Liz Yank

New York City is probably the only place in the United States where a six-figure income does not guarantee possession of an in-home washer/dryer.

In a recent discussion on StreetEasy, a wide majority indicated that they would prefer to add a washer/dryer than a powder room—yes, even if they only had one bathroom. 

My Big Fat Board Interview story is a tale of personal morality and concealing one’s true self to get what money alone can’t buy in New York. 

After 25 years in a minuscule rent stabilized one-bed room, it was time to buy a grown-up home. An extended hunt netted a 950-sq-ft 2 bedroom/1 bath renovated apartment in a Gramercy Park building that is both my personal vintage (postwar but hardly new construction) and preferred style: Full-service but totally non-pretentious, a mix of ages and incomes and importantly, not just pet “friendly,” but pet embracing.