fucking way
I feel sorry for the poor dog stuck in that tiny space.
Typical modern women can't keep a good man, so...
Animal abuse if she actually does own that dog
She has no common sense.
I have two dogs, but I also have half an acre yard and a 2000sqft home. However, I think her set up is fine as long as she is taking her dog on long walks multiple times a day. She also did say that she takes her dog to a doggie daycare, so I'm sure it gets exercise there as well.
In the first place, she says in the video that she works from home 3 to 4 days a week. Then she says on the days that she has to go in to work, she takes the dog to doggy daycare. As long as she’s taking the dog for lots of nice long walks, there’s really no reason why she shouldn’t have one. Now, if she went off to work every day and left the dog cramped up in that apartment alone, it would be different.
Firetrap . No exits , no windows with fresh air . Cooking with no air flow . Crazy this is even happening
What's crazy is she's happy about it.
welcome to the new America unconscionable greedy Boomers left us, hey why would young people need affordable places to live right?
@@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb and has a dog with her
welcome to liberal NYC. Only going to get worse as the new zoning law will allow people to rent their garages to people or even sheds. And yes that's true. That's the NYC Mayor (who just got in trouble) team/task force that pushed it. And no I'm not a Republican either. I don't vote for either side. Both trashy but this is Democrat NYC everyone seems to love and watch fall.
@@AmusedCoffee-ym3gb "What's crazy?" -> "Crazy this is even happening"
There. I hope you can read this.
Talking like she does, everything fits. The mandory "like", the vocal fry & minimalist vocabulary.
The fact that she thought it was a good idea to get a dog is just criminal
i bet the dog is ok its better than killing the dog at a shelter
And a large dog at that. Not cool. The fool who said ... it’s better than death at a shelter is a real mouth breather. What isn’t better than being euthanized ?? Clown.
Nah replies are tripping 😂😂 that dog is SUFFERING lmao bro locked up all day in a closet that’s so messed up
I hope she goes to work with her dog . If not, she shouldve gotten a hamster.
It's so cruel
I really wish people would ask themselves if their home would be good for the dog instead of just asking if the dog would be good for them.
When did shit hole mongrels ever care for anything else but themself? That mongrel is living in this pod because she would be too lazy to handle the responsibility of any more.
Yes, she might think she has a good deal, but it's not right for the dog, I feel so bad for the pup!!!
What dog? Where? I didn’t see a dog the entire video!
@@Thunderscreamer 0:01 on the carpet
@Aphrodite P. Why? It's not like he's sitting in a closet all day, she said she sends her dog to daycare.
That should be illegal to rent out a walking closet and market it as an apartment. That is inhumane and the fact that she has a dog in that small space, it’s criminal.
It probably is.
Now, I agree the dog is bad, but you have a pretty spoiled opinion about what "humane" is. There are people in the world who would kill for what she has. That's one problem with living in a great country, you look down on what 80% of the world would love to have
@@chadhero37
No. One should deserve better than this.
@siddhartacrowley8759 She moved into this place, she made a choice to live there. If she doesn't like it, move! Move out of the city, go somewhere affordable. People seem to think having nice things are entitled to them. Crazy
@@chadhero37that doesnt make it humane just because other people are worse off
“Little John saved $3858385838448 from working in an office for 10 years he went in his new apartment, exited. When I saw it was only a 0.1 meter space. He decided to use galvanized square steel and he borrowed screws from his aunt, and he used eco-friendly wood vineries to extend the space.”
I feel for that dog. That dog all day is laying down or walking in circles.
Nowhere to even go to walk in circles.
A lot of people drop their dogs off at Doggy daycare.
Dogs prefer their crate the smaller the better. It's their safe place. I think the dog rather live here than in the shelter. It's a death warrant.
The Jaren doesn’t care .
Maybe she shouldn’t have a dog. That’s an option.
Not having at least one window would make me crazy.
In India they don’t have windows very often. No fresh air
She has a window. In the ceiling.
Right I’m having a panic attack just watching this
NYC is like one huge sardine can. Small spaces and very stinky!!!!!
Right! This looks depressing.
The lack of windows gives me serious anxiety. There are prison cells that are nicer than this. People gotta learn that there are a lot of really cool cities outside of NYC and LA.
not really tho
NYC and LA are ass cities, I don't understand why anyone would want to live there in the first place. Only clowns who like paying a fortune for no personal space I guess
@@skatekong58911🧢🧢🧢
LA is a terrible city.
nah they dont need to learn, the people that go to these cities can stay there
That dog takes up so much space. He can't even wag his tail when she comes home.
This is why NYC housing prices will never go down. The demand to able to sleep anywhere in this city is too extreme. Most people work all day or go out all day while spending little time at home, so they wouldn't mind this as a temporary living space. Still, I feel claustrophobic just from watching this video.
I agree. Over 20 years ago I worked in NYC, commuting from my, at the time, huge two-bedroom apartment in New Jersey (which had a ton of closet space, as well as a kitchen, and a living room). A co-worker was going away to Florida, with his wife, and invited me to stay at his tiny NYC apartment and watch his cats. I thought it would be the greatest experience ever, working, playing and living in NYC for a month. ...Sadly, I wasn't cut out for it. The apartment was so small, it depressed me. Now I live in a house, and feel maybe it's too big, even though it's a small house. Everyone is different and you have to find that sweet spot of what works for you. She seems happy, and it's decorated beautifully.
"This is why NYC housing prices will never go down"
Housing normally goes up over time. If it's on a downward trend for a long time, that's really bad for that location.... 🙂
A large living space in NYC is pretty much always going to be more expensive than most other places in the world simply because NYC is a desirable place to live. 🙂
I was doing okay with the claustrophobia until they went up to the loft.
I'm from NYC and I never heard of any apartment priced that low in NYC, I don't live there anymore and not saying it's impossible, just saying it's highly unlikely!!! On average maybe you can get one around $900 plus, a very small maybe!!!
@@HyperionTG1
"'m from NYC and I never heard of any apartment priced that low in NYC, I don't live there anymore and not saying it's impossible, just saying it's highly unlikely!!! "
I grew up in Silicon Valley and still live there, and $650 would be a low price here as well, but she gets a low price because it's a small space. I don't see a problem, NYC and SV are both very desirable and great places to live.
I would rather pay $1000 for half of a living room in a 1 BR apartment, which is what I do, than pay $1000 for a mortgage on a five bedroom house but have to pay the Red State Tax of having maga neighbors.
NYC = desirable
Desirable = expensive.
🙂
I can't believe this doesn't violate housing codes.
It does, but city bleeding for cash and migration issues, nobody cares right now
I am sure more people value a place to live, sleep Vs building codes
@@jacoblas1371 not until a tragedy happens.
NY HOUSING CODES LOL
NYC doesnt really enforce it's laws. There is WAYYYY too many people here to catch everyone (or even 1% of those committing crimes). The infrastructure is VERY suspect in many areas of NYC (been living here in Queens now for 2 years, can't wait to leave back home to California once residency is done, 1 year left baby!)
I love how she’s making it work, but this shouldn’t even be legal. The fact that there was a fight for this space is totally insane.
Ich finde das nicht würdevoll dort zu leben. Es ist wie eine Kammer weil ja so einiges drin steht. Das Geld was sie verdient hätte sie außerhalb der Stadt besser leben können. Es ist unmenschlich das die Vermieter so viel Geld verlangen für die Miete.
That's late stage capitalism for ya
I agree. I live in NYC, and I don't know how safe this would be in case of a fire or other emergency
I pay 470 for a WHOLE 2 story 3 bedroom 2 bath house in Indiana.
@@lepetitchat123 yeah maybe in a liberal shithole.
No, this is hell. 😮 Especially the very low ceiling over the bed. 😮😮😮 I would probably sleep downstairs and use the loft as a closet. But omg this feels so claustrophobic!
the fact that there is no window is a huge deal breaker. not only is that a huge safety concern (mainly fire hazard), but I think I’d legitimately go insane. and the fact that there’s like a 3 foot gap between the bed and the ceiling makes me anxious and claustrophobic just watching this video. otherwise, I think it’s actually a pretty solid spot for the price and location. I do agree with her in that when I lived in NYC from 2014-2015, I realized that I really didn’t need much in terms of living space. props to her for making it work.
don't worry: she's constantly out of home, "living the buzzing city life"
Yeah a source of natural light is a biggie.
There was a big skylight which I assume let's fresh air in.
I think it's actually illegal to not have a window in an appartment
@@mchlle94 considering that's not a human living in it, that'd be ok
People do not realize how insanely cheap $650 a month for MIDTOWN MANHATTAN is.
Outta this world
Different strokes for different folks 🤷🏻♀️
@@acthiebaud True, to each his own!
@@janetyurkin822 Less congestion.
It's insane, considering a 250sq/ft studio can go for $4000 in a co-living arrangement, but I have seen some recently go as low as $1800 for a studio around Central Park West, literally overlooking the park. The location is incredible and the place is modern and clean.
Violates a TON of housing codes. First one = a window is required for living space.
And it must have a window that opens per room.
ACTUALLY THAT IS A LEGAL ROOM WITH AN ILLEGAL RENT( LEGAL RENT IS
PROBABLY UNDER $200 PER MONTH). SHE HAS A SKY LIGHT FOR VENTILATION AND LIGHT. SHE MUST HAVE A FIRE SPRINKLER AND
LADDER TO EXIT THRU THE SKY LIGHT. WE CALLED THESE ROOMS
"TELEPHONE BOOT ROOMS IN AN SRO".
Completely incorrect ❌
@@computerpro123abcare you the fucken "landlord" of this doom pod or? fuckin relax. even if this shit is legal it definitely shouldn't be 😂
😮
It shocks me that someone can even legally rent it out at all. NY is totally nuts!!
I can’t stop thinking about the poor dog in such a small space!! :(
Right!? He basically lives in a crate 🥺
I think the opposite hes with her , hed be in a kennel if not . She must be a good person when your dog really loves you and you love him , youl make It work.
@@SandraGarcia-lj3bd ? Or perhaps he could be in a home with a yard and children to play with!?
@@beverlywilliams7278 grow Up , you can tell a man pays your bills
@@SandraGarcia-lj3bd tienes tara, pero no lo sabes.
It literally is a walk in closet. She utilized her space extremely well👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾
Seriously
@CALEB SIMPSON people live in tiny homes and tiny homes look like nyc apartments
I will get a interior designer
It's the size of my walk in closet and I sure did not utilize my space well. I feel ashamed
1 fart though in there and it's over!
I like how people are actually normalizing these very clearly outlandish property prices in the middle of a clearly crumbling economy.
Not surprising when Dems are in office
Insane. I dont get it . I hate the city. Stinks
Well Klaus Schwaab says we will live in ze pod so we will live in ze pod
it's disgusting
@@davekurt1433 You vill live in ze pod and you vill eat ze bugs and you vill like it
She should be arrested for animal abuse
Non adopted dogs live in a box in adoption centre dumbbass
Is it even legal to classify something this small as an apartment?!
You should see what people in Hong Kong live in!
@@markflierl1624 it is not contradictory to be illegal or al least, legal but unhuman.
@@jackb1969 yes a window is not mandatory lol
if it has a window, it counts ;)
It's more like a room than an apartment
The decorating and space maximization can't change the fact that this apartment is a windowless solitary confinement cell.
It does have a skylight window
I have blocked all my windows. Don't like them.
I'd rather live in the woods in a shack with no water or electricity.
I bet a confinement cell has more room than this
I literally feel suffocated while watching this apartment no windows omg how can sheEven imagine living in such an apartment which have no windows and no fresh air
In case anyone was wondering; this apartment is for sale on Craigslist. Except now the price is $1050/month.
Jeez people are idiots if they pay $1050 for this closet but guess biden caused everything to rise
Wtf… 😅
Wow. That's crazy. The ceiling alone is a no for me.😮
Rip off.
💀
Love it!! Simplicity at its finest 😊
I really feel bad for the dog being confined in this tiny space just because you want to downsize doesn't mean the dog has to suffer 😢
Misery loves company
Not to mention that she's probably gone 12hrs. per day between work and social life....poor dog.
@@chadster7547 did anyone watch the video. She takes him to doggy daycare. 🙄
@@rodrigbl1114 not all the time she said she leaves him in the apartment sometimes
Well, I have a whole house and my dog chooses to sleep in my bedroom.dogs don't require rooms...people do!
That poor dog, seriously. Hopefully the dog gets a ton of walk time.
She should be arrested.
Prolly the owner seems like she cares
Oh be quiet. I’ve seen people kick their dogs, or worse. You wanna talk about someone and cancel them? Target the real abusers. Jeez.
@@DiddyKongVsLuigi nobody is trying to cancel anybody...
There’s children living worse and y’all worrying about a dog lol
In Germany we fortunately have laws that forbid single apartments under 97 square feet.
Fr? I didn’t know that and I live here 😂
Really??
97 sq ft is fricken ridiculous.
Anything below 300 sq ft should be criminal.
@@azureflametarot yeah but these are typically places students live in, and they just go for like 250 bucks per month.
@Koustav Das Chakladar nah
she's so chill i love it 🥰
I was like “yeah. I could do this! That’s really cute.” Until I saw the bed area. I started to hyperventilate.
Same I would sleep on the sofa bed.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, I felt that too.
That and the bathroom situation. I’ve already had my communal bathroom experience and I would never do it again.
I would be worried about hitting my head just getting up.
She lives in a U-Haul storage unit. $650 sounds like a bargain until we realize that this same space costs roughly from $80-$120 per month at most storage facilities.
LMMFAO!!!!!!
Well....check this out. So-called 'millionaires' live like paupers in NYC...no more than one person can walk down a hallway at a time and Murphys are quite common in NYC apartments.
in no place other than NYC is this a "bargain" lmfao.
Can you take a sh!t in a uhaul unit? No electricity either. The heck are you smoking? Lol.
@@doomdude69 there's no bathroom in there either.
I don't mind living small, but imagine being there during pandemic and quarantines? Insane!
Prisoner of your OWN home..
you just to invest in a very good VR headset 😁
Just walk to the roof lol and hide like a sniper
Play League of Legends?
smarten up.... she is not getting covid inside a small apt.. it is having 6 roommates that causes that
To convert 80 square feet to square meters, you can use the conversion factor: 1 square foot is approximately 0.092903 square meters.
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I love NY, completely understand sacrificing space for convenience/location, and to each their own but we honestly have to have a conversation about the diminishing utility and livability of our cities. There comes a point of too dense/too small and if this isn't it, it's definitely close.
Exactly my point!
I think it’s a great place to visit but I don’t see how u guys can live like that it seems crazy
THIS!!!!! City government greed, landlord greed
No diffent than Italy or india
it’s worse in asia (hong kong I think), it’s not that bad actually
My claustrophobia hit the roof when we get to her bed. So little space between the ceiling and her bed. It must feel like sleeping in a coffin. I salute these people and their resilience for making it work for them against all the odds.
How did your claustrophobia led you to this title? You pretty much ask for this abuse for your claustrophobia.
i just finished building myself a loft bed, with an underside desk area. I made it as tall as possible at first so i could cut it down once i could feel what the spaces felt like on top and bottom. The top was pretty much what she had here.
It didn't feel too bad, i could lay on my side and have a fist size gap to the ceiling, Though for her bed it seems more cluttered and closed in, but mines a big double bed with no clutter and good lighting, completely open on two sides with the foot end getting a view of the rest of the room, and out of a window. So hers definitely looks like it feels more cramped, dark, closed in on all sides, but if its cosy then a space that small can work for some people. I could have probably lived with it being that high, but the underside was needlessly roomy, so i cut it down an extra 15cm so both sides have a good middle ground.
My first thought was the legality of this "apartment". If there were a fire could she get out via that ceiling window looking situation?
Literally thought the exact same thing. The bed was like a coffin!
@@mtl674I know in Canada that there should be a window.
My claustrophobia and anxiety could never. Just watching you both on the bed made me want to hyperventilate lol.
Me too!!!
I feel trapped watching this shit then she adds a dog
Mee too
Imagine waking up to a stranger or a burglar at the foot of the bed or a random person you hooked up right near to you with hyperventilating 😆 🤣 😂
@@bign1667 🤣 I have nocturnal panic attacks and jump out of bed when they happen. I would put myself in a coma the first time!
I love her remarkable use of space: i.e. the use of vertical space [bed on a mezzanine] because she doesn't have horizontal space, bags hanging on walls, etc..
Getting a dog while living in this microscopic prison-cell-like apartment sounds like an absolutely genius idea
She was in a large apartment before moving to this one. She didn’t get one randomly after moving there. She said she takes her dog to daycare and she has not renewed her lease. Dog is fine.
@@biancamichelle11 still, not optimal by far
Living in this prison cell is the number 1 "genius idea"
also pretty bad to do to an animal
You really think that makes it okay? You need to check yourself. That dog obviously isn't in the dog day care 100% of the time. This is literally animal abuse at this point I don't care how you try and sugarcoat it.@@biancamichelle11
650 dollars a month is insanely high for that small space. insane.
I wouldn't pay more than $50/month for that closet.
Not for NYC! To rent an apartment for that is unusual! It is ridiculous, but NYC!
@@Robert_A_Keyboards4948 nah, ive seen plenty of videos on youtube of ppl having like 350-450 dollar apartments.
@@AZ-rg3rf same dude.
@@kalfaxplays7899 In NYC? NYC?
She pays almost as much for an apartment the size of my closet, as I do for my house. It honestly makes me grateful. There’s no way I could live in a space so small.
That bed would make me panic from claustrophobia
Not even joking - where do you live? City/State
@@zacster90 lol I’m not putting my city info out there, but I live in Kentucky in an 1800 square foot house, built in 2005 with an acre of land. Our second home, 2400 square feet, we built in 2007 and the payment for 15 years was 1160 with 20 acres of farmland.
@@lace1245 you can't compare what you paid for a house 17-19 years ago to what people pay now. Obviously it's going to be waaaay cheaper. Houses back then in my city cost like 48k and are now worth 200k+ today
@@OhhGeeskii I didn’t build the house I just bought. I said the second one was built in 2005. I purchased it in 2017.
Go back and look at rental property costs in New York City for those years. You do realize that costs rise and fall country-wide, correct? My home in 2005 would’ve still been comparable to the cost of homes in New York in 2005. It just would’ve been far, far cheaper than anything in New York. Same as today.
If it makes you feel better, I looked into a cash-out refinance option for my home last week. I opted out, but the payment to refinance and borrow $25,000 to make upgrades would’ve put me at $770 a month. So there’s your “today” payment.
If it had a window I could totally live there…im kind of an introvert and im used to chilling in my room which is just a tad bigger than this….so im used to it…but I need a window! Its sad that its so expensive to live now
We need to have laws against apartments or "houses" this small. People deserve to have a decent kind of life, and that involves a decent place to live.
We need to stop apartment rent sky high costs. She is in a closet for 650 per month. Over pricing is the core of the problem.
Not in NY. People will pay anything just to live in a lil shoebox, like this woman. But rent is not the problem in NY, just the crazy taxes n living expenses are. Taxes have become unbearable so landlords are raising the rents to even higher prices. Bad policies in NY has made everything terrible, though I blame the politicians n not the landlords who are just trying to get by too.
check my page to see where I moved next 🎉
That's a great idea, but there's the issue that this is the only thing some people can afford. It'd basically just be removing the only place some people can reasonably live except for a cardboard box. If people having a decent life is the goal, you want to change minimum wage, housing, and tax laws.
@Chill Will It's not about us, I'm very privilege, I have a huge house, but I have to take in consideration that I had many oportunities in life, and the vast majority of human population don't have the same "luck".
So it's only fair, to make laws that prevent people from normalize under human living conditions.
How can I consider myself a human being, if a let other human being, in a space no bigger than a closet?
The fact that she's paying that much for 2 feet of space is insane
Not in NYC. The fact that she found something there for so low is insane.
@@xaviergough9359 i thought rent started at 1000 for barely escaped being condemned coffins.
@@xaviergough9359 it is in NYC yall collectively are not the smartest by just taking what was given to y’all & now y’all have this. This is embarrassing as a human tbh
insane
@@xaviergough9359 honestly it's not even worth it nyc is not worth living in 2 feet of space lmao
Awww I love that she takes her dog to daycare sometimes. They tend to lay around all day but I can’t imagine him being in that small space for too long without anywhere to really go.
I was thinking the same thing.
I was worried about especially with the size
she shouldnt even have a dog with that little space.
It should seriously be illegal for someone to own a dog in that small of a space.
@@strawberrie6491 Agreed. It's a big dog that can barely turn around in that room. Can't go upstairs to her bed, can't go on the roof for air or to play around. Wtf was she thinking bringing a dog that size into that perpetual cage?
That dog deserves better.
I’m never complaining about anything again. Ever.
Oh, but you will...
...You definitely will 😂😢
Palestine
@@wickedknock9798 Nmibia
What are we doing here?
Me too OMG , this completely ruined bithing for me..
Palestine could be your vacation dream if those ppl were building with all of that money instead of Metro-Terror equipping it to the bone@@wickedknock9798
That dog 🐕 ... animal cruelty. I would never leave my dog alone even in my 750 sq ft condo. Must be so bored and lonely. Even she needs to go to the rooftop to escape. Don't encourage this.
Everything you pointed out is true. The self entitlement is absolutely shocking here. The fact that this already illegal space allows pets of Any kind speaks volumes about the owner.
This person hasn't even Attempted to work out a way for her dog to join her in the areas he can't access by latter so not only is he locked in a closet, he's abandoned by his owner even while she is in the home with it!!
The psychological trauma is completely twisted in this case of animal neglect and abuse, "yo"!
even single cats left alone in a house all day must get bored. cities r full of lonely caged animals...
The dog has more rights than humans in NYC - it can defend itself without being prosecuted for a crime. And for that reason... it and the owner are able to enjoy excercising in central park. But to your point, big dogs need several miles a day worth of movement - she has to dedicate two good walks a day..
@@flinch622 so do big ppl:)
I work from home in a full sized house and 99% of the time the dog is sleeping with it's head under the bed.
I live in the Bronx here in NYC. I could absolutely never live in something like this, no matter how cheap it is. No windows, bathroom down the hall and ceiling too close to the bed. I could see how some folks can deal with this when trying to save but my mental health would deteriorate so quickly in this room.
Totally agree, personnally it would cost me more on my mental health
The No windows, a huge problem. The bed and ceiling inches above resembled a casket . A hard swallow
@@alpappalardi7044 and it must be so hot during the summer
This is actually illegal. You can’t have people sleeping in an area without windows.
@@Jennifer-fk8kb greed
For a single person, i think it's pretty cool. The city is alive, and for 650, you can save a lot of money.
Feeling for the dog, for real. She probably thinks she's so eccentric and zany for making such a choice of living space too.
Animal abuse
woman moment
As much I am glad that someone found an affordable place in NY, it should not be legal to rent out a closet space as a living space to someone. It honestly makes me furious. Well done on making the most of this small space though!
actually is impossible to find this kind of apartment in midtown this one must be the only one of the kind.
I 100% agree with you. It’s Wrong and Shameful!!
Affordable housing and homelessness is a bit bigger of the issue rather than someone choosing to save 2,600 a month. You aren’t living in reality. This is how people stack money to afford a down payment on a house you gotta be willing to make sacrifices to get ahead. I agree that it’s not ideal.
My friend, you've obviously never been to Japan.
So you'd rather force her to spend $2,000 extra a month because it's a smaller space than you'd like to live in?
She works from home 3 days a week in that crammed window-less space?! I’d suffocate
I live in a 4 bedroom house and I feel like this would have been my dream place as a single woman in London back in the day 😂😂 seriously though, her place looks super cosy! Amazingly done well done girl!❤️
She's blessed to have good neighbors in that environment. I can imagine if a neighbor was creepy or mean that would be really hard to live in !!
Absolutely. I wouldn't even imagine walking to the bathroom in just a robe with a creeper as neighbour.
@@angelachristina yea DONT let me see u walking out ina robe
I kind of didn't get that part. Is the bathroom shared or is that bathroom only for her use and it's positioned outside her "room"?
@@angelachristina TBH, it would be really hard to creep with such small living conditions, there is no room for any kind of "subliminal" "accidental" sexual harassment it would just end up being flat out sexual assault, lol. That is why she is cool with her neighbors because everyone will quickly get to know each other because they will have to move out of each others way all the time.
Lol I wonder if the monthly rent amount is a reflection of the neighborhood she lives in or the walk-in closet she lives in
The loft bedroom had me pass out from a panic attack. Poor dog, too.
why do you think dog cares how big his house is
@@samuelmalar8527 The dog can barely move in that limited space!
@@samuelmalar8527 Do you know a single thing about animals?
Can guarantee that at a shelter the dog would have less space. At least she takes him to doggy daycare in the mornings.
yes, my anxiety just went up little bit.
Heartbreaking to see that the dog has to likely stay there all day in a tiny cramped apartment
She takes to doggy daycare if you watched the whole video
You actually worry more for the dog than the human. You people are pathetic I swear. 😭
@@SeeBlondeUgo I feel bad for both
@@SeeBlondeUgo because some people should know better. If you can't afford to rent a normal sized apartment, why own a dog that will cost you more money? Owning a dog ain't exactly cheap and vets bills are high especially here in NYC
Seriously. She says she goes up to the rooftop when working from home because it gets claustrophobic..but the dog can stay there?
@ 2:13 when you're caught on cam peepin out the goods
I like how chill she is about everything. As a single person, I’d totally live here. I’m pretty minimalist with my stuff and there’s a litany of ways to maximize storage space. The bathroom being just down the hall wouldn’t really bother me, it’s like living in a coed dorm I assume. 😅
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Agree - my Chicago apartment right now is 400sq so i should feel right at home there
true I need these type of room around here
Same
I like how chill she is too. I dont like the fact she doesn't wear socks.
Shes legit convinced herself that this is worth the rent, crazy how our society has changed
Well when there is lITERALLY nowhere else to go cheaper or bigger you deal and make the beast of what you have or be homeless. I personally would choose the roof, bed, tv and bathroom with shower over skid row, but that's just me. That's just the price to live in New York it's crazy considering you could get a 1500 square feet 3 bed 2 1/2 bath somewhere in the Midwest for damn near the same price.
Is that rent suppose to be expensive or smth?
@@scottcarroll7782 I doubt she would be homeless, did you not listen to the video
Self degradation fetish
@@scottcarroll7782 why even live in NYC when u got the internet and most places are more wfh
They compared it to a dorm, but I've never even seen a dorm that small. Also I can't imagine I'd be comfortable sleeping in a space with the ceiling inches above my face.
The bed would make me feel like I was in a coffin
My dorm room my second year of college was smaller than this😅
I couldn't sleep there, I am extremely claustrophobic. It would be like sleeping in a MRI machine but without the noise!
Yo are you kidding, i would slam my fAce pn the ceiling thinging im a
waking up late at least 3 times a week. Thqt beimg said i 10/10 would pqy 650 a month xfor this spot in midtown.
this is common in 3rd world countries but instead they have a private toilet but shared kitchen. you wouldnt want to cook with such poor ventilation.
You’re making Miami look rich
Definitely takes a certain level of mental strength to live in something like this. I just feel like I would be claustrophobic in there especially in the bedroom 😂
I just realized...if that stove catches fire while she's asleep and it reaches the stairs before she wakes up, that could be a wrap for her. Garbage apartment
@@imakeepitreal7313 odds are in a space like that you’d pay extra attention for stuff like that, also being so close to a fire would definitely wake you up in time, but you right still hella dangerous really
Yeah watching this video gave me like a mini panic attack, like dead ass. Imagine if I lived there, hell no! I rather move in an apt and have a bunch of roommates so I can save up $. Or just live right next door in Jersey.
No stove in that apartment but I could never settle for such a claustrophobic space
Her bedroom is like a coffin.
Great idea to have a dog. Sure he's super happy there. Lives his whole life in a box then goes outside to a concrete jungle. Smart
Dog people can be so selfish and thoughtless
Seriously - why do people do that to animals. Hell - the dog probably had MORE room in the pound.
@@MultidimensionalSentinel Yes, totally agree!!!
It’s a 6 month lease, she said it in the video. She doesn’t plan on staying forever. It isn’t ideal, but as long as the dog gets plenty of time outside it isn’t the worst thing for a few months and is better than having to be put down.
@@hannahb2306 Being "better than having to be put down" in no way makes this selfish, thoughtless, behavior acceptable.
This is straight up animal abuse. This woman should never be allowed to own a pet again.
I don't know if I could live in a place this small just because I think the bed being that close to the ceiling would freak me out. However, living in a smaller space honestly helps cut things back and encourages me to simplify what I own, and realize what I genuinely need and care about.
Yeah I would be sleeping on the couch that bed is ridiculous I wouldn't even go up there honestly.
I live in Brooklyn and my half of the rent is 600. I have the top floor of a house, ,my bedroom alone is 2x the size of her apt. my room is 10 x 16.
Exactly. I was thinking about it at 1st like yeah, I may can do it...but now thinking about it..that bed so close to the ceiling...nah, I can't do that. I would be hella uncomfortable every time I'm up there.
@@jobywills3619 Exactly. Same
@@mebenn15 Nice!
She lives here because she wants to. There's plenty of shared spaces and even private rooms she can rent for $800-$1000 a month in the same area or a little north into East Harlem. And for you smooth brains saying "but the room is $650", she clearly says the dog goes to doggy day care. In Manhattan doggy cares START at around $500 a month, on the upper east side there are doggy day cares that cost $1000+ a month. If she had a bigger apartment she wouldn't need the doggy day care or the transportation costs of taking the dog back and forth the day care.
The fact someone can make a closet an apartment is criminal.
It's ewe ( Puke ) York what can you expect.
Criminal to charge that much for a closet
I’d honestly not mind it, especially for that price.
People want to rent it. They aren't forcing anyone to live there.
This is how the 1% want us to live. We need to reject this kind of living forreal. Set our standards!
It's insane and it has to be illegal to rent something so small!! Am I the only who doesn't understand how can people live like this only to say "yes, I live in Manhattan!"?? 🤷🏻♀️
Welcome to NYC. I pay 8 time more than her to have 3 bedroom 2 bathroom in NYC. For single person who only can have 800 bugget for the rent when they income only have 3000-4000 after tax in New York City. Who don't like big space, NYC living is not easy.
It must be illegal. I saw no window for escape in case of fire.
Actually insane, idk how anyone could be okay with living like that.
Yeah, pretty sure it is. Looks like it is breaking fire code and probably other codes. However, it seems like the enforcement is loose and the demand will always be there, so landlords can continue to get away with it.
@@jianpingzhuo294 understood, but she said she doesn't want to live in Brooklyn for example, it's insane!! And we'll, if you can't afford it, don't do it!!! I don't buy a Mercedes if after I can't buy a meal!! But "oh gosh, I've a damn Mercedes!!"
How is that legal without a escape route? Isn’t it illegal not to have a window?!
Who cares if some mongrels burn? THere's millions of them and they all look the fucking sameXD
The amount of cases in nyc apartments they would lose like 40% of the population
In AZ it is illegal to call a room without a window a “bedroom”. They refer to them as dens. It’s against fire code to have a room without a window as a bedroom
@@melissalee6052 Also, in Arizona, you can't call it a bedroom without a closet.
Exactly, in Florida my condo has a window in the way of installing proper kitchen cabinets for this reason.
Keep doing what you love. You are doing a great job and your videos are amazing!!!!! and hope Alaina is doing good and hope she is still happy and having fun!
I spent $600 a month/everything included in Maine. Having heat included was why I lived there so long. 1000s of square miles of forest, and trails everywhere. It was like paradise. Then 2007 happened.
What happened?
@@83limited A Military base was keeping this small town pretty much alive, then the base shut down, shortly after several large corps. packed up, one after one businesses failed, in 10 years it went from 12,000 residents down to 3000.
What areas in Maine would be best to look in for affordable rent. Forested area is good.
What is the name of that small town?
Hope you can find a new dream, mate @@HeavyMetals1969 Greetings from Germany
I can’t be the only one who noticed the chemistry between these two lol
Right same haha
I was going to write the same exact thing... they had great chemistry and would make an adorable couple
This is the comment I was searching for. Haha
She’s hella chill and seems likable
Totally, I was laughing so hard when he took her shoes off.
Aww I hope that pup gets a lot of outdoor time
was thinking the same. Its like being caged up all day
@@sdunn0417 Animal cruelty, IMO.
She obviously love her dog it even has dog day care.......I love her dog.omg
Nobody asked. man that ain't yo dog it ain't none yall business y'all be caring for dogs more than y'all own selves.
@@sdunn0417 let's see here.
1:12 the dog wags its tail slowly with the energy of Joe Biden, implying it's chill, not thinking too much, and not hyperactive. It's also off the street and being fed. But that's not enough for you, is it?
5:26 Owner says it sometimes goes to doggy daycare for a change of environment. Probably to help avoid coming home to a closet-sized apartment reeking of dogshit.
The storage issues would be a serious problem for me. I live in a 650 sq ft apartment and have storage issues. Maybe a fold down counter, desk, vanity, loads of shelving will all help; you’d still need to get rid of almost all of your belongings - or have somewhere off-site to store them - to live there. I find that even in my 650 sq ft apartment, just turning around and bumping into counters or doorways a problem with narrow, space-saving design.
The dog wasn't even happy to see her... most likely mad as heck at her... lol
Dog is Probably "Brain Dead" from No Stimulation of it's Mind. This is Animal Abuse!!
dogs emotions are not that complex, dog also has no concept of comparison
Note the cameraman had already been in there, and this was probably take 3, or 4, or 12. The Greeting had already occurred.
Eh pit bulls don't give a shit
@@matambale yeah i agree, dog was trained to lay down at that point for the shot
I'm so glad I don't have to pay $650 a month to live in a shoe box
Stfu Lisa hernandez u r bum latina from 3 country world u Lucky still CaN live or your cartel get your head 🤡
Psh that's about what I pay for my 1400 sf 3 bedroom 2 bath house with partially finished basement.
I would never want to live somewhere that you have to make a fortune just to be able to live a below average life
I live in a 850/900 sq ft loft unit, in Arkansas and my rent which includes w/s/g is only $495.
Ewwww that’s the worst I’ve seen!!!! Move to a normal state and get a damn real apartment for that price 😮I mean come on … it’s terrible 😣
@@Jake-li7ih where do you live and do you live alone or is that your portion of renr?
Having a dog that big in an area that small makes me so sad 😢
Size of the dog has nothing to do with it. Great Danes are actually one of the best apartment dogs. Although I agree with you that this closet of a space is way too small for a dog
Yeah.... Especially summer. Poor dog.
@@robbarber7253 Bro that ain't an apartment that's more of a walk in closet. The size of the pet is a factor and all should have space to walk that definitely includes Great Danes.
@@goop_6537 Read more than the first sentence of my comment before responding
You actually worry more for the dog than the human. You people are pathetic I swear. 😭
I helped a friend moving to NYC from Boston in 2019. From newbury street to downtown Manhattan. She said "you are welcome to stay overnight at my place!" It an apartment a little bigger than this one at $1750/month. Wild. I believe it was hotel converted to apartments.
The fact that her appartment is smaller than my bedroom is really making rethink how i utulize my space.
Size of my closet.
As someone who lives in a Travel Trailer (basically an RV), I can't even imagine having a dog! I'd have to live outside with him for real! The best part about dogs is when they get excited and start running around ❤🥺
I think id rather if driving live in a van with a dog than that atleast I can park n live sumwhere and the dog can go out and BREATHEEEEEEEEEE
@@sassyd8738 True that! Your dog would love it too, I can already imagine the zoomies lol
Hello
@@Kocboii Hi friend!!
I lived in an RV for 4 years had 1 large dog and two little dogs and my family 3 kids and my wife. All I did was fence off my area and let the big boy play outside and walked him around the lake we had at the grounds. He loved swimming in the lake
She used her space so well. Honestly for New York this is a STEAL! Just perfect enough to have somewhere to stay while saving and grinding. I love this.
Yea this spot is good!
Nah, there is no way. I’ll be the first one out of that state!
I wouldn’t stop in NYC to take a s#!t much less live in a mouse infested closet.
@@miguelrosales6667 Realistically is there any city in America that has cheap housing in an area that people want to live in? New York is just the extreme of that phenomena and unfortunately the only solution seems to be running away like you're suggesting which isn't feasible for most people.
@@miguelrosales6667 Trick is further form NYC the cheaper however it pretty expensive I love NY yea I see what you mean
All the people hating in the comments have never lived in an expensive city 😂 $650 in the city for your own private space not having to deal with roommates is a steal if you’re not making a lot of money.
As a New Yorker who was born and raised here my entire life I would never subject myself to that. I love New York and I carry it with pride but I’ll never understand people who would move here and live under those conditions just for the sake of “living in New York”. It’s really not worth it if u being subjected to this.
Because a lot of these people who think this is cool or a bunch of rich upper middle class people from the Midwest . Who move to New York trying to live an Instagram lifestyle . Trying to pretend they're so humble when they're not
Grand Rapids Michigan is the best!!!!
Ny is becoming a crap hole
Right
Don’t like how you dissed Brooklyn
I’m glad she’s safe and knows all of her neighbors.
Same!
Faith in humanity RESTORED.
she is a creep + sociopath! she can afford a $4000 apartment and BLOCK the same workers or waiter she pick up food from everyday .
SHE IS ONLY IN THIS APARTMENT because everybody wanted it. not because she really wanted it.
Why would even have a PET in this apartment? so she and the dog bath 🛀...where? Her dog is not yorkie size. and her company is not paying her less than 650 a week.
she would not give up that much income to take this job for the magazine. 10 out of 10 she is getting paid more to MOVE to NY from LA
I hope she's checked her building's address on the offender registry. One of my young, handsome, friendly and outgoing apartment neighbours is a High Risk S.. Offender five years out of prison for his latest crime against minors!!!
why is new york scary? 😂😂😂
I'm usually the one encouraging people to do whatever makes them happy as long as they don't hurt anybody but this was next level. Just watching this video triggered my anxiety & claustrophobia and I feel so sorry for that dog. How does this not violate housing codes? Where's the window??
I thought it couldn't get worse until she said she walks out into the hall from the bathroom in a towel because she "knows her neighbours." And she did mention at least one of them is a guy. Whether or not you know them, what the hell?
Btw if you can afford doggy day care, you can afford a nicer apartment. And shootout to you Caleb for being so understanding & non-judgemental.
The fuck are you talking about. Doggy daycare is usually pretty cheap and the dog would rather be there with other animals than in a slightly bigger apartment. If your a grown adult and can't walk around in a robe you have issues no matter the gender of people. You seem to be trying to find problems for some reason
She was living in a $3k+ luxury apartment before. The cost isn’t the issue. She likes to travel. She definitely shouldn’t have a dog. Period.
It’s a cute apartment. She figured out how to make it work. It is a little bit hard for her dog though. I see why she only lived here for a year. Other than that tiny spaces are awesome.
I will never understand why people feel New York is the best place to live. The tiny apartments are one thing, but they were completely casual about the fact there were rats, and how nowhere in NY is safe from them. Mind-blowing.
NYC is extremely walkable and diverse is why
@@GeneralPuppet you forgot rude, stressful, and actually pretty awful 👍
@Sean Gordon AGREED. I vacationed their 2 years ago and it was really fun but i could already feel the stress from everything by the 3rd day. The place is too much. Creepy homeless dudes jacking off in the subway & shady bouroughs all around.
New York must be good if people are willing to live in tiny boxes to be there
When life deals you rats, you learn to make rat stew.
I feel bad for the poor dog, it must get crazy living in such small place.
This shouldn’t be legal and I am totally serious.
@@mafil8283 Thank you for clarifying, I wasn’t sure.
Coo,l dog stays home during she works. Good work
@@mafil8283 "This and that shouldn't be legal" is exactly how we got in this situation - letting the government fucking regulate everything and make it more overpriced, less functional, and overall shittier decade after decade. You WANT to live in a cupboard? More power to you. You want to live in a treehouse? Your choice. You should be free to do whatever you like as long as it hurts no one, if you start regulating and forbidding stuff 'for people's own good', you'll soon find out you're taxed for breathing where you're not allowed to, jailed for switching a lightbulb without permit, and having your bank account disabled for speaking of things the government doesn't want you speaking of.
My first thought! The selfishness is appalling. Notice that the dog didn't move when her guest came in? Looks depressed. And it can't climb the ladder to her bed space. It's like he is living in a crate.
Her: People need less than they think.
The Dog: Oh Really?!
Consider the fact that people in gigantic houses kennel their dogs.
@@jazzminelizabeth I think that wrong too so there’s no need to bring that up when it’s not in the video.
she says this everyday to herself to make sure she doesnt go nuts. because she cant effort shit and acts like she is ok with living like a dog
No they made a good consideration. As long as she let's her dog out, this is clear temporary
😂😂😂
Cooking with 0 ventilation? Oh boy
She is paying about $650 way too much for that fire death trap of a closet
No matter how good and cheap the place is, it’s almost useless if it doesn’t have its own bathroom.
If you don’t care about saving money, yes.
Sharing a bathroom is not that big a deal. It's still inside!!!
Also is it well insulated from sound, that's really bigger deal killer,
Word
Can't share a bathroom sorry
I cannot wrap my head around how she is able to live in such a tiny apartment 🤯
It's crazy my bathroom is larger than her apartment.
With no windows
I spend allot of my time in Virtual reality if your a techie you don't really need allot of space. I live in one
@@HotnChilli no windows, this is sooooooooooooooooooo illegal in NYC.
she has got to be insane to live in a closet, because this is NOT an apartment.
There is no window, or we didn't see it???? But, this is not a leagal apartment. It is a space she made into a living space.
@@adrastos761 y u care?
I'm 41 and live in Oklahoma but if I was single and 18-26, I would dig that set-up. $650/month, bills paid, roof over my head? NYC? I'd take that deal. I'd probably get a couple of pizza delivery jobs. Make $250-$350/day and just save money until I moved out of town to buy a house.
The poor poor dog though😢😢
Just imagine being the landlord and renting this walk-in closet for $650. Some people have no shame
It’s business and there’s a market for it.
Nobody is forcing her to take residence here.
The price point is an abomination but you can’t blame the landlord for cashing in on a smart investment play.
I agree. The landlord should be ashamed, because they could easily rent that closet out for a smooth $1,200 a month.$650!? In NYC!? What is this!? Charity!?
Jk.
Frrr
You probably voted for Joe Biden 🤣
Cash doesn’t know the meaning of shame
A traditional-sized home must feel absolutely massive for people who have lived in tiny spaces!!
Yes. I work in a hotel with porches on the rooms and all the kids from New York say its so cheap and big compared to their entire apartments back home
In my opinion, traditional-sized houses are just a waste of space, time, energy and of course - money.
@@OldNerdPlayingOldPCGames that's a fire trap
@@OldNerdPlayingOldPCGames acting like the glorified walk in closet that is her "apartment" is any better
I grew up in NYC in a small apt that was made even smaller bc we also worked in it. A medium tent when we went camping felt so spacious.