Leasing Begins for New York’s First Micro-Apartments

Re:Leasing Begins for New York’s First Micro-Apartments by bsg75 on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:53PM (#11067174)

Interesting that the pop-up ad that appeared for me was for a leasing of apartments in the US $1.275 million range.

Home hunting in Manhattan must be a challenge.

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Re:Leasing Begins for New York’s First Micro-Apartments by bradleyjg on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @01:13PM (#11067358)

The thing about NYC that may not be quite familiar to people from other US cities is that mass transit is pretty good. It may be the case in SF that if you want to work in SoMa your choices are living in SF proper or spending at least an hour to get to work with a large standard deviation, but in NYC you can live in Astoria (Queens) work in Midtown (Manhattan) and have a twenty-five minute pretty reliable commute.

So choosing to live in Manhattan is a luxury rather than a necessity for most people. That's one reason why I think keeping affordable apartments in Manhattan isn't the right thing to be optimizing for (though it may well be part of a larger picture).

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Re:Leasing Begins for New York’s First Micro-Apartments by mahyarm on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @02:34PM (#11068056)

If you live close to a BART station, you can have the same 25-30m reliable commute like you would in new york.

Source: personal experience.

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Re:Leasing Begins for New York’s First Micro-Apartments by daveguy on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @01:05PM (#11067286)

I am guessing most people don't home hunt in Manhattan. Those that do probably have assistants do most of the searching for them.

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