1. No one in New York City owns a car...
2. ...and yet, the streets look like this:
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3. You walk everywhere... AND SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE.
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4. Many of the walking surfaces in NYC are unforgiving to formal footwear.
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5. You share the sidewalks with your friendly (kind of) rodent neighbors.
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6. Spacious living is a thing of the past. It's tiny apartments, all the way...
7. ...and since most apartments are walkup buildings, you'll be taking the stairs. ALL THE TIME.
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8. This is the closest you'll get to a garden:
9. This is the closest you'll get to a swimming pool:
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10. You won't have a dining table (let alone a dining room), so you'll eat wherever you can -- on the stoop, the subway, etc.
11. Laundry day is a chore that requires leaving the apartment...and bringing tons of quarters.
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12. Dishwashers? Fuhgeddaboudit!
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No one in NYC has a dishwasher.
13. And you'll share everything with a weird roommate you find on Craigslist.
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14. Your commute isn't very scenic...
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