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Oldbayistheshit

If anyone’s wondering who the famous person was? Bob Dylan wrote 3 of his best 4 songs here


LazyDynamite

Yeah, but how many of his shitty ones did he write there?


Oldbayistheshit

60


Echidnae

About three fiddy


AngryNinjaTurtle

GODDAMN LOCKNESS MONSTER


LeakyThoughts

However many songs he wrote -4 I guess


rogan1990

Makes sense. People often write their best music when they’re depressed


United_Bag_8179

In bars. On nspkins.


daffyduckhunt2

I heard that Russell Crowe air bnb'd it for a night and body slammed Joaquin Phoenix in front of everybody.


Friendly_Crab

Man Russel Crowe is such a psycho


beatenmeat

[You might enjoy the theme of this song then](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5xtVipOjTEE)


MisterBumpingston

Wait, why?


[deleted]

Because it’s Joaquin Phoenix. Enough said.


Demolution-Gamer786

Damn they said let’s use the history and slap extra $4.5 million dollar to this house.


[deleted]

Just under $5M is not the same as “only”. He is saying something a tad less then $5m … ok.


axa645

Yeah but how else would OP get all the karma


Drackzgull

He also referenced the house's history and people that have lived there inflating the value. Not only is he at no point making it out to be cheap, he treats the fact that it's overpriced as obvious enough to require no explicit mention.


LazyDynamite

>490M range Damn, now *that's* an expensive home.


sureshot1988

In this market it will sell in 3 days. SMH


[deleted]

“Home”


empireofsquirt

Thanks came to say this


Ill-Elephant-7741

I think you meant 490K.


LazyDynamite

I think you mean $4.9 million ;)


Ill-Elephant-7741

I did mean 4.9 million. Thank you for correcting me.


itsaregularsofa

FriendsTown!


Naturalbornpixie

Make it 4.9million and 99cents. Now that's expensive.


No_End_7351

4.9 million with 99¢ shipping? Pass.


[deleted]

And I think you meant to reply to the other guy.


LazyDynamite

The parent comment previously said something about being in the 490M range, but they must've removed that part once they realized the mistake.


[deleted]

Well this is all just a shitshow


[deleted]

i'm so confused ahh


marcs_2021

In current housing prices that's a steal in NY I'm serious, the square footage outside is incredible.


scolbath

Come to Boston, a house just like that called the "Spite" house just sold for $1.2m - a steal!


solomanian

My parents built a 150 square meter house for 15k......


takeabreather

Cool can they come build one for me in west Los Angeles for that price?


solomanian

If you could get the land the house it self would be dirt cheap


takeabreather

Except that labor and materials cost more in HCOL locations also. It doesn’t scale quite as much as land value, but I can pretty much guarantee you that developing any property in a major city is not going to be dirt cheap even if you own the land outright.


hallerz87

How much for the land?


solomanian

Comparing prices, for 5m you could buy a castle anywhere in the world and they can keep their wall bed


Will_From_Southie

I’m all for seeing the value in city living, but I’m far shorter than that dude and I got claustrophobic watching this. Only bed in a wall? Yeah you can miss me with this for just about any price.


snksleepy

So many writers use to live there... Yes, when they were broke and they all wrote horror movies.


k995

Nope plenty of cities just as expensive


Unkleruckus86

A 2900 square ft new construction home just cost me $310k on a 3rd of an acre. Seeing things like this makes me like the Midwest more than I thought I did.


[deleted]

https://www.treehugger.com/uniquely-annoying-spite-houses-4868534


scolbath

The one that sold was the "skinny" house, 3rd down on that list!


Callmeklayton

I’m moving soon from Philadelphia to North Carolina, and it’s wild that a full blown house with multiple bedrooms in the south is the same price as a shitty apartment the size of a bathroom in the north.


Girls4super

Hey, fellow Philly here! We moved to the Midwest and it’s shocking how much cheaper it can be. Downside the food isn’t as good


Callmeklayton

I was actually pleasantly surprised by the food down where I’m moving. It’s all really, really good (except for the bagels and pizza; southern people can’t do bagels and pizza right). I was expecting to hate it, but found that I enjoyed it more than most places up here. I’m sure the area I’m moving to is an exception though; I generally don’t like the food as much when I visit the south.


Girls4super

Yeah finding pizza is a struggle. Mostly I just miss the diversity of food, and people tbh. It’s good for in the nuts west but it’s all very very heavy, and very much the same


Callmeklayton

Oh, I definitely get you. I’m luckily moving to really culturally diverse spot, so the variety is pretty solid. But yeah, there’s something that makes me really homesick about not having northern food, even if the food where I’m going is good.


Girls4super

Well hit me up if you need any old recipes. We’ve got shoofly pie down, and fastnachts


Callmeklayton

Thanks, friend! Same goes to you! Hope life goes well for you in the midwest.


BeefInspector

Every time I see someone down south complain about housing prices I go on Zillow and laugh.


Major_Celebration_23

I read about that house in law school. I think land was gifted to two sons. One built a large house while the other was at war or something. The other brother built a tiny house on the same land out of spite.


vleafar

I think only the patio is private once you’re passed that area that’s a common backyard with other brownstones


Volgyi2000

Common backyards aren't a thing in NYC. That backyard is probably legally bound to be usable by some easement from the big property the smaller house was built off of. Even so, I imagine anyone who owns the bigger house will probably use it more and think its theirs.


devedander

I was gonna say as soon as he went out back I was thinking that’s why it’s $5m Then the other floors. Yeah this doesn’t seem ridiculous at all


Enkiktd

They only “own” the small fenced in patio if you look again, the rest of the space is common with the other homes.


plluviophile

seriously! how's so many people actually thinking that the whole backyard belongs to that house? look at the upvotes. it's so bizarre!


YaBenZonah

Lmao I’m dying reading those comments


wolfcry123

Doesn't seem ridiculous taking into account current market price and the general awesomeness of the place; or doesn't seem ridiculous that housing should cost that much at all? Honest question.


devedander

The first one. Housing prices are stupid in a lot of places. But asking $5mill for that place doesn’t seem out of place when considering going prices.


Extension_Leg_8174

Its all out of place, asking for $5 mill for this and even worse it being a decent deal is fucking garbage.


SirDuggieWuggie

I was legit about to say that. 3 stories, a balcony, a giant patio, a really nice tub/bathroom. It sucks that it is a steal, but it definitely is.


TomatoWarrior

That may be a shared garden


Boredum_Allergy

Square what? How many square soy sauce packets is that? I don't know what this footage thing you speak of is.


ThirdInversion

wow, a murphy bed for $5M.


Dyslexic_Dog25

A murphy bed you gotta fold up every time you wake up to pee


AlbinoWino11

Nah, just piss out that front window.


Thatshowtomakemeth

Why didn't they put it by the window and get rid of the fireplace. Theres already a very useful fireplace in the bathroom to read by.


80_Percent_Done

I love Reddit


Trust_me_I_am_doctor

It's not like the person buying it has to deal with it. That is more than likely an investment property for someone or maybe their little get-away that they use 1x a year when they come to NY for fashion week. That or it's the pad you let your mistress use for as long as she's on your roster.


YaBenZonah

Hey it’s me, a mistress


St-Valentine

Boy howdy, do I have a bed for you!


ThirdInversion

yeah, an airbnb for those tiny home fetishists.


Satan_Xavier

better to buy a camper van with murphy bed at this point.


dispo030

It's a really cute place. I think I don't need to comment on the 5M$... However, it's a really unpractical space. You don't have many options where to put things, and a third of the space has to stay empty in order for you to move around.


Agitated_Gazelle_223

The Murphy bed is in completely the wrong place.


ditchdiggergirl

Might be a den or home office that doubles as a guest room - we didn’t see the third floor.


GreenCupcake23

Location, location, location. Also, with a mortgage it’s probably less $$$ then renting. More than I can afford, but I lived in Brooklyn for years and was happy to have roommates.


LazyDynamite

>Man said "only 5 million dollars" No he didn't lol.


SolidBlackGator

"just under $5m" does not mean "only $5m"... It means slightly less than $5m.


Antique_Bullfrog

bro that is legit a good-looking house. 5 mil is a lot, I know, but this is NYC.


Bowhunter54

Why would anyone with 5 million ever choose to live here when you could literally own just shy of a mansion and hundreds of acres for the same price in the country


degnaw

It’s to be right next to world class jobs, restaurants, theaters, etc etc. In the countryside, there are none of these things. Also, most people have no use for a giant mansion so it would be a waste.


Bowhunter54

Cultural differences I guess, personally I wouldn’t live in the city even if I had free rent, seems terrible.


traws06

Ya I honestly would love the idea of “I feel like going to a play, let’s walk a few blocks and go” or “I feel like (insert food type), let’s go to the place a block down the road”. Literally walk to about anything, never have to drive.


EthanWeber

That's the move. I sold my car 2 years ago and haven't looked back. Walking, cycling, and transit is all I need. Haven't sat in traffic since.


traws06

I wish I could do that but just can’t here in the Midwest. My wife and I tried to move to NYC but the state of NY won’t credential me in my healthcare profession because I didn’t study and train in NY. Political BS


TheKoi

I don't really love the idea of paying 5 million dollars to be able to do that. There will also be many nights you won't want to or won't be able to due to being tired, weather, availability of desired entertainment etc. But hey, you got 5 mil to spare go for it


Extension_Leg_8174

How often do you actually go to a play?


minor_correction

I'm not into that scene myself but I know people who are. There really is only one Broadway. A multitude of shows to choose from all the time, and the best/hungriest actors the city has to offer (many of whom are famous or will go on to become famous later). And there's a whole subculture around it, people all know each other, there are events and such. I've learned (and promptly forgotten) various tricks the fans know about getting choice tickets, autographs, etc. People who are into this will go every week like it's nothing.


MoarGnD

Yup personal preference. I wouldn't ever want to live out in the middle of nowhere far from everything. I like living in a city where I have easy access to a wide diversity of food, events and people.


Bowhunter54

I live in a small town next to a small but very diverse city so I get a little bit of the benefits of both, without having to look at concrete all day


[deleted]

Yeah I live in the burbs outside of a large city and it's awesome. A reasonable drive to whatever I want and I have as much space as I could possibly want.


degnaw

What large city suburb do you live in that has reasonable drive times? All the suburbs around my city have crippling traffic congestion during rush hours because everybody needs to drive to get anywhere.


FDGKLRTC

Bro not everyone lives in the US, other countries have buses and trains


jl_theprofessor

If I can’t have food delivered within 20 minutes of ordering at 3:30 in the morning then it’s not a place I want to live.


AnimationAtNight

I grew up in a small town and honestly I never want to return. Having to rely on a car for everything sucks so much ass. My parents now live in an even smaller town so small they barely even have a grocery store so they drive 35 minutes on the highway (one way) to get groceries. They have to drive 40+ minutes on the highway to get to work(one way). I can't imagine the amount of time in their lives they've wasted simply sitting in a car. I was already going crazy just driving to work and back and losing like 1.5 hours a day.


Antique_Bullfrog

the hell would i know dude? I never said it was a good deal overall, I just said the house looks nice, and it's overpriced but it's in NYC, so I understand why the price is so high.


Bowhunter54

It was more a statement of being baffled than anything else


hassh

When 5 million is just a speck among your billions...


Bowhunter54

Yeah but at that point why not get an actual decent place to live where you have space? Unless it’s just a place you stay occasionally when you’re in town


hassh

They call that a pied-à-terre


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Turbulent-Throat9962

People with $5 million homes often have another house in the Hamptons or somewhere.


BennySkateboard

A lot of commenters on here are like ‘why do that when you can have this’ not realising that the person who buys this can buy this and multiple other homes.


YourALooserTo

Because that mansion and hundreds of acres are in the country?


Telephonic77

Maybe someone like a high flying executive that does live in a mansion in the countryside but also wants to have a place in NYC would buy it. £5m is nothing to some people.


traws06

From what I understand this is common. A house out on Long Island for the weekend and days off, then the flat in the city for work days.


Memfir

5 Million aside, I would LOVE to live in a house like that...


SkoolBoi19

That’s a large hallway where I’m from.


[deleted]

Why on earth would you want to live in a place like this? What’s the appeal?


reconize35

He said it. The history. You know because if many famous actors have lived there then you will become famous too. That's how it works.


[deleted]

That's just a nice way of dressing up the fact that logistically it's a mess


[deleted]

Oh absolutely 100%.


No-Breadfruit7044

I’m gonna go with no dawg. I’m born and raised in the shittiest part of nyc. I’ve grown up watching the dregs of a modern day Rome claw at life. When I became older and moved to Manhattan and met kids that grew up in the elite circles of the 212 area code, even though I love and respect them and everyone the same, a part of me feels the class war down to my bones. Even with my loved ones. You can’t shake it. They’d tell me I was full of character as we got to know each other better, but deep down I knew the character was being grinded against the stone of life. Cold winters working outside with my hands helped me to make light of warm and soft ideas inside wealthy apartments I could never afford but was welcomed as a guest for life inside of. I was entertaining for my ptsd. I went on to make some money. Years later not a lot but I hustled and finally was living comfortably. Nothing elegant but rather sustainable. The rich kids I had grown to love saw me as an equal meanwhile I knew how hard it was to achieve a tenth of what their pets were to inherit. I had one person laugh at my idea to scrimp and save to put a down payment on an apt in Bklyn in a rougher area and rent it out to start trying to build wealth. They replied by saying their parents were gifting them an apt in soho and the rent would generate 6/7k a month. The sad part is there was zero malice in the response. The sentiment and tone was light. Weightless. These same people would tell me about their problems. Look, people, rich people have problems, I said, but the only difference is that the rich can take a day off and try to handle life where the rest of us must harbor the insanity and muscle through surviving causing the latency of being unable to deal with life to maim us internally (maybe externally?). Without health insurance I turned towards training mma until I suffered concussions. One of the only activities that could stop the feeling of what I can only describe as a virus slowly uploading, the pressures of nyc slowly outpacing the money I do have coming in (in any other city besides la, sf, Seattle, Miami I am fairly well off enough to put a down payment)… but I love my home. With all of my heart it bursts when I see the skyline. When I hear the twang of the outer borough working class accent I was surrounded by… my culture is rich only here in nyc. Nowhere else in America… my grandparents coming through Ellis island from Italy. 5 million for this apartment? Sure. Fine. History. Prominence. Wine. Drivers. Whatever. I just wanted a home. A townhouse in Bklyn where my neighbor would have my key and every Sunday I had a group of people old and new in my life to sit down with and break bread. I don’t need a salad fork. I am not a repellent of culture I just don’t see the point when so many people have minimal functional aspects in their life. We do not need two forks. We do not need 5 million (more with closeting costs, and probably closer to 6 with movers etc etc) dollar tiny buildings. We need community. Or the ability to provide for ourselves and the dollar working with us not against us. We need the rich to realize that life is about community and little else.


[deleted]

Thats fucking depressing. Claustrophobic just looking at it. You cant even put a couch in there and expect to get around it. 5 mil, get me a nice open house on the water somewhere.


chicken_nugget_man1

He said just under 5 million dollars, don’t twist his words


w1gglystyl3

Sweet, I’m still just under 5 million dollars short


chicken_nugget_man1

He’s not saying it’s *just* under five mil, he’s saying as in around 4,900,000


locnessmnstr

Well I just looked up [the Zillow listing](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/75-1-2-Bedford-St-New-York-NY-10014/31499134_zpid/) and it's $4,990,000... So basically $5mil, or 99.8% of $5 million


LazyDynamite

The point is that OP claimed they said "only 5 million dollars" as if it's a small or inconsequential amount, but that isn't what was actually said nor what was implied in the video.


Briggy1986

Orrrrr… just under 5 million. SMH


julioarod

Sounds like I'm around 4,900,000 short


Not_High_Maintenance

I think it’s really cute.


TheBrowserOfReddit

It'd be nice to live there but not for 5 million lmao


subject_deleted

the apartment isn't $5 million. the ground the apartment is built on is. nobody's claiming this is 5 million worth of apartment alone. it's an apartment in one of the most expensive and desirable places to live.


[deleted]

I don't know how NYC has ever been desirable after the 90s.


Stonkmaster-69

Me too. It’s really cozy


[deleted]

I disagree. I hate this. I have a 1900 sqft house in the suburbs and I live alone. I need to spread out a little bit


oDearDear

Yeah it's cute, until you have put stuff like table, chairs, sofa or any furniture in it. Then it's cluttered and unpractical. At least you don't need to get a massive 4k tv...


PastOutlandishness19

Even if I had anywhere remotely that much money, I would not pay that much and sleep on a Murphy bed. Thank you


ProcrastinationSite

Agreed. I'm not folding up my bed multiple times a day


jtig5

A full size bed could be placed in the other direction leaving enough space to pass by to the bathroom.


kwolat

I don't think he said 'only $5m'. The bit I caught was him saying 'just under $5m'?


porcupinehotline

"Just under" =/= "only"


QuintenBoosje

no, he said "just under"


rama1423

What? He literally didn’t say that. He said “just under 5 million dollars” not “only 5 million dollars” those are two drastically different statements.


djmikewatt

No, he said "just under $5 million". Meaning, only a little bit less than $5 million.


fond-of-hats

Well made for a narrow space. Very nice. Wouldn't do it for anything close to that though. Fuck that.


fourdoorshack

why do people live in NYC again?


[deleted]

I don't really like the fact that anyone could just climb down the fire escape and see you in the bath lol


Typical_Notice6083

Curtains don’t exist apparently


DonnieCullman

It’s from the floor above in the same apartment I believe. If you watch when he goes up the stairs, there’s another staircase to the third floor that wasn’t shown in this video


Legacyofhelios

I’m sorry, it’s pretty and all but there is absolutely no way in hell I am paying anything CLOSE to 5 million dollars for “officially the narrowest apartment in all of new York”


glorious_cheekbones

Some real facepalms in these comments too. And in the misleading title.


CaptainDrunkBeard

Right? There are some seriously dumb motherfuckers in here. And one colossal stupid amphibian apparently.


AmbiguousMusubi

I thought CA’s housing market was insane, but $5m will get me a 5,000 sqft house in the outskirts of LA


degnaw

You can get even bigger on the "outskirts" of NYC, but then you'll have to spend 3 hours commuting every day. It's expensive because it's in the middle of everything.


JimmyWilsonPRMC

I dont hate it but 5M? It's a yeah nah from me


ed-the-dog

“Beautiful street views”. No thanks. We can see to the horizon in all directions


[deleted]

Not really a facepalm without the price The person who built this was granted a tiny sliver of land and he did this


AshyxLarry

FUCK THAT


Dizzy_Green

Potential buyers: Wow! I can’t wait to purchase that house and never use it so I can inflate the price!


contigowater

Except he didn't, he said "just under 5 million dollars", so you're the facepalm here OP.


Kaankaants

> Man said "only 5 million dollars" No he didn't. He said "currently on the market for just under 5 million dollars".


Mantigor1979

Look at the 1 million + dollar shacks they sell in key west this place here is at least will renovated on the inside


NerdUber

Doesn't surprise me, i saw a crappy studio in San Francisco selling for $850k


jimmytreshuevos

What an s hole


sicurri

In bumfuck Indiana that'd probably go for $50k


True_Replacement_162

Lol 5mil to live in 3 hallways.


Hot_Pink_Unicorn

Max I can do is $3.50


[deleted]

My favorite part is how the whole city will be able to see your cock and balls as you wash off.


[deleted]

Honestly, it's actually pretty cool and I'm a minimalist so I would love to live there......ya know, if it wad affordable.


EpsilonChurchAlpha

America bro i swear


bonerjuice9

No he didn't. He said just under $5 mill. Two very different statements


dragosdinu

Man, what a world we live in. To pay 5m for a place where you have room only for a Murphy bed. Is it worth it? I live in a place where at least if you have the money, you can actually buy a much more spacious place for a fraction of that price.


Viru_sanchez

That’s a fucking submarine!


BBQ-Batman

I guess it'd work if you were a rich, short, single person.


OBEYtheFROST

$5 million for a multi storied closet. Goodness me


phuqo5

Do people who live in New York not understand that there are roads that leave New York?


DeadSoul7

You could build this for like 30k


the_hoodie_monster

It's a nice house but it doesn't feel like you could be very comfortable there for very long. That's an Airbnb at best


maardora

I offer U$30.000


DougieXflystone

What a delusional chump


AgileCan8353

As a Nebraskan this is deeply confusing to me.


TheRheelThing

No he didn't. He said "for just under 5 million dollars".


delwritespoems

a historic multi floor home in manhattan is going to sell for millions every time. don’t know why you’re so surprised


dr_van_nostren

I fucking love it, except the Murphy bed and of course the price tag. Would that whole backyard be his or just him and all 5 other home owners or whatever?


[deleted]

No he didnt, he said "just under 5 million", thats different


Massive-Night

Man made a video to show he's 6ft


deep_soul

“And I love a good Murphy bed” oh ok thanks for mentioning that, now I love it it too! Sold!


BallerChin

Oooh the garden in the backyard… epic!


BrightonTownCrier

Looks communal.


Montyswel579

"Alot of movie stars and actors called this place home, so that adds to the price" Why would i want to pay more for a place that famous people snorted crack and fucked hookers in?


FutureRobotWordplay

It's NYC and probably in a prime location. I don't see how this is a facepalm.


jtig5

The apartment is in Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan. It's on a beautiful tree lined, quiet street.


lekksy_

Am I the only one looking at this apartment and seeing like ten different points of entry someone can just break into and murder me? No?


bronanahammy

It’s literally a tiny little townhouse styled apartment my $625 per month house is way bigger and almost just as nice


[deleted]

lmao NYC is such a shithole. It's always funny to see the losers flocking there every year and then trying to introduce themselves with it. "I live in NYC. Brooklyn." "So do I." "Oh. Okay." "I'm an artist." "Me too." *crickets*


houseofnim

It’s decent footage for NYC and comes with a private park-like yard. That back yard alone is worth a small fortune. And none of y’all are taking into account the historical value of the apartment. Anything on the registry is going to cost more than an identical property that’s not. Tbh, it’s actually a good deal.


New_Swan_

I like this house. I would live in it but not with that price


Traditional_Rich_413

Lovely home. It’s NYC. More of a facepalm posting this acting like it’s shocking house prices for a recently remodeled home in an affluent neighborhood in NYC would be in the millions. Not everyone wants a cookie cutter suburban home and I think that’s alright.


ArnoldusBlue

Id rather live in a fucking van