1. Mysterious odor left behind by the previous renter.
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Good luck figuring out where it's coming from.
2. Body. Odor. Everywhere.
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Ugh. Just ugh.
3. Hot trash on a boiling summer day.
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Carefully holding your breath whenever you pass by a garbage heap becomes an artful skill in the big city.
4. Takeout food.
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And the smell from the leftovers lingering in your apartment for the next three days.
5. Dive bar bathrooms.
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Is everything in New York just soaked in pee-pee?
6. Your dog's potty pad.
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If the windows are closed, the smell of Toby's tinkle will take over. o__0
7. Your apartment the day after a house party.
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"Good lord, when did we order pizza?!"
8. Street meat.
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The smell that will be absorbed into every fiber of your clothes and hair on your head.
9. Ammonia used to clean the subway station platforms.
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"Ouch. My nose."
10. Most cabs after 10 p.m. on a Saturday.
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Ooof. What is that stench that makes you want to roll down the window, even during a polar vortex?
11. Your neighbor's incense.
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Which magically seeps through the walls and lands on your bed, rug, and curtains.
12. Horses in Central Park.
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We love you, but your poo stanks. <3
13. YOU. After a night of sweaty dancing.
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