Veronica X.

It's been a tough few years for Manhattan apartments languishing on the market for months.  No longer content to sit idly by and let Yenta-the-real-estate-broker find them the perfect match, they are taking matters into their own hands...

You've agreed to the price and the terms, you are feverishly looking for another apartment, and you've sent out the contract but, unlike a boomerang, it is not coming back.

I lived in a garden apartment and mostly loved it, so I am everyone's go-to girl for advice on the possible purchase of a ground floor apartment and my inbox is full of their StreetEasy searches... Herewith, a quick tour of the lingo vs. the reality:   

When you live in New York City, isn't it funny that...

...you will fight the city to the death about keeping your building in the P.S. 6 school zone but send all three of your children to private school in Riverdale.