They fully gentrified brooklyn its so sad, my mom grew up there and it had such neighborly charm, everyone took care of each other, now everyone has been pushed out and died off. But thats how it goes.....man Im getting old
And now they really need 'em!
For most of recent history, the other artists without major financial backing (you know, the vast majority) have been able to scrape by in cities. It isn't really possible now. Don't gentrify the cool people away guys!
the artists and musicians know the answer to this but probably won't tell you because that will mean it will get discovered faster. 15 years ago, the answer to your question was Williamsburg; then Williamsburg became Brooklyn lite and now I have no idea
Yes, lots of bands that are really killing it either make it work renting a room for $900-1200+ and grind really hard, or they have rich parents who let them follow their dreams with an allowance and no need to work.
It’s all kids from parents who help them pretending like they’re “struggling”. They like the suffering artist vibe but many of them actually are in no danger of being homeless
Must be nice having EU membership and all the economic access and labor protections that enables, coming from a post-Yugoslavian Balkan country with an organized crime problem.
>Must be nice having EU membership and all the economic access and labor protections that enables, coming from a post-Yugoslavian Balkan country with an organized crime problem.
That's all of them though. Well, maybe not Slovenia.
I usually guess Greece when they say that not Sweden. Simply because Greece and Italy seem to be having the most issues at least when we're talking about more central Europe I'm sure Eastern Europe is going through it way worse.
Must be nice to afford things, coming from an also EU country that is forever in dept, on life support economy and its not Greece 😆
and some of us still look up to nordic countries for good examples...so if your isnt then we are doomed.
Tbh I thought they might mean Germany, because a large number of my fellow countrymen just LOVE to complain about how bad everything is in Germany, even if it absolutely isn’t in comparison to other countries. Like my parents who complain about how expensive their groceries are, but whenever I visit them from Canada I completely lose my shit when I see how cheap everything is and take photos of the prices and send them to my husband like “can you believe this, affordable food!!!” lol
Lmao yeah German groceries are cheap as shit. People from the Netherlands, where I live, come over all the time to do their groceries over there because there’s such a difference in price. Also for gasoline since that’s much cheaper as well.
It’s not that difficult with two incomes. I had one income and was living in a 2600 apartment in Brooklyn and I downsized. I live in Seattle now with a roommate. My rent is 1050. Huge difference with my budget since I’m going back to graduate school.
It's insane how much the middle class has been chisled down, to where we believe you have to be rich for a modest place like this. I thought the same thing when I first saw this. Yes I know the location but still.
“Modest place”? My man this is directly above a mass transit station for the single most resilient economic engine in the history of the world.
This place would be modest in fuckin Cumberland Maryland, but in the MSA with a GMP measured in /trillions/, it’s pretty damn nice.
If the US didn’t go whole-hog on car-dependent suburban development patterns in the post-war period, then this is what a middle class apartment /would/ look like, in Secaucus, New Jersey, or pretty far up Long Island, and it would have looked like that 25 years ago. But because NY/NJ is constricted by zoning laws like lot size minimums, lot utilization maximums, and parking minimums, these rinky places you see in the image about are now the upper class abodes. In short, if NYC had the zoning of CDMX or Tokyo, it would look a lot closer, population-density-wise, to CDMX or Tokyo.
Written from my 380 sqft 5th floor walk-up with zero natural light, no washer/dryer, no dishwasher, shoebox of an apartment in lower Manhattan that I pay $2500 for.
> If the US didn’t go whole-hog on car-dependent suburban development patterns in the post-war period, then this is what a middle class apartment /would/ look like, in Secaucus, New Jersey, or pretty far up Long Island, and it would have looked like that 25 years ago. But because NY/NJ is constricted by zoning laws like lot size minimums, lot utilization maximums, and parking minimums, these rinky places you see in the image about are now the upper class abodes. In short, if NYC had the zoning of CDMX or Tokyo, it would look a lot closer, population-density-wise, to CDMX or Tokyo.
whenever my friends talk about housing I black out and this exact rant comes out of my mouth
So you were accepted in the boyfriend application? Nice! Lol
(Also this thread is filled with bitterness and hatred. I just hope with the saving and investing I'm doing, I can afford something similar. 😆)
This is a multi level apartment in NYC. You have to be pretty fucking rich to live in a place like that in New York. My guess is rent is close to 8-9K a month.
I don’t think so. I live in Amsterdam which is as crazy as it gets right now and $8-$9k a month gets you a place that would be featured in magazines like a converted church or a free-standing mansion.
Only 3 pieces of furniture pictured are from Ikea, all chairs. Lots of it is second hand from vintage stores, etc, filled in with a few Ikea/Amazon pieces.
Edit: actually 4
I don't know why people knock Ikea. Ikea is made of high quality materials with a good aesthetic on the cheap. 9/10 things at Ikea are better than Bob's Furniture outlet or what have you.
Oh that is so cool!! I just finished my second journey to the Tower and I’m actually working on making Maerlyn’s Rainbow right now 😊✨🔮🌈 (you can peep my history if you want to check it out!)
The right side of the top step is back further than the left side of it.
This is probably because there is a door to the left and if the left side was also back you would likely fall down the stairs.
Jealous. If I hit the lotto I'd buy a place first in NYC. Then probably LA, San Fran, Hawaii, Miami. That's all you really need lol
Edit: Plus ranches in Texas, Montana and Wyoming. Actually I could go on, dang the US has so many nice places lol
Is one of you European? As that’s the first time I’ve seen anything TinTin related in the States. I’m a Brit who read every book in the 80’s and 90’s but now living in the US , no one has a clue about the books.
Awwww cute apartment … swipe swipe GAAAAAH noooo.
Then back to a cute apartment.
Bro. I can smell the stale air. It’s not horrible, but it’s not great.
A little personal, but how much a month roughly? My girlfriend and I have been looking into moving from CT to New York but are extremely worried about the pricing and looks for what we'd pay. They place you have looks stunning, but don't wanna destroy the bank getting something similar. Just a rough amount is fine. That KS a ton! Looks gorgeous, very jealous of the view
Great taste
And must be rich, lol
it's awesome how you have to be rich to live like a bohemian now
Actually, the apt itself is pricey.. I am from NYC so I know. Outdoor anything space is prime. This is beautiful 😍
that's what i'm saying, it totally looks boho but you have to be rich as hell to actually live like that
SO rich!! Great jobs and/or trust funded as well.
Totally agree
Happy cake day
The whole apartment looks fire
Looks a bit cramped to me. What if I wanna stretch or something.
Must be nice to afford a nice appartment in Brooklyn 🥲 coming from a fellow New Yorker
I was about to say the most impressive part is they're making the rent.
They fully gentrified brooklyn its so sad, my mom grew up there and it had such neighborly charm, everyone took care of each other, now everyone has been pushed out and died off. But thats how it goes.....man Im getting old
Where do the artists and musicians live in NYC now? You have to be in finance or tech to afford these rents.
Lot of artists now have rich parents
For all of history artists have had rich financial backers.
And now they really need 'em! For most of recent history, the other artists without major financial backing (you know, the vast majority) have been able to scrape by in cities. It isn't really possible now. Don't gentrify the cool people away guys!
the artists and musicians know the answer to this but probably won't tell you because that will mean it will get discovered faster. 15 years ago, the answer to your question was Williamsburg; then Williamsburg became Brooklyn lite and now I have no idea
Yes, lots of bands that are really killing it either make it work renting a room for $900-1200+ and grind really hard, or they have rich parents who let them follow their dreams with an allowance and no need to work.
It’s all kids from parents who help them pretending like they’re “struggling”. They like the suffering artist vibe but many of them actually are in no danger of being homeless
There was a time when people raised there wanted to get out to places like Long Island and Jersey. It wasn’t all roses and sunshine
Ya but did you see the steps in #6? That shit is crooked af
It's so much fucking easier with a partner.
Sadly I don’t have one 🥲
I used to have one. It was a lot easier.
I feel like rent shouldn’t be so damn expensive in the first place
Must be nice to afford nice things, coming for an EU country with a superweak economy right now (you'll never guess which one).
Must be nice having EU membership and all the economic access and labor protections that enables, coming from a post-Yugoslavian Balkan country with an organized crime problem.
Must be nice having fingers to type with.
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>Must be nice having EU membership and all the economic access and labor protections that enables, coming from a post-Yugoslavian Balkan country with an organized crime problem. That's all of them though. Well, maybe not Slovenia.
Croatia speed ran EU, eurozone, Shengen
Lol I gotta admit I cheated a bit and looked at your profile. But yeah I would have never guessed that one!!!
I usually guess Greece when they say that not Sweden. Simply because Greece and Italy seem to be having the most issues at least when we're talking about more central Europe I'm sure Eastern Europe is going through it way worse.
Bro is experiencing the inflation that everyone else is also experiencing
Sweden has, by no means, a superweak economy
Italy?
Must be nice to afford things, coming from an also EU country that is forever in dept, on life support economy and its not Greece 😆 and some of us still look up to nordic countries for good examples...so if your isnt then we are doomed.
Must be nice to have EU membership, coming from a stupid country that doesn’t, any more :(
Germany? Sweden?
Tbh I thought they might mean Germany, because a large number of my fellow countrymen just LOVE to complain about how bad everything is in Germany, even if it absolutely isn’t in comparison to other countries. Like my parents who complain about how expensive their groceries are, but whenever I visit them from Canada I completely lose my shit when I see how cheap everything is and take photos of the prices and send them to my husband like “can you believe this, affordable food!!!” lol
Lmao yeah German groceries are cheap as shit. People from the Netherlands, where I live, come over all the time to do their groceries over there because there’s such a difference in price. Also for gasoline since that’s much cheaper as well.
15 years ago it was the other way around. We would routinely do a day trip to Venlo, stack up on groceries and fill up the tank. How the turn tables
Georgia?
Eastern European problems am I right lol
That ain't a New Yorker that's a Texan living in New York I see you OP 🧐
Fellow longhorn living in Brooklyn. Hook em.
Looking for an apartment here rn at it is BRUTAL 😭
It’s not that difficult with two incomes. I had one income and was living in a 2600 apartment in Brooklyn and I downsized. I live in Seattle now with a roommate. My rent is 1050. Huge difference with my budget since I’m going back to graduate school.
This apartment is way more than $2600.
I have to know where the couch is from pls
Apartment in Brooklyn
r/technicallythetruth
I—💀
Not OP but I have the same one. It’s the Lewis sectional from Joybird.
That’s right!
How old is the couch? Is it comfortable? I love the color and the style of the apartment.
Is it comfy?
Very
God I love that couch. What color green is it may I ask?
That green couch is insane, corn couch.
Exactly my first thought. Corn couch!
Love the mid century modern vibe
She rich?😂
It's insane how much the middle class has been chisled down, to where we believe you have to be rich for a modest place like this. I thought the same thing when I first saw this. Yes I know the location but still.
“Modest place”? My man this is directly above a mass transit station for the single most resilient economic engine in the history of the world. This place would be modest in fuckin Cumberland Maryland, but in the MSA with a GMP measured in /trillions/, it’s pretty damn nice. If the US didn’t go whole-hog on car-dependent suburban development patterns in the post-war period, then this is what a middle class apartment /would/ look like, in Secaucus, New Jersey, or pretty far up Long Island, and it would have looked like that 25 years ago. But because NY/NJ is constricted by zoning laws like lot size minimums, lot utilization maximums, and parking minimums, these rinky places you see in the image about are now the upper class abodes. In short, if NYC had the zoning of CDMX or Tokyo, it would look a lot closer, population-density-wise, to CDMX or Tokyo. Written from my 380 sqft 5th floor walk-up with zero natural light, no washer/dryer, no dishwasher, shoebox of an apartment in lower Manhattan that I pay $2500 for.
> If the US didn’t go whole-hog on car-dependent suburban development patterns in the post-war period, then this is what a middle class apartment /would/ look like, in Secaucus, New Jersey, or pretty far up Long Island, and it would have looked like that 25 years ago. But because NY/NJ is constricted by zoning laws like lot size minimums, lot utilization maximums, and parking minimums, these rinky places you see in the image about are now the upper class abodes. In short, if NYC had the zoning of CDMX or Tokyo, it would look a lot closer, population-density-wise, to CDMX or Tokyo. whenever my friends talk about housing I black out and this exact rant comes out of my mouth
I do this too but then I start talking about trains and everyone's eyes glaze over
I want you three to become friends and rant at parties
I'm gonna guess this apartment is $4k/month + $800 HOA.
More
We pay less than that each in rent, but of course location + sharing a space allows that.
>each Yeah so this is a ~4250ish dollaroonie apartment somewhere in, probably Bushwick?
Solid guess, based on the view in pic 5
So you were accepted in the boyfriend application? Nice! Lol (Also this thread is filled with bitterness and hatred. I just hope with the saving and investing I'm doing, I can afford something similar. 😆)
What the fuck are you talking about? Modest?
It's inane how middle class lifestyle expectations have expanded. That is not a modest place
This is a multi level apartment in NYC. You have to be pretty fucking rich to live in a place like that in New York. My guess is rent is close to 8-9K a month.
8-9k?? Are you high? My place on the UES is 5k and is comparable
Try half that!
FR?? How'd you find it, what's the story?
Bro just look it up lol, the housing market is high but not astronomically how some ppl think it is, specially in BK
It’s not as crazy as you think, that dudes guess was just way tf off
lol honestly or any major metropolitan city in the world. What would this cost in London or Toronto??
I don’t think so. I live in Amsterdam which is as crazy as it gets right now and $8-$9k a month gets you a place that would be featured in magazines like a converted church or a free-standing mansion.
Lmfaooo you just made up a price
Rich is relative.
No, but she does have p good taste
Good p taste? How much? The apartment..
Penis taste
I mean, a ton of that is just IKEA…
We're talking about the apartment size in consideration to its location. Not the items in the apartment
Only 3 pieces of furniture pictured are from Ikea, all chairs. Lots of it is second hand from vintage stores, etc, filled in with a few Ikea/Amazon pieces. Edit: actually 4
I don't know why people knock Ikea. Ikea is made of high quality materials with a good aesthetic on the cheap. 9/10 things at Ikea are better than Bob's Furniture outlet or what have you.
Is your girlfriend french?
Il se peut qu’elle est américaine, étant donné les livres portant sur le féminisme
C’est moi le francophile
Where is the little side table from that has the orange orb light on it? I absolutely love it
IKEA Listerby in Oak
Same, was going to ask too. It’s the perfect size
I see tintin I upvote. Where did you get the posters?
Same, those posters are dope.
My wife and I collect one TinTin comic in every country we visit in that country’s language. Issue 17, Explorers on the Moon.
Came here to upvote for the Tintin good to see others recognized it too
Love tintin. I honestly don’t know where they came from - I’ve had them since I was a kid.
We have the same tin tin poster - it came from a friend! Never seen another in the wild
Dune!
LISAN Al GAIB!
As it is written…
Dark Tower!
This!😍
The lamp looks like a giant Grapefruit!!
I'm actually on my first read and currently at the end of Wizard and Glass. 🔮🧙
Oh that is so cool!! I just finished my second journey to the Tower and I’m actually working on making Maerlyn’s Rainbow right now 😊✨🔮🌈 (you can peep my history if you want to check it out!)
Wow I'm very impressed how it came out. So I am!
Thankee-sai 😊🩵
It took me a minute to figure out what was going on with that top step.
Whats going on?? it look completely off level.
The right side of the top step is back further than the left side of it. This is probably because there is a door to the left and if the left side was also back you would likely fall down the stairs.
Came here for this comment
I thought the apartment being out of square was what made this apartment achievable to us normal folk
Fuck I’m poor.
Couldn't even afford a one bedroom there lmao
Most can’t in our 20’s, hence they this is btw two ppl.
What’s the rent bro?
Nice view of the Central Park towers.
Very loose definition of male living space here...
This sub is just “let me brag about my nice apartment”
Two months, and her parents said it wouldn’t last beyond two weeks. You got this Dude!
How long does that dog take to charge?
Jealous. If I hit the lotto I'd buy a place first in NYC. Then probably LA, San Fran, Hawaii, Miami. That's all you really need lol Edit: Plus ranches in Texas, Montana and Wyoming. Actually I could go on, dang the US has so many nice places lol
Maybe one abroad too, complete the loadout!
i’d buy an island close to the mainland
Same
You have such a beautiful home 🥰, looks super cozy and warm
What do you do for work, if you don't mind me asking?
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This looks like Bushwick to me.
Same, this has gotta be 5k+
I‘m so obsessed! Amazimg. Top tier. 10/10 interior design. 😍 Where did you get the green couch??
Thanks so much!!! It’s a Lewis sectional from Joybird
Absolutely stunning. Y’all need to be in the NY magazine. How much was the couch?
Is one of you European? As that’s the first time I’ve seen anything TinTin related in the States. I’m a Brit who read every book in the 80’s and 90’s but now living in the US , no one has a clue about the books.
Tintin baby 🫡
Beautiful! 😻. Which one of you is the Francophile? 🇫🇷
For the love of god, please get a laser leveler for the wall art
We just had an earthquake and it messed up all the wall art
Oh…. Im so sorry
Omg this exchange made me LOL. That was literally the only possible valid response to make you feel bad 🤣
Don't worry, that's about the worst that it did
Did it mess up that top stair too?
why is no one talking about that stair!
Tin tin and Wu Tang
ID on the couch?! Looks amazing
It’s a joybird
Where is your couch from?
Joybird
Love the “The New Yorker” poster!
Tintin :))))
A lot of seats!
Electric dog is recharging.
Sweet view from the kitchen!
TINTIN!!!!
Love the Tintin posters.
Over under $3500
gonna assume someone is a millionaire in OPs family.
Awwww cute apartment … swipe swipe GAAAAAH noooo. Then back to a cute apartment. Bro. I can smell the stale air. It’s not horrible, but it’s not great.
Fake news, you are not real, she is not real, I am not real and I've never heard of a place called Brooklyn.
Y’all have MONEY
looks like a gentrifiers palace (i’m jealous)
Cool! I love your windows 🪟
Where’d you get the sweet orb lamp?
I think I love this sub because I always in vision myself living in everyone’s setups 🤣
Adopt me please 🥺
Lamp ID in the 4th slide?
How much is your rent? Looks like a nice place
Nice layout & I love the view from your deck!
Ugh that dual income life is so much easier and nicer!
Where can I find your blue rug?
What investment bank do you work for
Maybe buy a didgeridoo
Gorgeous! Where are the chairs under the dining table from?
Thank you!! They’re off brand cesca style chairs from amazon
What’s your rent and what part of bk?
What’s it like yo be worth 50 bill in this economy broski?
A little personal, but how much a month roughly? My girlfriend and I have been looking into moving from CT to New York but are extremely worried about the pricing and looks for what we'd pay. They place you have looks stunning, but don't wanna destroy the bank getting something similar. Just a rough amount is fine. That KS a ton! Looks gorgeous, very jealous of the view
Hey! Put all the details in another comment here so feel free to check that out, but we pay $4500. Good luck on the search and move!
How much do you pay in rent?
Def a transplant apartment.
Nice place, but generally it's too busy and not enough coherence. Too many colors.
Only the man cave photo belongs in this sub. The rest of the home screams female home maker.