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By time-stamping the 34,522 complaints made to 311 during the week of September 8th, this very cool graph on Wired.com shows when New Yorkers tend to get hottest under the collar about various quality of life offenses. We took a look at the complaints relating to vertical living: When are your fellow vertical dwellers most likely to pick up the phone and vent in the city's general direction about:

A spacious, open loft available in this building at 80 Nassau Street can be converted to two bedrooms and rented directly from the management company without a broker's fee. Although the second "bedroom" is an  interior with no window, the 11-foot ceilings should allow for a legal temporary wall that doesn't resemble a cave. It has a modern kitchen, plenty of closets, "designer" lighting and even comes with a washer/dryer in the unit.

Long-time observers of the real-estate market in prime Brooklyn neighborhoods are aware that sales prices have been quite resistant to downward pressure. There have been some recent indications that change is afoot, and a review of recorded sales in Brooklyn Heights shows some more cracks in the armor. The sales below, which all closed last week, tell a similar story of early signs of price movement:

The floor plan of this two bedroom, 1.5 bath first-floor Murray Hill duplex will not appeal to all: The second bedroom on the main floor is tiny (three smallish pieces of furniture would be the limit) and the kitchen is somewhat awkwardly positioned in the entry hallway.  However, the prewar apartment boasts a (washer-dryer equipped!!) bonus lower level of about 200-square-feet that would be ideal for sequestering a teenager (like vampires, they often shun light and company) o

Billions of dollars have been earmarked for dormitory construction in New York City over the next few years.  No fewer than 11 local universities have recently opened, are currently constructing and/or have active plans to build, according to The Real Deal. So what does that mean for NYC dwellers who've already matriculated?

According to a new work/life balance study of 1,100 Brits, men are happiest "when they do more of the housework themselves, spend longer with their children and have working partners who are in the office just as long as they are," says a report in The Guardian.   Eighty-two percent of full-time working men want more time with their families. What's preventing this scenario? Employers, who are ignoring the fact that family dynamics are changing.