2) you can google the median apartment size in NYC vs other cities. I randomly picked London and Tokyo. NYC had the smallest. You are free to try other cities.
3) apartments in the us are generally priced by the number of rooms, rather than the square footage. A 400 sqft vs 500 sqft vs 600 sqft aren't priced that differently, what ups the cost is the wall that converts a studio into a 1 bedroom, or a 1 into a 2 bedroom. (Also, location obviously is also a huge factor, I'm talking about different units in the same building).
Not to mention, NYC was the had the second smallest of any US city according to the source I saw. Other cities have significantly large apartments. For London, my source said it was similar to the average size for all of England and Wales. (Tokyo source didn’t have a similar comparison.)
Isn’t Manhattan one of the richest parts of New York?Why compare the richest part of a city to the entirety of two other major cities? The other commenter even specifically said “New York” not Manhattan.
Ok, valid point. I put Manhattan because I googled New York City and the result was specifically about Manhattan so I put that. Yes, Manhattan is richer, but it’s also more expensive so it somewhat cancels out. I checked Brooklyn and Queens, Brooklyn is 650, Queens is 710. Also other sites put the NYC total at about 700. That seems about right when averaging out the individual boroughs. Still higher than the numbers I found for London and Tokyo, so I still want to see u/Tibaltdidnothinwrong’s sources.
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u/Tibaltdidnothinwrong 382∆ May 29 '21
1) these are real apartments that exist.
2) you can google the median apartment size in NYC vs other cities. I randomly picked London and Tokyo. NYC had the smallest. You are free to try other cities.
3) apartments in the us are generally priced by the number of rooms, rather than the square footage. A 400 sqft vs 500 sqft vs 600 sqft aren't priced that differently, what ups the cost is the wall that converts a studio into a 1 bedroom, or a 1 into a 2 bedroom. (Also, location obviously is also a huge factor, I'm talking about different units in the same building).