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@@zeynand4039 she could go to the top of the Bronx, borderline of westchester county. Plenty of places that are a lot more affordable and your very close to the city. Yonkers is another town you can look at, you can take the bus to the train and be in midtown Manhattan in a hour or less.
@@adhdslay lmao you are so right sad thing is most of these places are full of rats and roaches and are just remodeled into these old as hell buildings.
Yeah it's absurdly expensive but it's in the West Village though and the apartment isn't small by New York standards ..actually her room is quite large and lovely 💗
Lmao you're not wrong I used to work for a company in the city that dealt with property records and some of these buildings were bough for 200k back in the 70s and 80s
As a native New Yorker, I've noticed it's usually the people that move there from other states that pay those crazy rent prices just to be in the city. Locals don't really get "had" like that.
The native New Yorkers are cringing at this, and while I disagree with her choice, I understand. I don't know if I'd call it an investment but she's a RU-vid celeb, and a cheaper neighborhood is not going to give her the "image" she needs for her channel.
@@criss4508 RU-vid celeb, youtube personality, youtuber. I don't know what people are calling it these days because I don't really care about that sort of thing. Point is, her neighborhood is giving her content which is growing her channel.
But isn't there a much less apartment in the neighborhood? I don't leave in NY, but I've 🐝 reading the comments, and most say her apartment is too expensive, she could have got a less expensive apartment in NY.
@@chef_rg.2 small cities and not downtown, I wouldn't think. The median house price in the US is around 230k. But I get the sentiment, it's a lot of money to be renting. She seems to really have prioritized living in the East Village/trendy neighbourhood because of her career but I'm also suspecting she builds her content based on her personality. A guy like Graham Stephan built his content around being frugal and borderline cheap so maintaining his lifestyle isn't as expensive as a "lifestyle" influencer, it's important to align our values with our work.
It’s $5000 deposit fee, $5000 broker’s fee, and $5000 for first month rent! Insane that she had to pay $5k for broker’s fee. Should have tried to find apartment where broker’s are not involved!
With NYC you’re really paying for having the audacity to want to live in NYC lol. But her zip is ritzy, there are more affordable options (using affordable loosely lol). But you might be sacrificing a window lolol.
@@gbballpl I wonder if people's views of renting in the city have changed during the pandemic. Most people rent with the expectation that they'll spend most of their time outside of their home. Now that most people are working from home and can't really go out and socialize paying to live in the area might seem a little ridiculous.
There really is no misuse of the word. Not everything regarding an investment has to involve assets. Everything is an investment. You invested time out of your day to type that comment did you not?
Must have really wanted to live in the East Village (which is a great neighborhood in your 20’s) bc if she and her roommates went a couple stops north on the 4,5,6 to the UES, she could have gotten the same apartment for $1k-$2k less overall per month. To each their own! Glad she’s making it work for her.
My landlords sent me a renewal notice RAISING the rent 5%. I tried to negotiate and all they would negotiate down to was keeping the rent the same. Their loss 🤷🏻♀️ Its now on the market for 20-25% less than we were paying. Very short sighted.
@@lisatillett4960 how is she stupid? She chose to actually follow her dreams and excepted the trade offs and enjoys it. Plus she has 500k RU-vid subscribers so I’m sure she’s not sweating $1800 rent.
SMH 🤦🏽♀️ As a native New Yorker, paying $5150 for an Ave A apartment got the people who been living here for decades cracking up in their $900 rent apartments
Not funny. Younger people can do everything right. Go to college, get a good job and still end up living with parents or having a house full of roommates if they want to be independent.
I feel you. Also because no apatment around Ave A cost $5K. In that case might as well live in Cobble or Clinton Hill. Better air, quieter living, and cheaper too.
Not judging her specifically at all and I know this is NYC so you can’t really compare it to other cities, but $15,000 just to move into a rented apartment? That’s a down payment on your own place... wow
Didn't lived out in NYC for long but honestly it's not as bad it's expensive but its only super expensive because most people here live beyond their means and want to be in the city and in the nicest apartment. People also for get that since the cost of living is higher so is your salary...
I’ve lived in nyc for quite a while. This girl is paying to feel rich basically. She could live in queens or Brooklyn and pay SIGNIFICANTLY less for that size of apartment. She picked a trendy area and a trendy building. She works from home! If you have roommates you shouldn’t be paying that much even precovid, even in manhattan. If she was smart she would negotiate her rent down to keep them there but I doubt she’ll do that.
@@leannaduong6516 she said it’s 15k total for all move in fees, not 5k, and I’m talking about paying that kind of money in general not paying just a portion
@@noorjavid2866 And there in lies the problem. It's not normal. What work does this "broker" do that justifies such a large fees. I deal with automotive brokers and I pay out a lot of fees. But this is downright excessive.
@@samuelgoncalves5628 don't they take a weekly management fee from the landlord of 4%? And then they charge a leasing fee to the landlord usually 2 weeks rent?
Live in a small city and have less earning potential and pay less or live to a big city make more and pay more. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
As a NYer, I hate reading comments on these like "you pay too much, this city is a scam! I live in Armpit, Georgia and pay $200 for an 8 bedroom mansion!" But with that being said... this girl pays too much, and East Village prices are shameful.
Previous apartment arrangement had me sharing 1 bathroom with 7 other people 😂 Imagine everyone getting up at the same time to go work. I always had to set my alarm 2 hours earlier than everyone else just to make sure I didn't have to fight for toilet time 🤪
@@william_SMMA Is that not how a normal conversation goes mate?! Plus, who said it was a bad experience for me, I lived like that for a few years cos that was still one of the better options tbh haha 😂
@@artsyfartsy6694 Haha🤡 Hey, this tedious or stressful stuff happened to me Response: oh, that's crazy... Are other places around there as expensive too? OR, is there any regrets you have moving there? OR, what was the scenario back then when you first moved... And do you think you're in a better position right now? These build deeper conversations and connections.
@@william_SMMA I'd respond that way if I was chatting directly with Elena, but my response was appropriate considering the initial comment from Gardening forlife. Plus, I'm not trying to build deep conversation here, merely just relaying a piece of my experience 🤷♀
I hate that y’all have moved to doing features on RU-vidrs and social media influencers and etc, showcasing them is definitely unrealistic in my opinion
Are they not millennials? Are they not telling how they as a millennial are making money? Not everyone had the same job or lifestyle and that’s the point.
I'm sorry but the concept of having to pay a brokers fee when the renter was not the person to hire said broker, boggles my mind. If the landlord hired said broker, shouldn't the landlord pay the fee?
@@gpNYC unfortunately they are. My boyfriend and I were looking for an apartment 2 weeks ago and brokers fee was always tacked onto the price. We had found a 1 bedroom apartment that cost $1700 and the brokers fee was $1700 + one months rent+ security deposit.
I have managed rental properties for ten years, and the landlord pays the broker's fee. This is usually the first month's rent, meaning the landlord doesn't get paid until the second month of the lease. If this is common in NYC (it isn't in the two states I've managed properties), then renters of NYC should rise up and demand some change. Charging tenants the broker's fee is equivalent to being charged a tax. They can only get away with it "because New York."
These days with everything being still shut down and ppl working from home living in nyc doesn’t seem as much as an investment it used to be .. atleast for right now.. I live in NYC so speaking from experience lol I pay 1050 to be in my room all day
As someone who's moved into the city in his 20's she's spending too much. She could've moved to Brooklyn, LIC, or high UES for a cheaper shared apt and paid less while still enjoying NYC. People whose first nyc apartment is in the village should be raking in 6 figures.
@Laura Daehler oh didn't know that, I'm not familiar with her. I see she has 524k subscribers on RU-vid, great work. I hope it keeps growing so she can get a 1br with some space!
Thank you because I live in NY and I'm like you could get a huge apartment in Greenpoint, Crown Heights near Franklin Ave, a newer apartment in LIC which is two stops from Grand Central station. You could also get a walk up on the UES for 2000 or 1800 if you negotiate given that there are more vacancies in Manhattan now. 5000+ plus and you have to share a bathroom. You could put a down payment on a home in the other boroughs for 15k with an FHA loan stop it.
@@matchalovr99 And people say the same thing about New Yorkers moving to their state Philadelphia for an example. I'm a New Yorker and don't care people will move where they want to GTFOH in my New York accent.
I have never really understood the pull of “Lifestyle” RU-vid Gurus. You’re basically sitting there watching someone sell you their lifestyle. If it motivates you to better yourself, fine but most of the time people are just left dissatisfied with their own lives and buy more crap or travel more for the FOMO. I just don’t get it.
Lifestyle RU-vidrs are filling a gap that people want in the same way magazines did before the internet. I get what you are saying but there's a market and she's taking advantage. Kudos to her.
i started following a few because i wanted to be fashionable and learn how to look pretty and uh.. i unfollowed almost all of them and only kept the funny ones around. suddenly their fashion tips stopped being primark and h&m and thrift finds became luxury brands deals. their quirky appartments are now professionally decorated. their funny travels visiting grandparents are now brand trips. it all became heartless and boring.
She already said this maybe the last year she and her roomies will be living in this space, she’s just waiting on her lease to end. If she and her roommates attempt to move now and break their lease that’s going to cost them more money. I have a sibling who lives in the city, too, who tried to break their lease and their building said if they did, they wouldn’t get back their security deposit and they would have to pay three months worth of rent (the building claims that’s how long it’ll take to get a new tenant). If Elena’s building uses this same rule, that’s $15,450 for the three months owed and the $5k security deposit, so that’s $21,450 total they’d lose. Not worth losing all of that. It said she moved in February of 2018 or 2019, so if they only signed a one, or two, year lease, they only have four months until then, wait it out. Residential buildings have lost a lot of money because people have moved out and people aren’t moving into the city, they’re going to nickel and dime people for everything now so best believe they’ll do that if they attempt to break the lease.
@@swicheroo1 not sure if your comment is in response to my sibling or the girl in the video but w/my siblings situation - they tried to renegotiate, but again, the building is nickel and diming everything. The building said they’d only take off $75 from the lease, which I will say IS better than nothing, but still isn’t much. There’s an apartment on a lower floor that’s essentially the same layout and size as my sib’s apartment, but is significantly lower in price, my sib brought to the the attention of their building and the building said it’s cause that apt is on a lower floor (higher floors are more desirable). I think my sib is in the midst of asking to just then move into the lower floor apt. But yeah, buildings aren’t making it any easier on people cause they haven’t received any aid since the pandemic started so they’re also struggling so they will get you at any corner.
@@goldenxdiva6562 Hmm seems really specific to that building! Most people I've talked to have managed to get at least $200 off their rent. I got almost $500 a month off per month back in August (I bet you can push for lower now too).
These millennial gentrifyers make it too easy for the scamming landlords in nyc. Real kicker my old apartment is right around the corner ave a and 4th street. We had a 3 bedroom (same walk up) for $3200 per month. I moved to be in a cheaper building with more luxury amenities (elevators, laundry, etc.)
It's a good deal for the landlord. Good thing she looking to move. People get bad 1st apartment but learned from it. At least it's not a 10 year lease.
Everyone saying it's an investment in her career -- You can still get a less expensive apt in or around NYC and still have a successful RU-vid channel. 🙃 This is not an investment.
I personally think $5k for an apartment like this is insane, but Elena’s content is all about living in New York and being trendy in Manhattan. Let the woman live and do what she wants with her money. At least she’s not gentrifying moving into the Bronx or Brooklyn.
Well, except she did do an apartment tour of her friend's place in Bushwick where there was no mention of gentrification, just how magically "affordable" Bushwick was. I don't think they meant any harm, but it came across pretty tone-deaf.
She has wealthy or at least well off parents in Cali. I don’t understand how she can afford that with her videos which don’t do THAT great in terms of views, but I’m probably wrong
@@KweenPhotos There are always many possibilities. Rent in NYC (and in major cities in general) is that high only because there are tons of people who are willing to pay as much.
Watching her praise her roommates for their unique tastes...it literally looks like the same exact person styled every single room. I'd like the hanging plant + white bed sheets + one Murakami novel starter kit, please.
@@JamalPhoenix But she can still travel/commute to those places she wants to make content at. Her career can be done literally anywhere. So definitely don’t think living there is an investment, she not getting a return just from living in that overpriced apartment.
I mentioned how I'd never want to live in New York and someone said yeah, as you get older, you want to live somewhere more calm where you can grow your own food. Excuse me? I may not be 20 something, but I'm not old. Many people choose smaller towns in their 20s. Everyone does not like highway robbery and dirty concrete jungles and the insane prices.
Girl I’ve had my two bedroom apartment in Brooklyn all to myself for two years. Paying $1200. Now with the pandemic there’s plenty of apartments available for under $1500.
@@mirjanapucarevic2105 yeah, that's normal. But not what she is paying for. Living with 2 other ppl, in ny you can live in a decent apartment in a nice area for 1k. That's just so overpriced
@@vicwillis4295 Whatdoya mean "voluntarily"? That's the only way to rent an apartment in NY. These old buildings don't have leasing offices where staff sit all day waiting on folks to walk in.
Capitalism is also Facebook Marketplace. Capitalism is also Airbnb. Capitalism doesn't mean necessarily expansive, it if it's the only way in NYC, I bet there's a finger of the government in it.
It’s the only one bathroom at that price point for me 😳 Tbh the village has always been overpriced. I hope she takes advantage of the new NYC pandemic rent rates and re-negotiates her rent or finds a new place.
@@partyrockificatiable that’s very understandable it but it doesn’t justify paying almost 2k for a room....a room. Most financial advisors would say this is a terrible decision.
@Will Jacobs Yea, I’m sure her parents (or family) are the ones “investing” in her. They would prefer she live with roommates and in a “safe area” of New York City.
They pay the price they are given, it’s not common in other parts of the US to haggle rent if that’s what you’re talking about. Be angry at the brokers and landlords who are driving up the price, not the people trying to find a place to live.
I was born in ny and the only reason people pay this much for the space is the location. Otherwise if you move to brooklyn or further out its much more affordable for a 1bedroom apt which is way less than the 1800 she pays with roomates
I live in a 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms apartment with my family in Briarwood, Queens and my rent is $2000! Also not to mention I have two subway stations and several bus stops closer to my house making it super convenient for me to travel.
Actually currently, DUMBO near the water (water st I think is where the area I'm referring to) is THE most expensive area in ALL of NYC right now. SO depends on what part of Brooklyn. In the video's situation, it's just a straight rip off.that's not even NYC's standards
People are so dang judgy, sheesh! You can't put a price on fulfillment and happiness. I've lived in NYC - brilliant city, nothing like it in the world and worth every penny. Glad she's making her dreams come true!
Agreed, nothing compares to NYC. I've lived here for a while (very close to where she lives actually) and pay the same absurd rent she does and I wouldn't trade it for a thing
Most of you have never lived in NYC. She lives in one of the best neighborhoods, that is very convenient, has some of the best restaurants, stores, safe, clean (nyc standards), etc. In NYC people don't spend a lot of time in their apartments, so its all about location and how close you are to the train, bar, restaurants, etc. because almost everything happens in Manhattan . If you move to Brooklyn or other borough even though you can have a better apartment, no one will make the trip to visit you, probably all of her friends go hang out at her house because she has the best location. Probably not worth it now with the pandemic though. The 15k deposit is refundable.
@@happysunshine5906 exactly! Like if someone is not willing to take a train ride to come visit you, then maybe they are not really your friends. When people like you just because of where you live, then they don't like you, they like your apartment....
@@haniehiravanian2841 eh it's just practicality. As someone who lives in Manhattan now and Brooklyn before I had no issue with people not wanting to visit me when I was in BK. With the trains it can be as long 45min door to door. Plus there are more options in Manhattan so it was always the "home base" especially since the biggest apt of our friends was in the city.
I mean i love manhattan too but i think saying almost everything happens in manhattan is a bit much. Maybe work wise but there is so much amazing things in other boroughs. Its sad how some ppl move here and dont even explore such nearby areas. I live in Queens and its amazing and im still 30 mins from manhattan.
Elena is so sweet! A good reminder that just because someone lives like this doesn’t mean you have to 😊 we all make our own decisions on the way we use our money and what is best for ourselves. I have no doubt the opportunities and the doors opened she has had living in NYC in this apartment. Please be kind with your comments!
Not happening in Texas. Housing prices have jumped almost 10% in less than 6 months and NOBODY wants to haggle over prices. I can't afford even a 900 sq ft house withOUT a garage. Add a garage and hit 950 square feet and it's a whopping $110-120,000. Ridiculous. And no, it's not modern inside. Most are ancient 1980s style and look like Soviet era townhouses.
For under $2000/Month you can find decent apartments outside mahattan in nice/safe/decent neighborhoods. Even you can find a mortgage for less than $5000/Month.
Interestingly, Elena posted a video that was virtually the same on her channel talking about the price she paid for her apartment, and the comments were largely positive with some commenters praising her for finding a "steal." Here, people think she's overpaying and got scammed by that broker (which I agree with). I do think people here were a bit harsh, but it's interesting to see when an influencer's bubble bursts when they're exposed to a larger and different audience.
I live an hour outside the city. Rent is $1175 heat included for a 2 bedroom and my apartment is at 3x that size. I live down the street from metro north. Pay $40 bucks for the train and bam I’m in the city
I will never understand how anyone can justify that kind of price to live there just for a nice neighborhood... Especially when she technically could live literally anywhere.
To each their own. Living in the city in your 20's / 30's at least for a bit is something you'll never forget. Not just for the experiences but the professional contacts you meet. Graduating from college and immediately working from home in a rural area from now til retirement does not suit everyone.
@@pkal244 I get what you're saying, there are lots of benefits, but what you're saying is a false dichotomy. There is a lot of in-between living rural and living downtown in one of the most expensive cities in the world. There are a ton of amazing cities where a 3 bdrm apartment goes for under $2000 per month downtown.
@@pkal244 it’s not worth it I’m my opinion. I live in Dallas and she could get a mini mansion here lol or anywhere in TX for that price. I’m taking 5000-6000 square ft with a huge lot and no neighbors in sight
Honestly, this just confirms why I've never wanted to live in a VHCOL area (New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc.). Paying that amount of money to share a space with two other people is just...not my jam. I get that a lot of it is opportunity cost to live in a place like New York, but I'd rather live in a smaller city and get more space for less.
I totally get it, I live in a major city and pay out my butt for a tiny apartment, no view, no parking space, washer dryer in building that hardly ever work etc. I signed up with the idea that I'd rarely be inside the apartment and always at work and out and about. That was a big deal for me because I was going crazy in the suburbs where I grew up, a lot of space but nothing to do. Now that I've been inside my shoebox of an apartment I miss the suburbs and all of the space. Rent prices in major cities is a scam.
@@MegaSausageboy I've visited huge cities like New York, and I've lived in smaller cities before. I honestly didn't feel like I was missing much with the smaller cities. I still had good restaurants, solid public transit, lots of stuff to do on weekends, etc. I can always visit New York if I want to see some great musicals or eat awesome food, but I can save up for that vacation by living somewhere cheaper. :)
@@MegaSausageboy disagree completely. She is not missing out on anything. That's a poorly conceived misconception. Where u live is where u are centered and grounded. There is no way on EARTH that apartment is worth that kind of money. One bathroom. Unreal
@@NaeOnYT To each their own, I'm from Houston, I used to live in Dallas, and now I live in LA. It's worth it. I think people in small towns don't understand how much opportunity there is in big cities. Better restaurants, better entertainment, more diversity, and a better professional Network. I can say with 100% certainty living in large cities has made me significantly more money than the average American. I'm 28 with a $215,000 salary that I would not get if I lived in a small town.
She could get a decent 700-800 sqft 1-bed apartment outside Manhattan in a decent neighborhood for $1800-1900 😂😂 The things people do to impress others smh
Bruh that’s what I’m saying. I live in queens and you can get a decent 1 bedroom apartment for like $1,600. She must be living in one of them fancy buildings on billionaires row smh 🤦♂️
@@RU-vidUzername Yes... it's still makes sense for me.. I keep my investments generating a median 20% year return (think of compounding returns over liquid mtk securities V one real estate), any problems with the apartment is covered by the landlord, I have flexibility where to live. Whenever I find the right opportunity for my family then I'll step in.
@@RU-vidUzername That's completely understandable... But it does work for quite a good amount of people depending their life choices and planning. Best of luck!
@@goldenxdiva6562 I just meant that this new Unlocked Series CNBC put together seems really neat! When I said "Sponsored" I just meant that CNBC created the segment.
The fact that she can literally work anywhere in the world since she makes RU-vid videos for a living makes me seriously question her intelligence for choosing to live in New York. Calling rent an “investment” is extremely idiotic and misguided.
But place (especially pre-COVID) factors largely into the content she can create, which is her work. She can work anywhere, but has to calculate what locations will yield the most consumable/interesting content. NYC content has high appeal! Plus, where you live is a very personal decision and while opinions on living in NYC are very polarized, her choice to live there is her own and should not be cast as idiotic and misguided when it is clearly functional for her.
@@jessmarshall664 There are a lot of things that are functional for people that is still idiotic and misguided. What you responded with is what you call pandering or enabling. If I make $1M a year and spend half of it on rent, it’s functional for me, but it’s clearly idiotic and misguided. Most wealthy drug addicts are functional, but does that mean that their drug addiction isn’t idiotic and misguided???
Maybe it’s because she finds New York particularly inspiring and suitable for her influencer career?? Not being rude tho but obviously NYC is huge for content creators
@@TheDougSpot Just hoping that you can recognize that, if one is privileged enough for this to be possible, money does not have to be the only factor considered when making a decision. A difference in worldview, I think.
@@jessmarshall664 If someone is truly fortunate enough to where this makes sense financially, then there would be no need for roommates. There’s no part of this that makes any type of sense, and you know it
I pay $1,995 (net w/ 3 months free) for a pretty decent sized 2-bed in Lincoln Center/UWS. No broker fee. Split it with my gf ($1,000 each), so the extra room is a home office. Oh and there is a concierge at the front too. She’s totally getting robbed man.
I wish RU-vidrs/vloggers realized they can make great content anywhere. If all vloggers live in NYC or LA then we’re basically seeing the same content again and again. Show me life in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Ohio, Alabama. Places I’ve never been but would be intrigued to see what daily life there is like! You’ll make the same money but spend far less!
I got smart and started to live within my means and don't need to show off. My rent is $800. The difference is amazing..I am a walk from the areas I like and the stress is MUCH lower in my life. I work as a consultant and once in a while my contracts all end on the same date or roughly the same time period. I literally took a month off without a worry..there's money in my bank for once!.
I lived in NYC for 8 years. Moved from NYC to Seattle 6 years ago. The last 4 years I lived in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn - in 2010 I found a 750 square foot 1 bedroom, rent stabilized apartment for $950/month. The last year I lived there(2014) I was paying $1350/month. So much more worth it to have your own place and save thousands of dollars a year. IF you don't mind the 45 min. commute to Manhattan. Ditmas Park BK is also beautifully historic - a lot of Boardwalk Empire was filmed there. I also enjoyed finding all the authentic BK bagel and pizza spots that was beyond tourist's reach!
She is a real person, and her content really helps me and many others and is very uplifting and encouraging and always makes me feel better and inspired. Just because someone is a content creator on RU-vid does not mean they don’t deserve things like this.
It's a way for her fans to flock to this video, generating ad rev for CNBC. And it will bring gullible people over to her channel. It is also possible that she is paying CNBC to feature her, which is a routine thing for influencer scum. It appears we were all suckered into watching this infomercial.
sooner or later people are gonna have to start realizing that youtube is a legitimate career, and good people like elena can be successful on youtube. stop being judgmental
@@Alduinsshadow148 i'm not saying that CNBC shouldn't stop covering youtubers anymore. you said "show real people." you need to realize that youtube is a legitimate career, and youtubers aren't just a bunch of vapid idiots like everyone thinks they are
I'll never understand how New Yorkers can spend $15,000 to live in a tiny little outdated apartment and then say "it's worth it". What's worth it? You don't even have a yard.
My Chicago suburb mortgage payment is $849/month (not including property taxes) for a 4 bed 3 bath...... please don’t lie to yourself thinking this is even remotely close to a good use of your money.
Wow $5,150 rent 😮! By the way please bear in my mind the keyword "rent" that is not investment. That is simply 5,150 × 12 = $61,800 that goes to the landlord.
@@ImNotADeeJay but she could own a home in the suburbs instead , work from home and go to the city 4 days a week if she feels like it lol. Pretty obvious choice.
I can stand the $1800 rent per month because it's East Village and it's NY and she's young, in one of the best cities in the world with a world of opportunities BUT the $5000 broker fee got me, they were obviously sold a dream by some hustler called Marco or Dermot.
I must say how impressed I am that she can afford that rent (as well as the rest of the expenses living in New York requires) with as young as she is. When I was 23 I lived on my own and in the West Village but could not have been able to afford that much. I also appreciate that all the roommates read. 🤓 Books everywhere! Edit: I do think it's absolutely absurd the amount of rent. They were fully jacked!
This isn't a good deal....even by NYC standards. For $1800 in Manhattan you can get a studio, maybe a one bedroom apartment depending on where in Manhattan you live. In Brooklyn and Queens you can comfortably get a one bedroom.
She should move to Houston. We have 5 acres and a 1500 square foot house and pay $1200 a month including annual taxes and insurance 🥴. I would rather be surrounded by 50 year olds trees, deer and quiet while drinking my cup of coffee. This is crazy. People think they are paying for “value” but she could invest $4k of that money every month in index funds and end up a millionaire.
She paying way too much. She must like her roommates that’s why she still living there. It can’t just be the neighbor hood. There’s MTA and Uber easily accessible to get her anywhere anytime. She could come to Brooklyn, queens (LIC or Astoria) for like $500 cheaper at least. Anyways she sounds happy so w/e
I’m sorry this is just stupid! 5k for that? These people go off the tv shows trying to live a life that doesn’t really exist. Ridiculous. $5k for that? Blown away.
you pay for the area and access to tons of restaurants, shops, etc. and it's really good for her career as a content creator. she's happy. why is everyone so condescending and judgmental in this comment section??
@@ashtonfaith I'm sorry if i came off as judgemental and condescending i wasn't trying. I'm just blown away at that price. If it helps her and she is happy that is really all that matters but i'm sorry it makes no sense trying to make it in a rent like that. But i do wish her the best and i want her and everyone like her to succeed. Money thinking here just makes no sense at all, that is all.
@@zenzeitorres i appreciate your explanation!! if she was paying 5k herself then i would agree; but i really feel like $1800 for access to that neighborhood in manhattan really isn't that bad
@@dominick6131 it doesn’t entitle them to live there but they should be able to. If you’re from a small town you can probably continue to live there but in nyc that is not the case and it is infuriating. I’m a native New Yorker and I refuse to leave.
I’m a Bronx native and I’m grandfathered into my apartment at 890 thanks to my family but my friend has an apartment in queens for 1800 and she has a 2 bed one bath. You were straight robbed but I’m not surprised they do that often to tourist who don’t know anything