If you think that living in London’s tiny and cramped apartments is bad, wait till you’ve gone apartment hunting in New York—you ain’t seen nothing yet!
TikTok user New York City Realtor shared a now-viral set of videos where he toured the “worst apartment ever” in NYC. It’s minuscule. It’s darn expensive. And it’s making us pity New Yorkers a bit too hard.
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Just like us, you’re probably thinking, “Wait a minute… where’s the bathroom?” Well, that’s the hilarious thing—there’s no toilet or shower in the apartment. In fact, the bathroom situation needed its very own TikTok video to detail how absurd things are. Ready to feel extremely happy about your current living situation, no matter where you are? Let’s go!
One TikTok user toured a New York City apartment that is so tiny, Harry Potter would invite you to stay over in his cupboard under the stairs
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It’s extremely small and so expensive, it really isn’t worth your hard-earned cash
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Image credits: newyorkcityrealtor
Image credits: newyorkcityrealtor
The apartment lacks the basic necessities. Like an oven… or a bathroom!
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Image credits: newyorkcityrealtor
Need to use the bathroom? You’re going to have to leave your apartment and share the toilet with your neighbors
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Image credits: newyorkcityrealtor
The same goes for the shower! Hope you like waiting in line every time you want to feel civilized
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Check out the full version of the first TikTok video right here
@newyorkcityrealtor##apartmenttherapy ##westvillage ##apartmenthunting ##luxuryapartmentsnyc ##nycapartment ##fyp♬ original sound – New York City Realtor
And here’s the follow-up that shows the bathroom situation
@newyorkcityrealtor##apartmenthunting ##apartmenttherapy ##luxuryapartmentsnyc ##westvillage ##realestateagent ##part2♬ original sound – New York City Realtor
New York City Realtor’s initial video got over a whopping 2.6 million likes, was reshared 113.9k times, and got more than 41.2k comments on TikTok. Yes, it’s a real apartment. Yes, it’s so tiny, even Harry Potter’s cupboard under the Dursleys’ stairs seems roomier. And, yes, at 1,650 dollars per month, it’s totally not worth the price tag.
To be fair, the apartment does look clean and tidy. But for that price, you’d expect chandeliers and at least one or two butlers/maids at your door, even if proper legroom is out of the question.
Sure, you could call the apartment ‘quaint’ and see the upside that you’d get to know your neighbors really well while waiting in line with them to use the communal bathroom.
But let’s be honest, if you’re paying that much money each month, you’re certainly not a student and not a starving artist. If you’ve got $1,650 to spend on rent each month, at least go for something that has a normal kitchen. And your very own bathroom that you won’t have to share with your neighbors during a global pandemic! Or you could move out of NYC and get a ranch somewhere out in the countryside, far away from all the hustle and bustle of modern life.
Business Insider points out that New York City has a booming job market and the world’s largest urban economy which both lead to high prices, as well as wealthy residents. However, there’s a flip side to this. 1.5 million New Yorkers live below the poverty line which means that they have to either live in low-quality apartments, far away from their jobs which makes commuting to work a nightmare, or they end up spending far too much of their hard-earned cash on rent.
New York City might be called The Big Apple, but when you’re done paying your landlord, odds are, you might not be able to afford a large bag of fruit.
Here’s what people have been saying about the apartment situation in NYC after watching the two videos
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