It depends on where you are in life. If you're a young kid, fresh out of college and you got a good paying job, city life is great. But after about a year of having fun, yeah, living in a closet doesn't cut it. And with COVID-19, the benefit of city life obviously isn't there like it used to be.
It would be extremely cool to see people living in small places like that. not just see the apartment empty ... but see how a person would arrange their belongings and make that tiny space a home.
Well, Hong Kong is a thing and they do that there... Even smaller places than depicted in the video btw, "Cage homes" have only about 10-30 square feet
New York City isn’t just Manhattan lol you can easily get the same prices or better ones for much larger apartments in the boroughs. People’s obsession with living in broom closets just to say they’re from the city always surprises me.
I was looking for this comment 😭😭 they could really go tour much nicer apartments for the same price in queens or brooklyn, a few train stops from the city 🤦🏻♀️
@@gabbieromano58 I hope more people who have a dream to live in the city come to realize this. There's no need to sacrifice your comfort and sanity to achieve that
“Don’t say the rent’s too high” Bro, where I live you can rent a whole 3 bedroom house for $1,500. I understand the appeal and the pricing; it is a huge city full of business and culture and opportunity, but for something that little it’s just a little jarring.
You think that's crazy, I have a two bedroom with formal dining room, a garage and full yard control for only $500/month plus electricity. Clinton, Iowa- full of jobs and dirt cheap to live in.
I have never been more thankful for growing up in the Midwest until this video. For many years, I've thought 1br 1 bath 623 ft² with more amenities than I could type for $1550 was outrageous. That's considered luxury apartments for us, and in NYC, they're getting shoe closet apartments for the same price.
Can’t get my head around the fact that he said his old studio was about the size of a walk in closet.. like sir what walk in closet are you talking about
I think in the UAE they sometimes rent out closets as sleeping quarters, their cities are that expensive. But come to think of it, gee, some of us have walk-in closets about the size of some of these apartments. That's sad.
The fact that they're laughing and acting like it's some wonderful thing to "make it" by getting ripped off by greedy landlords is wild. Like, I'm sitting in Chicago right now, desirable neighborhood, ten minutes to downtown by train, less by car and in paying less than the adjusted rate on that first walk-in closet. NYC has people brainwashed.
Chicago is cheaper to live (lived there, my favourite city in the whole big, wide, wild world). 1500/month is pretty much what you pay for a bedsit in London (lived there as well) though you have to pay bills on the top (council tax, say 100 quid, electricity andother 100, water, gas). Does 1500 include bills?
@@ketugrahagraha3673 Yeah, I know it's cheaper, that was kinda my point. It's still overpriced in a lot of ways, but landlords in places like NYC get away with murder. I pay 1350, gas and electric not included. I earn enough to be considered firmly in the "upper-middle class" category but would be scraping by in NYC. It's nuts.
@@windycitydreaming Yes, it is. I watched once a video on the RUclips about a lady who built an eco-hut on her own land (Wells, UK) and had to fight for the right to build a place on her own land for 8 YEARS! The way she put it, t's not civilized when people have to fight for the right to have a roof over their heads. NY is crazy. London is even worse.
@@ketugrahagraha3673 So since I live in this monopoly city I'll tell you in some cases for example, if you pay 1500 in most cases in Manhattan where they're looking is just the rent, very few add some (at least 2) utilities within that amount. Its fucking ridiculous. I don't know who the hell wants to live like that, you're wasting more than what you can try to save. When you look outside of the city into the the other 4 boroughs depending on the neighborhoods you can find a bit more for less, or more for about the same, and those agai. are with some utilities and very rare with ALL utilities included. At the end of the way it's what you make like for instance a minimum wage job they typically pays $15-$17 dollars isn't going to cut it here, you'll need another form of income, if not try to land a pretty decent job... NYC is fun but actually living here will honestly suck you dry.
@@windycitydreaming Don't even get me started... I've been searching for my very first place and even considering places looking for a roommate and it's still baffling on what I come across. At this point I rather search across the Hudson into jersey! At least there I've seen some rentable places that offer all utilities included, and have a pretty decent room (750-900 with some-all utilities) or decent size apartment for yourself. Like I've seen a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom, and a kitchen with living area at 1200-1500 with some utilities, and in jersey they parking on the property with is a plus. Now that's definitely not that bad at all.
Born and raised in NYC, and stuff like this is why there needs to be a huge overhaul of the renting laws and standards in NYC. Some people don't agree with me but all I'm saying is things need to change because You shouldn't be able to rent out what is basically a storage closet for 800 plus a month, there need to be set standards like how a room must have a window and a closet for it to legally be considered a bedroom. I could understand paying higher rent for a studio apartment with a nice kitchen with new modern appliances for 1300$ to 1500$ but instead we are seeing tiny closet like this go for these prices, we need some regulation on the amount you can charge for the amount of space you are renting out.
@@H81234 not enough housing being built due to building regulations. I think nyc abolish zoning long ago but there is still more thing holding nyc back. Density needs to be increased, add more floors to low rise buildings.
@@fatmonkey8u my only question is WHY?! How do you people put yourselves through this and then tell yourself it’s worth it? There are so so so many other places around the world where your quality of living could be 100x better for less money
@@Chi26trojans seriously in my country i pay 500$ for a month for 3 bedroom apartment, 3 other rooms a kitchen and 3 bathrooms and my room is 4/5 times bigger than apartment number 3
I don't have to imagine it, I did it when I was in Korea. North Americans don't have a clue what dense apartments are. But now that I have done it I am extremely confident about my adaptability
@@grayonthewater There’s a bunch of codes these apartments violate. A legal bedroom in NYC must be a minimum of 80 square feet and have a width of at least 8 feet in any direction. An apartment needs two means of egress such as a window and a door that can be opened from the inside. The last apartment doesn’t have a fire escape, if there’s a fire in the hallway there is no possible way for the renter to get out safely.
@@omw2fyabihhh last I checked the codes said the minimum was a 150 Sq ft excluding buying built before 1978. Like a studio and 1bed have to be a min of 150, but a 1 bedroom the bedroom has to be a min of 80
I would be willing to do the 2nd one. Using a bed with additional storage. And I don't mind the tiny bathroom because I wouldn't feel safe sharing a bathroom as a woman living alone. And I have a weird fascination with tiny spaces so that one felt the most reasonable option. Still really expensive though
100% agree - the way they were talking about that last flat made it seem like it was okay that Cash just dumped all his stuff just to make that flat work... would also really love to know what the rent for it would've been in 07 bc I doubt it was anywhere close to the 1100 they're asking for it now..
Alex webber is a guy living in one of the apartments in the last building, he just moved to New York and is posting videos about this place if anyone wants to see the perspective of actually living there!
You live in NY though, you're supposed to treat your place like a hotel where you're only there to sleep and shower.. that being said those prices are absolutely ridiculous and should be illegal
honestly videos like these are more inspiring than the 8 or 9 figure mega penthouse ones. getting your start in a busy place full of opportunities. even if you’re not in NYC, being at the beginning of your journey can be super exciting
NOW I know why NYC has a LOT of homeless people, these rents are absolutely ridiculous and super high because it's the city of apparent dreams. I'm doneee
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Absolutely.....reminds me of my dorm university days with shared toilets and showers in the hallways. Some showers had mould in the corners and the aluminium windows from the 60’s/70‘s allowed a fair amount of draught and rain drops come through .but hey good memories 😊
@@WhateverIWantChannel Gym showers i guess. These places are way overpriced for anyone in middle class so I think it would be better moving to a less populated area. (overpriced compared to other similar apartments with the same size in other places)
The fact people find this ok and pay that much for tiny ass rooms is insane. I wouldn’t pay over $300 for not even the first one. My two bedroom apartment in Texas is $570 a month with a decent sized living room, kitchen and bathroom.
I agree with ya...Is the cost of living in Texas better than Ohio? Also what city in Texas? I pay $735 for a 1 bedroom just outside of Columbus, Ohio (in cols I'd be paying 1000K for same apt) ...our cost of living is going up in Cols, Ohio bc more ppl are moving here (bc cost if living is going up so much in the big cities), but I didn't know Texas was cheaper than Ohio ... I may need to move there.
I was lucky to find my current place for a very cheap price and it’s bigger than all these apartments combined. Seriously I’m not joking. The last tenant was here for years which is why the rent is reasonably low. I’m also in NY. The first apartment is great for someone who just moved and is looking to get used to NY before getting a career and moving up. The other two literally raised my anxiety
i definitely do lol. we come to accept the city as our home and playground, the apartment is just where we go to bed. unlike suburban NY, NYC provides great public spaces with secure wifi. add to that street food vendors, living in a tiny apartment can work for someone who spends their day working in the office, hanging out with friends and doing recreation by the river, then going to bed in a tiny shoebox and taking a rooftop breather now and then
@Data Fix You know, there are these magical 48 other states to choose from. Hell, 50 states, outside of the couple cities you're referring to. And you couldn't pay me to live in SF. I could live in NYC doe. But this is still crazy. He has shown plenty of spaces just a little more expensive but five times the size.
I live in Union New Jersey which is about 45 minutes away from New York city. And I pay $350 a month for my apartment and it's a pretty big size apartment. It's actually a condo so I guess I own the inside. But it's pretty spacious at least compared to these apartments.
@@IrishSpyHD60 wrong, South Brooklyn area is not like this at all. You actually get a good amount of space. People just have to stop flocking to Manhattan
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How can one find a resourceful broker, I buy the idea of employing their services, its a shame market crashes as of late have become a sort of habit for stocks
As a short person who’s been living in college dorms a few years, honestly that first apartment looked pretty nice. However, the moment I saw no stove/oven in the last two I was like “ha nope”
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 These places are just old studio apartments turned into multiple "apartments." In all honesty youll be hearing everything. No privacy in reality.
@@オールマイト-y1f Oooo, no soundproofing. That's terrible unless you want to know everything your apartment neighbors say and do 😄. Ask them nosy questions while passing by in the hallway, lol!
I thought I was the only one feeling uncomfortable looking at these prison cells/closests they call apartments and the insane pricing until I read all the other comments. It's nice to know that most of us have our sanity and see the madness in living in places like these.
I lived in a student dorm with 14,5 m² and moved 5 month into the pandemic. You feel like in a prison. These apartments are good when you just come home to sleep there.
I could handle living in a tiny place, but I draw the line at not having a private bathroom in my own place. When I lived in the dorms, I cooked my own meals 3 days of the week or I'd eat out. Then I moved off campus because I just didn't want to live on campus and for my safety because I was getting bullied by some of the residents. The only off campus housing I could afford were once 120 sq ft. dorms that had been renovated into tiny apartments. The "bathroom" wasn't even a room because there was no door. It was just a toilet and shower, and I hung up curtains for separating it from the living/sleeping area. The kitchen was just a counter with a fridge under it, sink, and a 2 burner stove. My entire apartment was the size of a bedroom, including the "kitchen" and "bathroom". But it was all mine, quiet, and I was safe.
@@johnthedropper7289 except rent is so high you can't actually do anything while living in "The greatest city on earth." This guy couldn't even afford the subway you think he was having all kinds of fun in NY night life?
"you know, it's a luxury to have a bathroom" you have GOT to be kidding me. edit: fast forward 2 months, im moving to NYC- some of these rooms are kind of a steal.
Why are you normalizing incredibly expensive rent for an unlivable space? This video is late stage capitalism commoditizing basic sanitary needs like a toilet and washroom and up-pricing it- how is this video ethical?
As someone with a house in the midwest, I find mini NYC apartments facinating. The first one wasn't too bad, but by the time you get to the third, I'd rather just live in my car at that point
thats more worth it then those places. find a Walmart Parking center to sleep in and get a gym membership at a 24 hour gym for showers ,working out, bathroom use and your good to go for less than 100$ compared to 1000$ a month
tbf, they're doing their job as real estate agents, I pay $1400 for a one bedroom in Astoria, Queens lol 15 minutes and I'm in Midtown but have to deal with the stigma of ~not living in Manhattan~
That second apartment looks like something I’d build in sims with like less than 2000 simoleons. I swear I’ve seen that bathroom in every tiny build home-
I was just watching a video before this about weird and tiny apartments in Japan. There is literally one that is a full-sized bath, toilet, loft for a bed and NOTHING ELSE. I actually said “this would never happen in the U.S., a building inspector would have a conniption!” And then I saw this video not even two minutes later. I have eaten my own words.
10:56 The fact that they call a “room” with no bathroom or a complete kitchen an apartment should be illegal. 😳 that’s highway robbery. I’ve seen college dorms better than this 😳🤦
In Canada, we call that rooms! I live in Quebec City (donwtown on the main street), in a building with many rooms for rent that all have a sink, a fridge and an oven with shared bathrooms in the corridor. The rent is around 375$ a month. I'm the only one of the building considered to live in an appartement: It's a big 3 1/2 (kitchen, living room/dinner room, bedroom + bathroom) with high windows, brick walls and a terrasse and I only pay 560$, all included ! 🤔😉
Apartments under 100 square feet should really be illegal, considering 100 square feet is what's generally considered psychologically healthy as a minimum for one person.
I’m 5’7. I could technically live in these no problem, for the long term. But if a Queen Bed can barely fit into this room. It’s waaay to fucking small for my liking
Yep. Mine, too. My studio is 300 Sq ft, and I have EVERYTHING that I need/want in it...including a separate area for my daughter's "room" (behind 2 7' room dividers).
Exactly they are normally on a large amount of land, so you do have loads of your own space - just not indoors space - which is fine if you're an outdoorsy kinda person... these 'apartments' are prison cells
This lifestyle looks like hell. Marketed to you by a good looking guy, the exception-story. Don't let him persuade you, youngsters. You *WILL* regret it.
Legit, my neighbours house for 900€/m with electricity and water, and he gets a garden, house with 5 rooms, 2 bathrooms, garage with upstairs storage. I mean, I would consider the second apartment shown, but not for more than 150€ warm xD
You really gotta have big dreams living in NYC. I live in a two-story, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment for $975, split with a friend. There is ample storage, we have all appliances (even room for a dishwasher if we needed it) and a ton of space + a yard. I'm happy I chose small-ish town living
I’m glad you called this out. I cringed when he said that. It’s such a ludicrous notion. It’s disheartening to see influential people promulgating false claims upon their impressionable audience.
Don't say it's better to live in a forest (or in a tent homeless). You would die to go back to this apartment , it's AWFUL, but it's warm and it's safe.
I'm so glad I got out of NYC after trying out the dream. What a cold, lonely, overpriced city. My first 3 months I squatted with a stranger I met online, lived on her couch for $700/month. Then got a 4 BR apartment (that I obviously shared with roommates) in Queens for 1k/month. I didn't eat the entire time. These videos are so fascinating to me, but I hate how people like this always glorify NYC and make a closet apartment seems so affordable and "doable".
@@MHouston602 I moved there after I got my BA in media production. I hustled around film and TV sets looking for a job doing anything, even coiling cables, but no dice. I tried TV and theater too but only got 2 interviews and never landed even an entry level job in my field. I got a job at Whole Foods my first month there and that's where I made my meager income. I also accidently became a theatre critic on the side, which I continued to do for 2 years. That was the only part of the city I enjoyed though, being able to review local and off-broadway shows.
Here in France you cannot give "Appartment" label for a main room less than 100ft² , it's totally illegal to park someone in a room smaller than that !
Actually, glad it's not. Otherwise some people who currently proactively choose this tradeoff would not be able to live in the city at all. What am I missing?
I was a custodian through college…and my broom/utility closet was larger than these. I’d live in one only if I was paying half that rent, the fact that these people rent something this expensive is absolutely mind blowing…can’t even blame the landlords…like…there’s obviously people willing to pay that and they’re the crazy ones.
My mother had an addition added to her house, for a bedroom. It was bigger than this, and is only costing her just over $400 a month. It's just not in a city, with artificially inflated prices.
This video REALLY made me look at my reality in a different way. I had to move back in with my parents after getting divorced and been living in their living room since they don't have extra rooms or a basement. I made a cute little "bedroom" in the corner, put up dividers around my bed, and even made my own little office space 😂. I'm quite proud, everything looks cute and organized. Of course this isn't the ideal situation and only a stepping stone until I get back on my feet (EXTREMELY GRATEFUL to my parents). But honestly... I can even imagine myself living in one of those apartments, even the last one, but not for $1100. No way. But hey, it is NYC. You're really just paying to live there.
My daughter moved back in with us during her divorce. We are saving her from the greedy landlords around here while she gets back on her feet. And we don’t even live in NYC! Her bedroom is bigger than those apartments.
Reading your comment about moving back with your parents is eye opening to me. I just moved back with my parents after 6 years of living on my own, after leaving at the age of 17. I feel Im behind but like you said it's a stepping stone!
@@adagailey it’s pretty normal to live with your parents in your 20s, tbh, it’s the smartest financial decision you can make. Rent-free space, and your free to save for a future home.
It’s very ridiculous how some people are ok with this; trying their damndest to normalize this way of life...by stating “location, location, location!!” Lol the landlords are the ones making a killing off these folks. They transform what would be considered a single family unit into 5 or 6 units. Again these realtors/landlords want you to be fine with these conditions so to keep ppl coming.
the mortgages on hat property & taxes are criminal too. Yeah there is profit involved, but I doubt much honestly. I don't know how people could live in that dump
I agree It doesn't matter if you're not in the most popular spot in the city, state, country whatever All that matters is a comfortable enough space in a decent neighborhood Maybe walking distance grocery stores What else can you possibly need
That's not what its about honestly. They're offering a product. They don't control the cost of living in the hot spot areas of NYC. With the big city comes many conveniences, opportunities, and numerous/various/diverse communities, clubs, or creeds to be a part of. You can't expect there to be white picket fenced, 2000 sqft single family homes with a garage, large front/ back yard, and a nice driveway entrance in the middle of downtown NYC...or LA, and Chicago for that matter. You're looking at the point of these apartments existing at the wrong angle. They're not jammed packed units for the sake of squeezing more dollars out of the same amount of sqft. They are satisfying a demand from people that want to live in those hot spots regardless.
I'm in a two bedroom in the ghetto, Single parent, pets, and all repairs and upkeep is taken care of me, for 9 years. TINY... but manageable, with dishwasher and laundry in unit. I'll share pics! Great job making that space livable!
@DIANA ROJAS yeah your right,in queens you can get a 2 bedroom apartment for 1.7k,not sure about the manhattan area but ive seen some at around 2.5k-3k?
@@arzetical8345 just looked at a bunch of listings for studio apartments in both LA and NY and it looked like they were generally a bit more in new york compared to la. close, but LA is def not 2x-3x more expensive.
Yeah, I'd rather have a bit more than an airplane lavatory for a bathroom. And enough space for a stove and a real bed. And greenspace. And trees..... yeah, NYC is not to my liking. Not a fan of the insane prices, clausterphobia, high-rises or crowds, sorry.
That bathroom in the 2nd one is just scary to think about. The floor looks flat so if the water overflows it'll just spill out of the bathroom into the room. I can't imagine living in these rooms and having to pay 1k a month for something like this.
My apartment in Osaka is tiny too but rent is around $320, I never realised how expensive New York rent is… I almost can’t understand how anyone could afford that?
Well they keep electing Democrats who don’t give a shit so rent continues to skyrocket year after year in NYC. 🤷🏼♂️ Why do you think there are so many homeless everywhere?
When I vacationed in Osaka I paid $400 for about 3 weeks. Nice place, HG Cozy Hotel. A few minutes from the train station as well and a 7eleven right by.
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I watch these videos all the time. Cash's videos and collabs with others. I would never make it. I literally could not do it these days. I lived in cities and now I gotta be in the woods :) More dogs. Less people. Still the videos are interesting :)
I’m from Los Angeles and I see the appeal of big cities like NY. I don’t see the appeal of living in rural areas or small cities where things close at 8 pm every night. That said, I DO NOT see the appeal of the east coast people, NY’ers, weirdos, not being able to own a car, and so much else. I’d never live in such a place.
@@zoolzool1 Different people prefer different things. As for "everything closes at 8 pm." Well, I used to live in a village with about 2000 people and our co-op was open until midnight. I really don't need bread at 3 am so that's fine with me.
The dream is to eventually get a normal sized apartment. LOL I wouldn't want to live there either. But I live in Chicago and some people wouldn't want to live here either.
The first unit, all four of those apartments, in that little hallway were probably all one unit at one time. That second apartment, that small if you would want to call it a loft, would be considered the bed space in a place like China, they would even provide a ladder. It’s crazy how these apartments are legal.
I was laughing the entire time. The fact that they want this much rent for absolutely nothing because iTs ThE cItY really would make me check some peoples sanity
"For $1,500 this isn't that bad." That's more than the rent my roommate and I pay for a two bedroom with a full sized kitchen, bathroom, and living room in a new complex just outside of Chicago. New York is hell and I see why everyone's leaving.
Gentrification is making natives leave. Minnesota art students with pockets full of daddy’s money is coming in and leaving as soon as they want to make babies.
The fact that the last apartment is smaller than the bedroom of my one bedroom apartment and costs $700 less blows my mind. I cannot imagine paying that much for that small of a place
Oh it is, the amount of people I've met in my area that moved here from NYC are SO much happier. all they did was work 24/7 and now they can actually relax and see their family. nyc is a joke man
I’ve lived in New York since I was born and there’s literally big apartments and houses for the same price as that room and there’s so many things to do in New York as well, it’s nowhere near depressing.
i had the opposite, i was like 250 square foot seems really big for a "walk in closet", but maybe it's just because of conversion? no. no, turns out i was right and he's just delusional
@@bradyb2233 well that is the healthy thing to do and since I’m already living most of mine and moving forward every day I’d say I’m suuuper good there. Thank you for being supportive, that’s rad xo
I’ve gone back and forth with it but if I had a solid full time job up in NYC I could make apartment 1 work. I’m a minimalist and after mapping out what I’d put in there tbh that place is a pretty damn good deal for NYC
This is why people are leaving NY in droves. There are thousand of wonderful cities to live in comfortably and you don't have to suffer by living in a prison cell.
Actually people are either coming back or moving in ..for a time during the pandemic people moved but if you go to Queens, Brooklyn or lower manhattan its packed and impossible to get an apt..I have friends looking for 6 months and everytime they inquire its already rented
Comment below when you started watching my RUclips channel and if you remember the VLOGS from my first tiny apartment!
I started in 2017/2018 and I remember I think the second one or so haha... I loved it!
I've only been watching about a yr and a half unfortunately 😪 lol
2018!
I started watching in 2015 when you were with Jess
3rd quarter of 2019 or something. Anyway, when you go back to the vlogs it seems like true luxury compared to these😂
I can’t imagine paying $1100+ dollars a month for an apartment that is smaller than my bedroom. I am truly grateful for what I have.
You should be🤨
The enjoyment is outside the room in the city. The room is just to sleep and groom but the hallway bathroom is insane in a super bad way.
@@antdx316 but you don't understand living in places where you can get a large home for like 1 or 2k a month 1095 for a 5th of your room is absurd
@@fsu-chorgz-2490 Yeah, but think about where you have to live to have such cheap housing.
It’s a choice they made. Don’t feel bad for them. NYC is the most expensive place in the country (maybe San Fran)
Huge window to look out everyday to think about where it all went wrong ….
Good one. That really made me laugh!
Lmao
😂🤣😂🤣😂
LMAO
Lol!
“For 1500, this is not bad”
Yes it is. It is bad.
NYC is insane
1500 in my town could get you the nicest house there is
not bad but VERY BAD JAJAJAJAJA
It depends on where you are in life. If you're a young kid, fresh out of college and you got a good paying job, city life is great. But after about a year of having fun, yeah, living in a closet doesn't cut it. And with COVID-19, the benefit of city life obviously isn't there like it used to be.
@@jlgonthebeat a house or a full apartment within a house?
It’s not an apartment unless it has a private bathroom and a kitchen. If it doesn’t have those things, then you just rented a room not an apartment.
I love how they are all cheery while they are selling depression.
reminds me of Black Mirror episodes
Well they’re making money. lol
@@crossovo omg right
"Depression" I want the last one
I'd be down for one of these! Either that or vanlife
Imagine being in quarantine in that last apartment? I would literally go mentally insane.
Same!!
That would’ve ben called solitary.
as long as there is internet.. just change the interior to be something out of a luxury hotel
Atleast mental hospital has more room than this hahaha 😆
It’s bigger than my place and I’ve been stuck here all quarantine …
These prices are criminal, I wouldn’t even call it an apartment if there’s no stove or bathroom, it’s a bedroom.
Bro, that's a broom closet.
@@professionalyoutubevideowa37 🤣😂🤣 sadly true...
Welcome to nyc
Or room for you know company
That first appartmen is almost three times as expensive as the 3 bedroom 2 story family home my mom rents
It would be extremely cool to see people living in small places like that. not just see the apartment empty ... but see how a person would arrange their belongings and make that tiny space a home.
Imagine asking your girlfriend to come back to your place. I don’t think they would be too many second dates.
Right, that's what I was looking for. An empty one ALONG with one fully furnished.
@@sunnydaze2359 I was in a similar situation for a year while living in Chicago, I still got ass 😁😁😁 Got to play your cards right.
Well, Hong Kong is a thing and they do that there...
Even smaller places than depicted in the video btw, "Cage homes" have only about 10-30 square feet
I recommend a channel called Tokyo Lens. He has a video on tiny Tokyo apartments that's exactly this.
These apartments look like the houses I build for my poor sims where they have just enough space to move.
This made me giggle! ;
As a New Yorker who loves sims, NYC is just a big file save with the move objects cheat on 🤣
Your a savage Lord
Hahahaha omg so true
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New York City isn’t just Manhattan lol you can easily get the same prices or better ones for much larger apartments in the boroughs. People’s obsession with living in broom closets just to say they’re from the city always surprises me.
You can find much better options in Manhattan. These people want the status of living in certain neighborhoods.
I was looking for this comment 😭😭 they could really go tour much nicer apartments for the same price in queens or brooklyn, a few train stops from the city 🤦🏻♀️
ikr & its not like you’re sacrificing the city experience because you can literally use public transport to get into Manhattan easily
@@gabbieromano58 I hope more people who have a dream to live in the city come to realize this. There's no need to sacrifice your comfort and sanity to achieve that
Please don't let people know there are other better boroughs. 😭
“Don’t say the rent’s too high”
Bro, where I live you can rent a whole 3 bedroom house for $1,500. I understand the appeal and the pricing; it is a huge city full of business and culture and opportunity, but for something that little it’s just a little jarring.
Dead serious, where do you live? I might move there.
@@kieran.grant_ LMAO
We have a 3800 sq. ft., 6 bedroom, 3.5 baths, 2 story with full basement house for $1400ish a month mortgage payment.
Is New York really that appealing these days?
You think that's crazy, I have a two bedroom with formal dining room, a garage and full yard control for only $500/month plus electricity. Clinton, Iowa- full of jobs and dirt cheap to live in.
I have never been more thankful for growing up in the Midwest until this video. For many years, I've thought 1br 1 bath 623 ft² with more amenities than I could type for $1550 was outrageous. That's considered luxury apartments for us, and in NYC, they're getting shoe closet apartments for the same price.
Can’t get my head around the fact that he said his old studio was about the size of a walk in closet.. like sir what walk in closet are you talking about
Lol 250 Sq foot closet? Damn
I think in the UAE they sometimes rent out closets as sleeping quarters, their cities are that expensive. But come to think of it, gee, some of us have walk-in closets about the size of some of these apartments. That's sad.
#richlife
@@lyndagruen2047 yeah no, nobody has closets that big without a)sacrificing a necessary room or b) having immense amounts of disposable income
@@MrHocotateFreight Not everyone lives in a city.
The fact that they're laughing and acting like it's some wonderful thing to "make it" by getting ripped off by greedy landlords is wild. Like, I'm sitting in Chicago right now, desirable neighborhood, ten minutes to downtown by train, less by car and in paying less than the adjusted rate on that first walk-in closet. NYC has people brainwashed.
Chicago is cheaper to live (lived there, my favourite city in the whole big, wide, wild world). 1500/month is pretty much what you pay for a bedsit in London (lived there as well) though you have to pay bills on the top (council tax, say 100 quid, electricity andother 100, water, gas). Does 1500 include bills?
@@ketugrahagraha3673 Yeah, I know it's cheaper, that was kinda my point. It's still overpriced in a lot of ways, but landlords in places like NYC get away with murder.
I pay 1350, gas and electric not included. I earn enough to be considered firmly in the "upper-middle class" category but would be scraping by in NYC. It's nuts.
@@windycitydreaming Yes, it is. I watched once a video on the RUclips about a lady who built an eco-hut on her own land (Wells, UK) and had to fight for the right to build a place on her own land for 8 YEARS! The way she put it, t's not civilized when people have to fight for the right to have a roof over their heads. NY is crazy. London is even worse.
@@ketugrahagraha3673 So since I live in this monopoly city I'll tell you in some cases for example, if you pay 1500 in most cases in Manhattan where they're looking is just the rent, very few add some (at least 2) utilities within that amount. Its fucking ridiculous. I don't know who the hell wants to live like that, you're wasting more than what you can try to save.
When you look outside of the city into the the other 4 boroughs depending on the neighborhoods you can find a bit more for less, or more for about the same, and those agai. are with some utilities and very rare with ALL utilities included. At the end of the way it's what you make like for instance a minimum wage job they typically pays $15-$17 dollars isn't going to cut it here, you'll need another form of income, if not try to land a pretty decent job... NYC is fun but actually living here will honestly suck you dry.
@@windycitydreaming Don't even get me started... I've been searching for my very first place and even considering places looking for a roommate and it's still baffling on what I come across. At this point I rather search across the Hudson into jersey! At least there I've seen some rentable places that offer all utilities included, and have a pretty decent room (750-900 with some-all utilities) or decent size apartment for yourself. Like I've seen a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom, and a kitchen with living area at 1200-1500 with some utilities, and in jersey they parking on the property with is a plus. Now that's definitely not that bad at all.
Born and raised in NYC, and stuff like this is why there needs to be a huge overhaul of the renting laws and standards in NYC.
Some people don't agree with me but all I'm saying is things need to change because You shouldn't be able to rent out what is basically a storage closet for 800 plus a month, there need to be set standards like how a room must have a window and a closet for it to legally be considered a bedroom. I could understand paying higher rent for a studio apartment with a nice kitchen with new modern appliances for 1300$ to 1500$ but instead we are seeing tiny closet like this go for these prices, we need some regulation on the amount you can charge for the amount of space you are renting out.
There's far worse than these 😑
Bro, there are so many studies about rent control in cities that show its effects
There are people that live in pods in Hong Kong. They are not much larger than a casket basically, you can’t stand up in them.
@@KaguraWindQueen Hard to act otherwise when you grow up there. As a Midwesterner, I agree however.
How about reduce the property values in new york
I’m a New Yorker and I never understood why they made this big big city with all these tiny tiny rooms. Blows my mind.
Make America great agian. By the way America was never been great. They got rich by doing wars and looting oils. Middle East made todays USA.
It’s to fit more people if they eliminated these tiny apartments. The population would go down by a couple thousand.
@@H81234 And so would the rent hopefully lol. This makes good sense though.
@@N8dagr8t I think if 3 million people moved out I’ve New York City things wouldn’t be as chaotic as it is now. Y’all are too overpopulated.
@@H81234 not enough housing being built due to building regulations. I think nyc abolish zoning long ago but there is still more thing holding nyc back. Density needs to be increased, add more floors to low rise buildings.
Imagine paying $1100 for a bedroom smaller than a standard prison cell.
Well for me it’s more like 1300 and my place is smaller than apt #3 …
@@fatmonkey8u my only question is WHY?! How do you people put yourselves through this and then tell yourself it’s worth it? There are so so so many other places around the world where your quality of living could be 100x better for less money
3x the space isn’t saying much 😭
@@Chi26trojans seriously in my country i pay 500$ for a month for 3 bedroom apartment, 3 other rooms a kitchen and 3 bathrooms and my room is 4/5 times bigger than apartment number 3
I don't have to imagine it, I did it when I was in Korea. North Americans don't have a clue what dense apartments are. But now that I have done it I am extremely confident about my adaptability
I come from New York and still live here, both of those “apartments” are illegal. These Landlords are ridiculous!!!!!
Just curious what laws are they violating? Is it a fire hazard thing?
@@grayonthewater There’s a bunch of codes these apartments violate. A legal bedroom in NYC must be a minimum of 80 square feet and have a width of at least 8 feet in any direction. An apartment needs two means of egress such as a window and a door that can be opened from the inside. The last apartment doesn’t have a fire escape, if there’s a fire in the hallway there is no possible way for the renter to get out safely.
@@omw2fyabihhh last I checked the codes said the minimum was a 150 Sq ft excluding buying built before 1978.
Like a studio and 1bed have to be a min of 150, but a 1 bedroom the bedroom has to be a min of 80
Report this apartment and owners
No wonder why there's so much crime in New York, they're already used to living inside jail cells.
They are used to living in solitary. The get arrested so they can have more room at a much better cash value.
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO
What are you taking about? NYC is the safest major city in the US and has a murder rate that's about half the national average.
@@kirkrotger9208 idk about that bro
I would be willing to do the 2nd one. Using a bed with additional storage. And I don't mind the tiny bathroom because I wouldn't feel safe sharing a bathroom as a woman living alone. And I have a weird fascination with tiny spaces so that one felt the most reasonable option. Still really expensive though
And the "terrace" on the fire escape somehow speaks to me as well! 😁
Yes, never a place without it's own bathroom.
I resonate with that wierd facination, even though I see in the comments that people like you and me have less likes 😂
My take away, particularly regarding the last apartment, is that just because something is possible, it doesn't make it ok.
100% agree - the way they were talking about that last flat made it seem like it was okay that Cash just dumped all his stuff just to make that flat work... would also really love to know what the rent for it would've been in 07 bc I doubt it was anywhere close to the 1100 they're asking for it now..
Alex webber is a guy living in one of the apartments in the last building, he just moved to New York and is posting videos about this place if anyone wants to see the perspective of actually living there!
I knew it looked familiar
its actually Axel Weber but ya I love that guy
That’s the EXACT one it’s facing the brick wall with the neighbors window placed slightly to the left
@@avaisabellazzzy it’s actually Axel Webber
I love Axel so much! He deserves the world
idk how i would live in a place like this and not fall into depression
You live in NY though, you're supposed to treat your place like a hotel where you're only there to sleep and shower.. that being said those prices are absolutely ridiculous and should be illegal
I'd love it!
@@eddieportillo897 the last one didn't even have a place to shower
@@eddieportillo897 Idk I don’t like that. I think your home should feel like a place to recharge.
I would develop claustrophobia so fast! Just watching this video makes me anxious.
honestly videos like these are more inspiring than the 8 or 9 figure mega penthouse ones. getting your start in a busy place full of opportunities. even if you’re not in NYC, being at the beginning of your journey can be super exciting
What does it inspire you to do?
I second this comment
It's unbelievable that landlords in NYC get away with renting closets as apartments
@Mega Canon
No, it's American greed
You can thank liberal De Blasio for that.
@@seansense This had been the way WAAAAY BEFORE de Blasio's time.
I'd you build it, they will come
@@seansense didn’t know De Blasio was responsible for pre-war building and zoning…
NOW I know why NYC has a LOT of homeless people, these rents are absolutely ridiculous and super high because it's the city of apparent dreams. I'm doneee
Democrats ruin everything
Prices are high because no one wants to live there. Most people would like no live in NYC no one wants to live in bumfuck Boise or Kansas
@@Big_Lou57 I’d absolutely take Boise and probably Kansas over NYC any day.
@@stoneyj1a1 Really? Didn't know Giuliani or Bloomberg were democrats, you know when all of the rents started exploding and homlessness skyrocketed?
They're done - because of rents like that. But without them, there'd be no busboys in NYC.
$1,100 for apartment #3 is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. This is coming from someone who loves NYC.
Agreed. It should be illegal
They can always sucker someone into paying for it, someone very desperate, probably.
My 1550 sqft house with 2 car garage is only $1200 a month.
Especially since for another $300 you can get a decent-sized studio on the UES, uptown, or pretty much anywhere in the outer boroughs.
My mortgage is $150 cheaper for 1600 sq ft and an acre of property...
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That’s crazy, I’m just doing everything wrong with my portfolio
The US-Stock Mrkt had been on it’s longest bull-run in history, so the mass hysteria and panic is relatable considering we’re not accustomed to such troubled mrkts, but there are avenues lurking around if you know where to look. My wife and I are retiring this year with over $7,000,000 in tax deferred investments. up until 3 years ago we were 100% in the S&P. During bear markets we had a perfect plan. We got an investment manager in our corner and didn’t look at our portfolio for nearly a year
Same here, 75% of my portfolio is in the red and I really don’t know how long I can stomach the losses. I’m beginning to reach a breaking point.
Patience patience patience. It's a cycle.... a sucky point in the cycle, but a cycle nonetheless.
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This is way more interesting then luxury apartment tours tbh.
Rasmus spitting fax
I remember when I used to watch his old videos and I agree. It feels more relatable and down to earth.
I agree
Absolutely.....reminds me of my dorm university days with shared toilets and showers in the hallways. Some showers had mould in the corners and the aluminium windows from the 60’s/70‘s allowed a fair amount of draught and rain drops come through .but hey good memories 😊
It's because after a while, the luxury apartments all start to look the same
'This can't be legal' - perfectly summarized that last place.
how would you even bathe in the last room?! the hallway bathrooms didn't seem to have showers!!
@@WhateverIWantChannel Gym showers i guess. These places are way overpriced for anyone in middle class so I think it would be better moving to a less populated area.
(overpriced compared to other similar apartments with the same size in other places)
That last place is definitely for a med student who’s doing nothing but sleeping there.
Lol
Bold of you to assume that they sleep
No one should have to live like that
I didn’t
A study table under that bed for the med student
after seeing all those tiny apartments i feel so lucky and grateful to be living where i am living.
"Its great if you have no friends"
Sounds like a great place to live to dive as deep into misery as possible.
Nice place to be a junkie.
Or dive somewhere else
Well, a few of em have balconies you can hang yourself from at least. It’s not a glitch, it’s a feature lol
@Nóra Jánosi Looks more like the last stop before you BECOME homeless.
The fact people find this ok and pay that much for tiny ass rooms is insane. I wouldn’t pay over $300 for not even the first one. My two bedroom apartment in Texas is $570 a month with a decent sized living room, kitchen and bathroom.
That's going to change soon with the millions of others coming from California.
Overpopulated
570 a month you can mortgage a house and pay the expenses in north Florida.
They don't have much of a choice if they're working or studying there...it's still better than living conditions in HK.
I agree with ya...Is the cost of living in Texas better than Ohio? Also what city in Texas? I pay $735 for a 1 bedroom just outside of Columbus, Ohio (in cols I'd be paying 1000K for same apt) ...our cost of living is going up in Cols, Ohio bc more ppl are moving here (bc cost if living is going up so much in the big cities), but I didn't know Texas was cheaper than Ohio ... I may need to move there.
After this i feel rich for having a normal sized apartment.
bruh my bedroom in my parents house makes me feel richer than this
@@mikeymike9926 My bedroom, the smallest of the three, in our old double wide is about the size of #3. And our house payment is $500 a month.
I have the most “expensive looking 👀”
Closet in my home from the looks of these apartments..
Dead ass
Normal sized apartment in Idaho is not comparable. People pay for the neighborhood
I was lucky to find my current place for a very cheap price and it’s bigger than all these apartments combined. Seriously I’m not joking. The last tenant was here for years which is why the rent is reasonably low. I’m also in NY.
The first apartment is great for someone who just moved and is looking to get used to NY before getting a career and moving up.
The other two literally raised my anxiety
I feel like a lot of people living in big cities have Stockholm syndrome towards their respective cities and don't even realize it.
as fuckk
Lmao 😂😂
i definitely do lol. we come to accept the city as our home and playground, the apartment is just where we go to bed. unlike suburban NY, NYC provides great public spaces with secure wifi. add to that street food vendors, living in a tiny apartment can work for someone who spends their day working in the office, hanging out with friends and doing recreation by the river, then going to bed in a tiny shoebox and taking a rooftop breather now and then
@@deathroll914 That's interesting perspective, actually. I can respect that.
Sounds like someone who’s never lived in a city. Probably never been to one either.
My mouth dropped when you said $1,100 for the last place. I was legit thinking no more than $300. Absolutely insane.
@Data Fix you're high fam.
@Data Fix You know, there are these magical 48 other states to choose from. Hell, 50 states, outside of the couple cities you're referring to. And you couldn't pay me to live in SF. I could live in NYC doe. But this is still crazy. He has shown plenty of spaces just a little more expensive but five times the size.
I live in Union New Jersey which is about 45 minutes away from New York city. And I pay $350 a month for my apartment and it's a pretty big size apartment. It's actually a condo so I guess I own the inside. But it's pretty spacious at least compared to these apartments.
Well, you pay mainly for location, not size, so makes sense
@Data Fix Just because something is lowest in it's market range, doesn't mean that its fair value. Know your economics man.
the constant “this is a good place” really hammers home that this is the bad place
It's NYC so I mean yeah, it's all overpriced garbage
@@IrishSpyHD60 wrong, South Brooklyn area is not like this at all. You actually get a good amount of space. People just have to stop flocking to Manhattan
is this a sneaky reference or am I only imagining things
If you think this is bad.. ill happily exchange you with a Ukrainian, Cuban, Taiwanese, or Venezuelan.
@@XAVE325 Nah it's all shit
Great video! but let's shift our attention to something productive. with the way the market is moving, we'll mostly hold for longer than 2030 to realize profit gain, I think a video on "How to profit from the present market" will be more effective, I mean I've heard of people making upto 250K within few months and I'd like to know how.
How can one find a resourceful broker, I buy the idea of employing their services, its a shame market crashes as of late have become a sort of habit for stocks
I think I came across this name John Joseph on my way to work on the billboards and as to his effectiveness how can he be contacted please?
As a short person who’s been living in college dorms a few years, honestly that first apartment looked pretty nice. However, the moment I saw no stove/oven in the last two I was like “ha nope”
On the brightside, these apartments will be all your space. No roommates in your space. Fine if they are down the hallway.
@@Starry_Night_Sky7455 These places are just old studio apartments turned into multiple "apartments." In all honesty youll be hearing everything. No privacy in reality.
@@オールマイト-y1f Oooo, no soundproofing. That's terrible unless you want to know everything your apartment neighbors say and do 😄. Ask them nosy questions while passing by in the hallway, lol!
I actually like the second one more than the first one because of the loft, tho u would have to put a stove in or smth
Dude I will pay people to move out of the last apparentment
I thought I was the only one feeling uncomfortable looking at these prison cells/closests they call apartments and the insane pricing until I read all the other comments. It's nice to know that most of us have our sanity and see the madness in living in places like these.
I feel like cells are usually bigger
I even feel lucky living in Argentina
I think I would only sleep there, most of the day I'd be working or with friends. That's not insane.
Tokyo would blow your mind.
@@jorgec2233 lol...even to sleep you must have no self worth
That’s insane..imagine during the pandemic when everything was closed. Spending hours and hours in these “apartments”
Lol rip
I lived in a student dorm with 14,5 m² and moved 5 month into the pandemic. You feel like in a prison. These apartments are good when you just come home to sleep there.
Not fully disagreeing with you, but you were still allowed outside. People could walk. Go to the park.
Almost everyone I knew who lived in NYC during the pandemic moved to a suburb in NJ (some temporarily, some permanently)
@@blakeswansonfitness6240 what's her instagram? 0:38
I could handle living in a tiny place, but I draw the line at not having a private bathroom in my own place. When I lived in the dorms, I cooked my own meals 3 days of the week or I'd eat out. Then I moved off campus because I just didn't want to live on campus and for my safety because I was getting bullied by some of the residents. The only off campus housing I could afford were once 120 sq ft. dorms that had been renovated into tiny apartments. The "bathroom" wasn't even a room because there was no door. It was just a toilet and shower, and I hung up curtains for separating it from the living/sleeping area. The kitchen was just a counter with a fridge under it, sink, and a 2 burner stove. My entire apartment was the size of a bedroom, including the "kitchen" and "bathroom". But it was all mine, quiet, and I was safe.
File this under: "stupid shit people put up with for no good reason.
Exactly. Scummy slum lords get rich while renters stay poor.
They get to live in the greatest city on earth. Where else can you pay 1,500 in rent for a shoebox?
@@johnthedropper7289 except rent is so high you can't actually do anything while living in "The greatest city on earth." This guy couldn't even afford the subway you think he was having all kinds of fun in NY night life?
@@MrSomnix wooosh
@@johnthedropper7289 Greatest city on earth, where many residents and businesses are fleeing due to tax and regulation.
"you know, it's a luxury to have a bathroom" you have GOT to be kidding me.
edit: fast forward 2 months, im moving to NYC- some of these rooms are kind of a steal.
Why are you normalizing incredibly expensive rent for an unlivable space? This video is late stage capitalism commoditizing basic sanitary needs like a toilet and washroom and up-pricing it- how is this video ethical?
LOL right?
@@showuh9739 you sound so ignorant and privileged. You’ve def had an easy life.
It is a luxury.
@@to.lame.to.function5242 his point is obviously that it SHOULDN’T be a luxury to have a bathroom in your house, it’s a basic necessity ???
Bro, I’ve seen van conversions with more amenities.
I really don't know why but I am utterly fascinated by living in small spaces like these.
Same, but it's more because it's NY
Me too. The first and second apartments are bigger than where I used to live in my early 20's in South Korea! I was happy then
Everything about this sounds like absolute hell.
Can’t imagine living in an appartment smaller than a college dorm
@@Purzify ...then some pandemic hits, and you can't leave home!
Not just hell. But the lowest level of hell.
As someone with a house in the midwest, I find mini NYC apartments facinating. The first one wasn't too bad, but by the time you get to the third, I'd rather just live in my car at that point
The first one is the actual LEAST I can do.
там еще и туалет в общем коридоре!!!!
🤣🤣
U wouldn't say that after u slept in ur car out there on the street after one nite..
thats more worth it then those places. find a Walmart Parking center to sleep in and get a gym membership at a 24 hour gym for showers ,working out, bathroom use and your good to go for less than 100$ compared to 1000$ a month
Smallest Apartment, $1,500 a month is insane
We know no one ask
In NYC, $1,500 is dirt cheap'o!
tbf, they're doing their job as real estate agents, I pay $1400 for a one bedroom in Astoria, Queens lol 15 minutes and I'm in Midtown but have to deal with the stigma of ~not living in Manhattan~
In the valley of California I pay half of that for a 4 bedroom apartment 😑 NYC is insanely expensive and for what?! 🤷
Bruh my parents pay 1.8k a month for a 3 bed and 1 bath apartment in L.A NYC is expensive
That second apartment looks like something I’d build in sims with like less than 2000 simoleons. I swear I’ve seen that bathroom in every tiny build home-
I was just watching a video before this about weird and tiny apartments in Japan. There is literally one that is a full-sized bath, toilet, loft for a bed and NOTHING ELSE. I actually said “this would never happen in the U.S., a building inspector would have a conniption!”
And then I saw this video not even two minutes later. I have eaten my own words.
I watched that exact video before I watched this one lol
I saw the same video...but the japanese apartments were cheap!
Seems like we’re walk the same route 🤓
Ahhh I saw the same video before I came across this one
Just that those were around 100$
10:56 The fact that they call a “room” with no bathroom or a complete kitchen an apartment should be illegal. 😳 that’s highway robbery. I’ve seen college dorms better than this 😳🤦
I haven't seen a single student apartment as bad and all we're way, way cheaper.
Where's the shower?? Above the toilet? That cant be legal
@@photograhy Technically, it's in between the toilet and sink. It's a wet bath, like in an RV or on a cruise ship.
I think prison cells are bigger........
In Canada, we call that rooms! I live in Quebec City (donwtown on the main street), in a building with many rooms for rent that all have a sink, a fridge and an oven with shared bathrooms in the corridor. The rent is around 375$ a month. I'm the only one of the building considered to live in an appartement: It's a big 3 1/2 (kitchen, living room/dinner room, bedroom + bathroom) with high windows, brick walls and a terrasse and I only pay 560$, all included ! 🤔😉
Apartments under 100 square feet should really be illegal, considering 100 square feet is what's generally considered psychologically healthy as a minimum for one person.
I’m 5’7. I could technically live in these no problem, for the long term. But if a Queen Bed can barely fit into this room. It’s waaay to fucking small for my liking
Fr
In France it's technically illegal to rent a room under 100 square, that's not an appartement that's considered as a closet !
@Uintah Basin Palms 🏜️🌴 - well of course they are out in the city who wants to spend hours trapped in that cage ? You’ll probably go insane
@@sergiomerino1434 Yeah, but it sucks even more realizing you’re paying so much for a place you rarely are.
After seeing this video, I appreciate my spacious studio a million times more than I ever did.
Yep. Mine, too. My studio is 300 Sq ft, and I have EVERYTHING that I need/want in it...including a separate area for my daughter's "room" (behind 2 7' room dividers).
@@MARRANCA2 Your space sounds amazing!
The third apartment looks more like a prison except that it’s not free.
i was thinking it looked like a College/Uni student room in student housing,
Also except it has no bathroom
@@davidreynolds8865 the last thing I would want is to get stuck inside such a tiny apartment during my exam period.
New York under Democrat deBlasio has become a prison
yep move out of new york i wont live in salutary no thanks!
Honestly didn’t even think the first apartment was bad as a student’s (or post grad) place but $1800/month?? SICK! My stomach tweaking
You can’t even compare this to tiny homes, tiny homes offer so much more. This is just depression
Exactly they are normally on a large amount of land, so you do have loads of your own space - just not indoors space - which is fine if you're an outdoorsy kinda person... these 'apartments' are prison cells
@@WildWhispr tbh I think prison cells might be bigger than that last apartment
@@PeacefulAcres and have their own toilet
Well said, my childhood room was bigger.
yeah my 25ft squared house is way better than this! but i did have to sacrifice a big kitchen 😭
I feel like I'm already running out of air to breathe by just watching how tiny those apartments are
This lifestyle looks like hell. Marketed to you by a good looking guy, the exception-story. Don't let him persuade you, youngsters. You *WILL* regret it.
For real. Imagine living in those apartments and then being forced to work from home. What a joke. That is not living.
Exactly this. They even state the apartments are owned by that one dude. Pure marketing.
@@jacob3275 Wait what??? 😯😮
Are they owned by him or is he just the rental agent finding tenants for the place
That dude looks like a vapid frat bro who can pretty much sell anything.
He said “don’t say the rents to high” sir, I pay 900 for my 3 bedroom HOUSE with garage and yard. I know rent it to high.
Legit, my neighbours house for 900€/m with electricity and water, and he gets a garden, house with 5 rooms, 2 bathrooms, garage with upstairs storage.
I mean, I would consider the second apartment shown, but not for more than 150€ warm xD
I only live in an old trailer, but it's 3 bedrooms, have a good sized yard and a shed. I pay under $700.
Well it's all down to the area. You could buy a mansion in some countries for very cheap, but is the area nice and can you find lots of jobs?
@@UnseenSpirit that argument is barely relevant anymore with most people working remotely (even post quarantine)
@@UnseenSpirit also the trades are always hiring whatever part of the country you live
The second apartments’ bathroom reminds me too much of how players would arrange the toilet sink shower combo in THE SIMS lmao
🤣🤣
They could have left the sink out of the bathroom
mini house challenges be like
You really gotta have big dreams living in NYC. I live in a two-story, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment for $975, split with a friend. There is ample storage, we have all appliances (even room for a dishwasher if we needed it) and a ton of space + a yard. I'm happy I chose small-ish town living
“NYC is one of the only cities that you can move to broke and still make your dreams come through.” Stop giving people false hope. You got lucky
Far better is to move to a less expensive city, get a job save some money and get a real place to live in.
A little luck and some hard work. Most people will get stuck there.
Mutch better chance living in Wisconsin screw living in new York
I’m glad you called this out. I cringed when he said that. It’s such a ludicrous notion. It’s disheartening to see influential people promulgating false claims upon their impressionable audience.
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Did anyone else feel uncomfortable watching the last apartment. I’m actually amazed that this is even legal. I’d rather live in a forest...
Better than being homeless
it's not legal at all - it violates the city Housing Maintenance Code and the state Multiple Dwelling Law
Don't say it's better to live in a forest (or in a tent homeless). You would die to go back to this apartment , it's AWFUL, but it's warm and it's safe.
In Hong Kong this would be a luxury. A family with 2 kids would fit in there.
@@supremeneon9757
Yes, because I’m sure it’s better for the whole world to live in apartments, centralized right?
I'm so glad I got out of NYC after trying out the dream. What a cold, lonely, overpriced city. My first 3 months I squatted with a stranger I met online, lived on her couch for $700/month. Then got a 4 BR apartment (that I obviously shared with roommates) in Queens for 1k/month. I didn't eat the entire time. These videos are so fascinating to me, but I hate how people like this always glorify NYC and make a closet apartment seems so affordable and "doable".
Out of curiosity - what did you do for a living in NYC?
@@MHouston602 I moved there after I got my BA in media production. I hustled around film and TV sets looking for a job doing anything, even coiling cables, but no dice. I tried TV and theater too but only got 2 interviews and never landed even an entry level job in my field.
I got a job at Whole Foods my first month there and that's where I made my meager income. I also accidently became a theatre critic on the side, which I continued to do for 2 years. That was the only part of the city I enjoyed though, being able to review local and off-broadway shows.
Is it me or is he screaming loud
NYC sucks
lol this dude talking about how anybody can move there and make their dreams come true. What fucking dream? Jesus.
For someone who loves tiny homes and small spaces. I would happily live in any of these places. The creativity I would weild 😀👍🏾
Here in France you cannot give "Appartment" label for a main room less than 100ft² , it's totally illegal to park someone in a room smaller than that !
In Norway you also need a storage space of at least 5 Cubic meters to call in an apartment.
and that's how it should be here.
Oh, all you European countries who value humans more than profits. When will you learn to bow down to capitalism!? 😂😅
I'm being sarcastic, btw.
Actually, glad it's not. Otherwise some people who currently proactively choose this tradeoff would not be able to live in the city at all. What am I missing?
Wtf is this pfp
I was a custodian through college…and my broom/utility closet was larger than these. I’d live in one only if I was paying half that rent, the fact that these people rent something this expensive is absolutely mind blowing…can’t even blame the landlords…like…there’s obviously people willing to pay that and they’re the crazy ones.
lol that last place should be 200 bucks a month but hey New York right.
I'll be renting out my pantry, thanks for the inspiration.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 me too, I may rent out the closest of the bedroom and the coat closet too
Bro I'll be renting out my goddam drawers.
Lol 😆🤣😂😹 OMG I'M DONE!!!
My mother had an addition added to her house, for a bedroom. It was bigger than this, and is only costing her just over $400 a month. It's just not in a city, with artificially inflated prices.
Hey bro, I'll let you sleep in my closet. Only $50 a day.
I've watched a few videos now and this is a really good channel! I'm subscribing.
This video REALLY made me look at my reality in a different way. I had to move back in with my parents after getting divorced and been living in their living room since they don't have extra rooms or a basement. I made a cute little "bedroom" in the corner, put up dividers around my bed, and even made my own little office space 😂. I'm quite proud, everything looks cute and organized. Of course this isn't the ideal situation and only a stepping stone until I get back on my feet (EXTREMELY GRATEFUL to my parents). But honestly... I can even imagine myself living in one of those apartments, even the last one, but not for $1100. No way. But hey, it is NYC. You're really just paying to live there.
My daughter moved back in with us during her divorce. We are saving her from the greedy landlords around here while she gets back on her feet. And we don’t even live in NYC! Her bedroom is bigger than those apartments.
Better get new husband before you hit the wall at 30.
Reading your comment about moving back with your parents is eye opening to me. I just moved back with my parents after 6 years of living on my own, after leaving at the age of 17. I feel Im behind but like you said it's a stepping stone!
@@adagailey it’s pretty normal to live with your parents in your 20s, tbh, it’s the smartest financial decision you can make. Rent-free space, and your free to save for a future home.
@@JohnJacobGarza Seems like you already hit it, are you speaking from experience?
It’s very ridiculous how some people are ok with this; trying their damndest to normalize this way of life...by stating “location, location, location!!”
Lol the landlords are the ones making a killing off these folks. They transform what would be considered a single family unit into 5 or 6 units. Again these realtors/landlords want you to be fine with these conditions so to keep ppl coming.
So true, it's criminal.
the mortgages on hat property & taxes are criminal too. Yeah there is profit involved, but I doubt much honestly. I don't know how people could live in that dump
I agree
It doesn't matter if you're not in the most popular spot in the city, state, country whatever
All that matters is a comfortable enough space in a decent neighborhood
Maybe walking distance grocery stores
What else can you possibly need
The whole point of these is to be temporary and affordable for people who are ready to hustle and make it in NY...
That's not what its about honestly.
They're offering a product. They don't control the cost of living in the hot spot areas of NYC. With the big city comes many conveniences, opportunities, and numerous/various/diverse communities, clubs, or creeds to be a part of. You can't expect there to be white picket fenced, 2000 sqft single family homes with a garage, large front/ back yard, and a nice driveway entrance in the middle of downtown NYC...or LA, and Chicago for that matter.
You're looking at the point of these apartments existing at the wrong angle. They're not jammed packed units for the sake of squeezing more dollars out of the same amount of sqft. They are satisfying a demand from people that want to live in those hot spots regardless.
NYC : "This is the smallest apartment you can get".
Hongkong : Laughing in a cage house.
Not at that price point LUL
@@youredxspanktube tee set at
Just watched a video on coffin homes😀
_Cries in coffin house in 2030_
You will own nothing and you will be happy
They also have like no living standards. Places in the states that would be condemned you can rent out in HongKong
I'm in a two bedroom in the ghetto, Single parent, pets, and all repairs and upkeep is taken care of me, for 9 years. TINY... but manageable, with dishwasher and laundry in unit. I'll share pics! Great job making that space livable!
This gives me zero hope for ever being able to comfortably survive.
to be fair, they are in new york. i think it’s the most expensive city to live in in america
not really,los angeles is at least 2-3x more expensive then here in new york tbh
@DIANA ROJAS yeah your right,in queens you can get a 2 bedroom apartment for 1.7k,not sure about the manhattan area but ive seen some at around 2.5k-3k?
I mean,.. if you want to pay less rent don’t move into a city then or at least not the most expensive city in the world😅
@@arzetical8345 just looked at a bunch of listings for studio apartments in both LA and NY and it looked like they were generally a bit more in new york compared to la. close, but LA is def not 2x-3x more expensive.
Living in the second or third apartment would be legitimately depression-inducing. I can't even imagine.
Yeah, I'd rather have a bit more than an airplane lavatory for a bathroom. And enough space for a stove and a real bed. And greenspace. And trees..... yeah, NYC is not to my liking. Not a fan of the insane prices, clausterphobia, high-rises or crowds, sorry.
@@lyndagruen2047 I do live in NYC, and still find what I'm seeing here to be exhausting.
That bathroom in the 2nd one is just scary to think about. The floor looks flat so if the water overflows it'll just spill out of the bathroom into the room. I can't imagine living in these rooms and having to pay 1k a month for something like this.
Those bring back my memories in Hong Kong which almost the same house rent and size.
Fr it’s like a prison cell. You can’t even really cook anything and not having a real bathroom is really shitty. It’s basically a college dorm
My apartment in Osaka is tiny too but rent is around $320, I never realised how expensive New York rent is… I almost can’t understand how anyone could afford that?
Well they keep electing Democrats who don’t give a shit so rent continues to skyrocket year after year in NYC. 🤷🏼♂️ Why do you think there are so many homeless everywhere?
It’s insanely high no doubt but the city is where the money is. There are much higher paying jobs in the city
When I vacationed in Osaka I paid $400 for about 3 weeks. Nice place, HG Cozy Hotel. A few minutes from the train station as well and a 7eleven right by.
Live in the Midwest. We pay $1,200 a month for an almost 1400 sq ft home. The basement is unfinished at this time.
@@flanagamer stfu Marine. Don't turn stuff that wasn't political in to your BS because you miss your crayons and dip. I'm sorry about how we left the sandbox and thanks for your service.
I watch these videos all the time. Cash's videos and collabs with others. I would never make it. I literally could not do it these days. I lived in cities and now I gotta be in the woods :) More dogs. Less people. Still the videos are interesting :)
What dreams do people have that they would spend all that money to live in a shoebox?? I just do not see the appeal of NYC but hey that's just me.
Pre-Covid? Maybe. The city is dead now.
I’m from Los Angeles and I see the appeal of big cities like NY. I don’t see the appeal of living in rural areas or small cities where things close at 8 pm every night. That said, I DO NOT see the appeal of the east coast people, NY’ers, weirdos, not being able to own a car, and so much else. I’d never live in such a place.
@@zoolzool1 Different people prefer different things. As for "everything closes at 8 pm."
Well, I used to live in a village with about 2000 people and our co-op was open until midnight.
I really don't need bread at 3 am so that's fine with me.
The dream is to eventually get a normal sized apartment. LOL I wouldn't want to live there either. But I live in Chicago and some people wouldn't want to live here either.
@@truckstreestoys In your dreams, baby!
"Don't complain rent is too high."
1100$ for 60 square feet - you're fucking joking right?
The fact he thinks a walk in closet is 250 Sq ft tells me he hasn't been poor long enough
Maybe we just haven't been wealthy long enough? But seriously, that's almost double the size of most suburban bedrooms...
The first unit, all four of those apartments, in that little hallway were probably all one unit at one time.
That second apartment, that small if you would want to call it a loft, would be considered the bed space in a place like China, they would even provide a ladder.
It’s crazy how these apartments are legal.
I was laughing the entire time. The fact that they want this much rent for absolutely nothing because iTs ThE cItY really would make me check some peoples sanity
@The smartest man according to Papa Joe! Literally not everything is liberals versus conservatives 🙄
@@s.stevens4520 It's the libtards, you gotta handle the facts. Don't ignore it.
Seeing the apartments made me think that the US is in trouble. But reading the comments makes me realize: You guys are f*cked beyond help. xD
Lefty’s keep you butt in NY and never move where sane folks live.
No need to laugh. If this is all a person can get in the city it isn't a laughable situation. Try some mindfulness.
This place should be free and for the homeless.
Rent it by the hour for ‘romantic interludes.’
If you're homeless, just buy a house
Nothing is free. Someone always has to pay.
@@Lssj yeah and buy a sailboat while ur at it
@@internetspectator6051 🤣🤣🤣
"For $1,500 this isn't that bad." That's more than the rent my roommate and I pay for a two bedroom with a full sized kitchen, bathroom, and living room in a new complex just outside of Chicago. New York is hell and I see why everyone's leaving.
Ppl def arn't leaving but go off
Nobody's leaving that shithole anytime soon.
Yip.
I live on Cape Cod. I’m
A hairdresser & have so many clients come in that moved here full time from New York.
My 2000 square foot mortgage with taxes and insurance escrowed is $850 a month
Gentrification is making natives leave. Minnesota art students with pockets full of daddy’s money is coming in and leaving as soon as they want to make babies.
Your doing a amazing job and I love watching your videos very inspiring videos keep up the good work
If they had apartments like that in my area I would move in there in a heartbeat, the rent would be like $200 a month
Tweaker city man
If I get approved for SSI, i'd be able to live on my own, if my city had apartments that small! They'd be about that price, too
Because no one wants to live there...
Why $200? One was $1500. Is you don't mind me asking, are you on SSI have a housing voucher?
@@marksullivan6319 Rents just cheeper where I am, I have a nice 1 bedroom for $700 a monthe
I wouldn’t pay more than $350/month for any of these and even that is extremely generous
Same man! I can get a hotel with free cable, internet, and breakfast at a cheaper price than these apartments😂
Ok cmon the first one wasn’t even that bad I would definitely pay 350/month for that
In Canada you can’t even get one small bedroom in a house that u share with other people for that price
But u can definitely get a five star hotel for 350 but only for one night
@@MysticGodsDCUOop first apartment is good for $350! I’m just saying I’d rather get a hotel than to pay $1,000+ for these apartments.
This is the most depressing thing I've ever seen.
1500...OMG. I think I'm gonna stay in Atlanta
😂
The fact that the last apartment is smaller than the bedroom of my one bedroom apartment and costs $700 less blows my mind. I cannot imagine paying that much for that small of a place
I can't imagine why anyone would have a dream of living in that city. I has to be depressing.
I went there and I loved it. Possibly this is better for tourists than ppl living there ai guess.
Oh it is, the amount of people I've met in my area that moved here from NYC are SO much happier. all they did was work 24/7 and now they can actually relax and see their family. nyc is a joke man
So much interesting things and important places there. But when it comes to living there with less money it doesn’t sound fun
Jackpot NY only nice if you have $$$
I’ve lived in New York since I was born and there’s literally big apartments and houses for the same price as that room and there’s so many things to do in New York as well, it’s nowhere near depressing.
Me, non American: Well 60 ft² doesn't seem that bad. Converts and discover it's 5 m², BRUH!
i had the opposite, i was like 250 square foot seems really big for a "walk in closet", but maybe it's just because of conversion? no. no, turns out i was right and he's just delusional
@@its_just_seb well he said his new house is 20,000 sq foot so maybe his walk-in closet/s are 250sqft or more lmao
I was about to do the same measure bruh!!! Omg
😂nice
@@lexir7504 i think he said 2,000, lol 20,000 is like 20 medium sized houses....nobody has time for all that cleaning
If people didnt have a fetish for "chasing their dreams" in new york then no landlord would be able to rent these kind of places.
Fetish? LOL nah it’s actually just people pursuing things that are more difficult to get to.
@@carrisagrace1 keep dreaming
@@bradyb2233 well that is the healthy thing to do and since I’m already living most of mine and moving forward every day I’d say I’m suuuper good there. Thank you for being supportive, that’s rad xo
Lol, greedy landlords are just laughing, getting away with this bullshit while the rest of us point fingers at each other.
@@carrisagrace1 Eternal cope
I’ve gone back and forth with it but if I had a solid full time job up in NYC I could make apartment 1 work. I’m a minimalist and after mapping out what I’d put in there tbh that place is a pretty damn good deal for NYC
I’m thankful I decided to “Follow my dreams’” someplace else.
This is why people are leaving NY in droves. There are thousand of wonderful cities to live in comfortably and you don't have to suffer by living in a prison cell.
Actually people are either coming back or moving in ..for a time during the pandemic people moved but if you go to Queens, Brooklyn or lower manhattan its packed and impossible to get an apt..I have friends looking for 6 months and everytime they inquire its already rented
Can I have examples? I feel like most cities want to screw you over.
Stay the fuck out of Texas. You made the beds you live in.. deal with it.
Please stay in NYC
They ruin and give other Places bad energy.
Watching this from the UK where you can rent a nice 3 bedroom house for the equivalent of $800 a month instead of 60²ft
Never moving to NYC. I wouldn't even if pricing was decent, but this just seals the deal.