Re:Los Angeles' Booming Creative Class Lures New Yorkers
by modfodder on Sunday May 03, 2015 @11:08PM
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I've been here since 2004 and have lived in a one bedroom in the West Village for $1700, a one bedroom in the East Village for 1750, a one bedroom in Cobble Hill for 1500, a huge 3 bedroom share in Harlem which my share was 900, a one bedroom with a dining room and a backyard as big as the apartment for 1900 in Carroll Gardens, a luxury building in mid-town for 3500 and a two bedroom share in Greenpoint in which my share was 1200.
East Village, Downtown, and Harlem were sublets I was renting while bouncing back and forth between NYC and Oklahoma while my father and mother were going through illnesses and traveling alot for work, the others I left because I wanted more space, to be closer to certain neighborhoods or because the new apt was better than the last.
None were illegal shares, none were rent controlled, one was rent stabilized, and all were very nice.
Re:Los Angeles' Booming Creative Class Lures New Yorkers
by bradleyjg on Sunday May 03, 2015 @11:36PM
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I don't doubt that you could find an apartment for $1500 in Chelsea in 2006. Back then Chelsea was a significantly different place. The high line hadn't opened yet, google wasn't there, the stroller crowd hadn't moved in yet.
By the same token, I also don't doubt you could find a decent share where your half would be $1500 south of 96th street today, maybe even in the 20s somewhere.
Neither of those are a studio in the 20s for $1500 in 2015. If that exists, I wish I knew the secret handshake.
I have absolutely no idea how I'd go about finding a $1500 studio anywhere in Manhattan south of 96th street, much less in the 20s. Maybe you can find an illegal apartment in a basement with a hot plate instead of a stove or something, but that's about it.
There are people are grandfathered in to all kinds of sweetheart rent stabilized / mitchell lama / etc. deals but that takes more than having a group of friends and keeping your ears to the ground. That's the equivalent to winning the lotto.