Siddity in the City

After viewing dozens of wrong apartments–dives in great neighborhoods, lovely renos in slums–I think I may have found one that is honestly good enough: a studio in Sunnyside, under $1000, full kitchen and bath, all utilities, Internet and cable included.

It’s a relatively small basement apartment, but still. Sixteen minutes from the subway stop to midtown, restaurants and grocery stores and laundromats and Irish pubs within blocks, though the apartment itself is on a block that is entirely residential, so it’s got enough of a “scene” to be appealing but not so much that it seems unsafe.

Did I mention it has an actual bathtub? And a full oven and refrigerator? Because I have seen so many places that only had a shower stall, or a half-oven and mini-fridge. God, today I saw an Astoria studio for a grand that involved walking down an alley to the rear of a 12 unit building, down a dark flight of steps, and into a basement apartment that had an open shower stall (no fancy glass doors here, nossir) and no cooking appliances whatsoever. No hot plate, no microwave, not so much as a two-slice toaster came with. And they were asking $1000! The nerve.

Sigh. I really want the Sunnyside apartment. Now I have to hope the landlord likes me more than all the other people seeing it.

Oof.