Living in a Tiny NYC Apartment for $650 a month | Soda Reacts

[@OLBarbok]

"I want to save money and invest, so I pay 340$ for a gym membership"

[@diaaablooo]

she's so dumb its crazy

[@mightymichel6199]

I got so angry when she said that like wtf how can someone be that delusional and stupid

[@kylekjc]

shes gotta be retarded

[@Targetdh]

worst part is, she doesnt even look that good to justify the price

[@ItsThatGuy1989]

​@@Targetdhregarded comment. Congrats

[@ryanthompson3737]

Just for reference, the minimum required size for a jail cell PER INMATE in new york was reduced from 75sqft to just 60sqft in 1985... this apartment is 62.64sqft of space. Not only is this apartment the size of a literal jail cell, but its smaller than a jail cell in that same city 35 years ago.

[@biteofdog]

Yikes, she lives in a jail cell and has a private bathroom that is separate. And she has the ceiling full of water, above her bed.

[@jamespadgett8660]

This comment should be pinned, but he's not the type of person who cares about stuff like that.

[@sneez533]

340 for gym a month wtf, for that money I want someone to train for me lol

[@StefandeJong1]

Maybe there's some kind of personal trainer involved

[@Jeffro876]

Why do these people own dogs? And not even small dogs either. Kind of disgusting too the rooms barely more than the size of a crate.

[@ChesterCheatin]

stray dogs in new york are killed, the dog is well fed, happy, kept warm and loved. be realistic, also when googling "new york shelters dog problem" these are the first results; "Dogs at new NYC shelter neglected inside cramped, filthy cages" "NYC's animal shelter crisis: Reason behind surge in surrendering pets" "NYC animal shelters are overcrowded with dogs, and few people are adopting them" "Overcrowded NYC Animal Shelters Struggle as Dog Adoptions Plummet" "Too Many Cats, Too Few Vets: New York City Animal Shelters Are Bursting" she is honestly doing great by keeping the dog, and protecting the guy from worse conditions.

[@jamespadgett8660]

@@ChesterCheatin "The dog is well fed" irrelevant. "Happy" That's because there is a stranger around to bring excitement, although i don't believe she abuses the dog or neglects it. "Kept warm" that's the bare minimum and also irrelevant, and "loved". Like I said, i agree the dog isn't abused. The fact remains that apartment is too small for such a large dog.

[@heroman1322]

@@jamespadgett8660Everything you just mentioned was “irrelevant” besides mentioning the dog’s size relative to the space it lives.

[@zerothelightbringer8874]

@@jamespadgett8660 That dog is happy. That apartment would be destroyed if he wasn't. Not every dog is high energy & requires constant walks & stuff my guy. My dog is the happiest dog & she is a couch potato. She'll go for walks sure & likes it but she could care less if she goes on them or not.

[@ChesterCheatin]

​​​@@jamespadgett8660alternative? Be realistic. It is not an ideal place, i never said it was, i said it was much better place when compared to the rest of new york.

[@Steamwalkers2]

Can we talk about the gym membership for 340$? Im from EU and i pay 15€ per month for my gym. What kinda gyms do you guys have over there? Daily happy ends after training?!

[@mikko3]

Stop saying EU massive difference between Romania and Germany

[@3limin4t0r]

That does seem cheap. I live in the Netherlands and common gym membership prices are within the € 25-50 range per 4 weeks. Though the more luxurious/all-in offers often fall somewhere in the € 50-100 range per 4 weeks.

[@JackMehoffV]

and if you go at he start of the year you get extra discounts. I was paying 50€ for the whole year

[@TacMagical]

@@mikko3 I pay 20 Euros for my gym membership In the Netherlands...

[@NewMain-mu1nn]

​@@3limin4t0r Pretty much the same in Denmark

[@bananaisgood3743]

the guy's apartment was so much nicer, she got shafted.

[@MD-ee2fq]

Yeah. I think the big window does a lot

[@tdcfc]

There's no way his rent is the same as hers. I bet his is closer to 1000 bucks.

[@bananaisgood3743]

@@tdcfc he said its $687 in the video

[@yrjellobsioma26]

Maybe its because of the shared comfort room.

[@Notaforumguy007]

Yeah I think it might be more probably lied cause he doesn't feel good about how much he actually pays. Since I've seen vids of similar sizes and they were 1k+. Also she said she was living in a luxury apartment before that? On 60k? Nah anything luxury with amenities like she said its like 3k+ probably she wouldn't even be making enough to get furniture at that point, probably was a boyfriend's apartment then got kicked out after the break up.

[@marr737]

Average rent $5000 a month? F off. How can people even make $5000 a month let alone pay that in rent?

[@eriksvensson2098]

stats dont lie. 120k/yr is ''scraping by'' in NYC

[@marr737]

@@eriksvensson2098 I'm sure it's correct, I'm just disgusted by the fact.

[@xazarl3381]

@@eriksvensson2098 But why live in NYC then unless your educated you could surely work some basic job in a cheap city and buy an actual house.

[@chaoswraith]

​@@xazarl3381same reason people are deep in debt just to have a stupid big car and big house: social clout. Now I've made it. I've got all the things. I LIVE IN NEW YORK, IM NOT POOR.

[@DamienAlexander]

I used to make 12000 euro a month, it's worth to pay that in rent to live somewhere active and fun.

[@rajmathew6220]

1:26 caught that dog in the funniest clip

[@SparkMediaProduction]

wait till soda sees coffin apartments in hong kong for the same amount per month

[@tf5920]

HUH

[@Zataria93]

peepoWTF HUH

[@Kiandough]

This size would be the same yea, but the tiny coffin appartments, barely enough to lie in are like 190 USD a month (still insane)

[@jamespadgett8660]

Literal bug people. That dog deserves better.

[@joehigh82]

Actual animal abuse having a dog in a apartment that size

[@gumundur1721]

well my dog kind of stays where I am I let him outside into the garden if he really needs to pee but I just take him for walks 3 times a day ... the dog doesn't need much space he just needs space under your table or behind your chair so he knows when you are standing up and then he can beg for treats!

[@Chakabaka]

i would imagine they walk with them alot but having a cat is way worse no? cant walk around with them

[@Doodles__]

340 for a gym membership is crazy mine is 40 and i go to a big gym

[@921Ether]

As long as people put up with those prices, nothing's going to change.

[@Arthera0]

its a simple supply demand issue for the most part. there is just not enough housing. all though there has been some tomfuckery with usong AI to match prices with competitors

[@tdcfc]

What can they do about it? lol Live on the streets instead? Commute for 4 hours a day? Welcome to capitalism, bud. This is it, this is the american dream.

[@Revvqt]

Its not like people can Not buy a place to live. You cant really protest against this by not buying. Living in the streets is way worse than living in that small apartment.

[@921Ether]

@@tdcfc People like you are the issue. You either live in shared apartments, with your parents (basically the same), in your car or worst case homeless. If enough people would boycott this stupid system, something would change. But too many are content with being bled dry

[@Andr-Eix]

honestly this is pretty decent, i pay a little bit more than her for a bigger room in a house sharer no private kitchen or bathroom or anything like that with bills included, i'd honestly pick this instead lol

[@Dinkleslurp]

And here I though my 60$ per month for a gym and full indoor swimming facility access was expensive

[@Goth.Dov3]

A dog!?

[@Uponn1]

340 for a monthly gym membership is mad, and here I am and couple of guys from my gym gathering and throwing a fit at the gym owner for increasing the price from 35$ to 40$ for a monthly card

[@Glut_tonous]

Why would you waste so much room on having a couch feel like it's kinda a waste

[@lmao4982]

unironically there should be more of these apartments, like if people value location more than space - let them rent a place like this. in most places apartments like this are super illegal to build/rent out so the attractive areas basically just segregate out the rich people that can afford to live there. not good.

[@HighTide.Sunset]

If she’s living like this she doesn’t need an equinox gym membership.

[@SICRoosterKido]

A dog in that space is crazy

[@jamespadgett8660]

how cruel

[@TheDamnEasy]

I can't even blame the gyms if theres actually people paying 340 for it. What the fuck are you doing if you think paying 340 for the gym is fine

[@Extrasourcream2]

Keeping dogs in this environment is disgusting

[@miketysohn]

Yo wtf i pay 60€ a month for gym 😂😂😂

[@holeephuck4421]

Having a dog like that in such a small space doesnt seem right to me. Im sure she takes it for walks and stuff outside but still

[@Notaforumguy007]

yeah my concern is the obviously shoddy AC/heating which can crap out at any point or with that water damage on the ceiling potential collapse happening all in such a small place with no where for the dog to go. On a hot day with AC not working and the skylight beaming the sun in I'm sure it can start becoming equivalent to locking a pet in the car level heat through out the day.

[@spark556]

This is actually not that bad for 650$ per month in the middle of NYC

[@norddalle6408]

It seems like crazy value compared to most other things I've seen in NYC tbh. You can find people paying $2k/mo for a bedroom in a shared apartment lol

[@WallStreetWebslingerJeppsson]

Wonder how the smell is after cooking food

[@aimalnoman1441]

don't tell the europeans who live in the middle of nowhere paying 500$ per month for there house with nothing within a 5 mile distance or they will be outraged.

[@norddalle6408]

@@foniks100 There is no Danish city you can compare to New York City though. The reason why costs are this high is due to the insanely high population density. The highest population density in Denmark is in Frederiksberg with 12k people per square kilometer. Meanwhile New York City's population density is 11.3m per square kilometer - almost 100 times as high. Even Barcelona the most densely populated city in Europe is 'only' 53k people per square kilometer.

[@norddalle6408]

@@foniks100 That guy also said house, not apartment though.

[@Nyt250]

You will live in the pod You will eat the bugs You will own nothing, and be happy

[@TauEnjoyer]

bro why would you get a dog when you live in this condition, people are so dumb

[@CMeads91]

Modern prisons and paying with a smile lmao

[@readmycomment3707]

This is one step above the people in Hong Kong that live in literal dog cages. Cmon man stop celebrating this like its acceptable in the "richest country on Earth". Btw keep in mind that you essentially can only live there by yourself. Forget having a girlfriend/boyfriend living with you or a roomate. So no, its not a good deal.

[@MKB07]

I would be happy in this space but not for 650$ a month

[@Finnishmanni]

In finland you could get a bigger sized one or even sometimes even two bedroom appartment with that rent xD in a major city as well :D

[@foniks100]

@@Finnishmanni Yeah $600-1000 is enough for a normal sized apartment in Denmark as well.

[@ryanthompson3737]

Considering it just BARELY meets the minimum requirement for a jail cell housing a single inmate in new york, I'd say these people deserve more for what they're spending. $650 per month to get the same space as a prison inmate? Ridiculous.

[@futoohell819]

@@Finnishmanni brother the entirety of finland population doesn't even match NYC which is fucking miniscule compared to your country.

[@Halo3Matalix]

how is she allowed to have a dog in a space like that?

[@neoh10.02]

love you man been watching you since the ole dayz 😅❤❤🎉 always have notifications on for you as well my boy

[@YuProducciones]

😂😂😂😂😂😂that youtuber its glazzing a dream

[@b1acksheeptw]

You thought about making a statement about Asmon or like leaving OTK or like developing some sort of path forward towards being a force for good or w.e?

[@B1aine92]

BROOOOOOOO IT HAS A ENTRY TO THE ROOF! That room before had to of been a storage room they turned into a small room for someone to rent. Thats so baaaaaaaad

[@ZenTauren]

What type of crack are they smoking in New York for people to pay $650 for that?

[@QuickBulletin]

Keep in mind the young people who tend to get these places. Are also the same of person who lives at the office 24/7 or never at their apartment unless they want to catch some sleep before heading right back to work.

[@Plague_Doc22]

For comparison. I lived in an apartment in Stockholm that was a one bedroom apartment. Pretty big for a one bedroom too (like 20% larger than average) and I was paying $680. This shit should be illegal.

[@ryanthompson3737]

The messed up part is that the MINIMUM requirements for a new york prison cell housing just a single inmate is 60 square feet.. that apartment was 62.64 square feet. That apartment is literally the size of the MINIMUM requirement set by the state for prison cells containing a SINGLE person. This was also changed in 1985 from 75 sq ft, so there are likely still prisons in new york state with more space than this apartment.

[@readmycomment3707]

@@ryanthompson3737 The even more messed up part is we are in a "wealthy nation" being conditioned to believe this is normal, its not. Go travel anywhere in Asia, even in their major cities you can find way better apartments for less than this.

[@Zataria93]

AINTNOWAY

[@pebbie]

a dog, $340 for gym membership, louis vuitton boxes, and podcast gear......

[@Eradicationist]

its the dream for eric because as you can see at the end of the video he lives in a mansion.

[@Finnishmanni]

As a 6'6 guy, i would feel like galdalf in a hobbits house

[@klusps]

The $340 gym membership a month was more shocking than her small apartment

[@plnko]

as someone living in california, that shit is super fire and reminds me of an ADU.

[@plnko]

its a shitty hey arnold version of his suite lol

[@readmycomment3707]

@@plnko So you are from another place with crazy prices caused by failed liberal politicians, no wonder you accept it so gleefully.

[@chaoswraith]

Theres probably some boy or stupid social reason she doesnt just go to planet fitness for 10 a month. women and their social status ☕️

[@PewZapDie]

Meanwhile soda owns 2 fake mansions

[@nataliep6385]

keep in mind, that somebody owns this building - and makes MILLIONS of dollars every single month.

[@3limin4t0r]

Keep in mind that revenue ≠ profit. The owner has to pay for the upkeep of the building.

[@zamuda90]

@@3limin4t0r has to do upkeep ≠ actually upkeeping the building. these bathrooms haven't had a makeover since at least the 90s

[@ZanxyboI]

Ohh yeah sure, with rent being around 500-700$ a month, I'm sure the owner makes MILLIONS a month....

[@HeronMarkHero]

@@zamuda90 upkeep is drastically different from modern prettiness. you'd have been better off pointing out the mold factory above that girl's head.

[@joe_bags]

@@3limin4t0r They seem to be working hard on those ceiling bubbles.

[@xazarl3381]

bro when i was earning 25k a year i had a 3 bedroom house in the UK why live somewhere expensive if you have a shit job unless your planning to move up in like 3 years to a huge job im on 32k now and chilling if i can make it to 40-50k im super chilling.

[@dvls2945]

let me guess, dj 32k/month? LUL

[@Z0mb1esAreGreat]

theres no way people actually voluntarily chooses to live like that

[@ryanthompson3737]

Well, with minimum wage the way it is in new york, $650 per month is literally 30% of a person's income after taxes. For reference, financial planners and experts say that you should spend no more than 30% of your income on rent. When your cheapest option is literally right on the line between healthy spending and massive debt, I don't think young people have much of a choice in the matter.

[@dyderikm5819]

I pay 600 for my 2 bedroom house....NY is cooked.

[@mattlars89]

How do you get scammed into paying 340$ a month for Gym? How is that even possible

[@dekkarr2873]

That would be an interesting place to live, if you're just starting out and OWN ALMOST NOTHING! I couldn't fit 1 of my couches in there.

[@dotsftwgaming5765]

340 a month for gym when you can do situps and pushups and run all at home.. hell go lift some rocks if you wanna pump weight lmao

[@TaigaGalette]

i would live there honestly single guys dont need much space all i need is my PC

[@Foxexar]

Jesus crist I pay less than that for a three bedroom with my own private enterence and shit ton of other features. Not All landlords are greedy sobs

[@hado33_]

id live there looks cozy

[@synapsesboom]

lmao. $650 & $687 for that? I pay $650-$700 a month for a house (a small one but still a house) and utilities combined! I also have just under an acre of land. These morons can have the city life and the suffocating prision the call an appartment. Cope more!

[@ryanthompson3737]

Coincidentally, that first apartment just barely meets the minimum requirement in new york for a single inmate prison cell, while any prisons built before 1985 have individual cells that are nearly 20% larger in size. Depending on your reference point, she either literally lives in a prison cell, or she lives in a space SMALLER than a prison cell we give to murderers, grapists, and child molesters.

[@aimalnoman1441]

Bro nobody is coping. You probably live in the middle of nowhere. If you can afford to live in a decent place, there are many benefits to living in a city.

[@synapsesboom]

@@aimalnoman1441 I live 30min from a major city. To each their own, but it is cope lol

[@aimalnoman1441]

@@synapsesboom People choose to live there, they have the freedom to live anywhere. Coping is when you are forced into a situation you don't like, and are just tolerating it and finding justifications for it. You're not using the word correctly. Where do you live?

[@futoohell819]

@@aimalnoman1441 he lives in the middle of bumfuck suburbia where he has 1 social interaction per month and that being his MTG group.

[@Real_Gron]

the American Dream!

[@gwennightsong5532]

Why do they want to live in New York??? Why is it their dream?? I'm so confused. lol. It's literally just a concrete jungle.

[@Sitrep_]

yo anyone else thought the woman in the thumbnail was Vei?

[@Cipher8721]

when soda said how can someone live here... me i would love, working paycheck to paycheck fuking sucks

[@pipsqueek89]

i was homeless for a short period i did not get rained on

[@mathiaspedersen7171]

NYC People 😂🤣

[@Keksgame]

I pay 500€ for 72m^2

[@hans.m.j]

I pay around the same for a bigger and brand new apartment in sweden

[@goodguyseb3067]

O nah bro. O hell nah

[@Spitfire727]

Just go to prison!

[@keydey9406]

OnlyFangs when?

[@DubstopherWubson13]

Insane

[@WallStreetWebslingerJeppsson]

I would rather be in a prison

[@ryanthompson3737]

Would be the same size as a prison cell too and you get it for free.

[@RetreatSequel]

Yo

[@dylanmuscat]

Just dont live in ny

[@Tarpe84]

secondo

[@Psyko94]

first pog