Renting in New York is not like renting anywhere else. In New York, you’ll find yourself competing with 12 other people for the privilege of paying twice as much as you ever have in rent for a one-room studio whose proportions can most charitably be described as ‘cozy’. And unless you’re making quite a lot of money, you probably won’t be able to get everything you want. New York has plenty of apartments with features that range from the inconvenient (no oven) to the downright bizarre (a shower in the kitchen). Which one of these unusual features would you be willing to put up with to live in the city of your dreams?
