She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years. But her life was a mystery

Re:She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years. But... by chubot on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:56AM (#38278078)

I briefly lived in Manhattan, and I think my neighbor across the hall was in such a unique situation.

The building was an old one in the center of Manhattan, but newly renovated. I moved in in 2021, and I think everybody had moved in within the last 5 years. There were a bunch of young professionals that had graduated from NYU and such.

But this guy was the only one without the iPhone electronic lock on his door -- and good for him, the iPhone locks are a reason why I moved out of the building! (Unsurprisingly, the locks once malfunctioned and we were locked out of the building. Computers make everything work very poorly these days.)

Anyway, I chatted with him in the elevator, and once asked when he moved in. I believe he said 1989 -- anyway, it was like 3 decades.

He didn't look to be more than 40, so I guess he must have lived there as a child, and inherited the apartment.

Also, whenever I talked to him, he would say something super political without prompting, like "Adams is fucking slob, under Giuliani we had law and order" or something.

(Also, he was black, which may break your mental image a bit.)

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Re:She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years. But... by pyrophane on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @11:19AM (#38278400)

Yeah, that all sounds about right!

A bit of an aside because it sounds like he really did live there full-time, but another reason why people in RS units wouldn't want an phone-enabled lock on their door is it possibly gives the landlord information on how often they come and go.

Some people who have units like that live somewhere else but just can't bring themselves to let the things go, so they use them as storage and go by once a week to check the mail.

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Re:She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years. But... by dclowd9901 on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @11:26AM (#38278485)

That would kind of suck too, wouldn't it? Like constantly being paranoid about the landlord up to some shenanigans to get your ass out?

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Re:She lived in a New York hotel for more than 40 years. But... by the_doctah on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @01:36PM (#38280478)

What do his race and/or political leanings have to do with it?

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