Just curious, how have you handled the noise?

And the electric bill.

We don’t live there anymore, so we don’t, but we honestly just put up with it. I don’t have any pointers on that fact.

To the child comment; I’ve told this story in the past but the tldr of it was that I was (unknowingly) not paying for the electricity in my apartment due to a broken meter. I didn’t break it, and I didn’t know it was broken; I just thought power was really cheap in NYC.

that's the opposite problem that most people (from my experience) have in NYC. Apartments get too much heat (i.e. landlords can get seriously fined if they dont keep the building at a proper temp, so its just easier and safer for them to give too much heat). Also, many radiators in old buildings aren't really adjustable anymore (and hence you get all the heat). so its common for people in NYC to keep their windows open in the middle of winter to try to balance out the temperature.

Interestingly, this is often by design: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945136599/how-spanish-flu-pan....

Based on my indoor CO2 readings when I shut my windows for a bit, I suspect this is a good thing for a lot of people.