Mayra David
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Autumn in New York: arguably the best season to be in the city. And now that we are smack dab in the middle of New York’s extreme seasons—summer and winter—we asked five New Yorkers: Would you rather get rid of New York City summers or winters?
It’s a bit of a (debunked) cliché that you can’t have pets if you live in the big city. One visit to packed dog runs in parks dotting almost every neighborhood and you'll see that's false. In fact, New Yorkers are great animal lovers. So in honor of Pets Week here on Brick, we decided to ask six of them: Would you rather have a dog or a cat?
Yes, it's a truism that New York City apartments here are often cramped, loud, storage-deficient, and damn expensive compared to, say, some semi-detached dwelling on the outskirts of Pretty Much Anyplace Else, U.S.A. But despite (or maybe because of) all the hassles, we have a way of growing fiercely attached to the things we do like about our living situations. (Plus, negatives have a way of becoming positives: Absentee landlord?
Like them or not, apartments with “quirky” features are part of the real estate landscape: shared bathrooms, no kitchens, funky layout—we have them all. We asked six New Yorkers to weigh in on some quintessentially New York quirks: Would you rather have a shower in the kitchen, or have your windows look out to a brick wall?
Doorman buildings are an essential part of the New York City cityscape, whether we like them to be or not! We asked five New Yorkers: Would you rather have a super chatty doorman or no doorman at all?