Nobody Lives in This Part of NYC… Would You?

Get your first purchase from Blueland for 20% off by clicking my link bit.ly/3HIjhj2 Now shipping to the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia & New Zealand!
This apartment is unlike anything else because its in a part of town that never has any rentals, NYC’s industrial zone by Long Island City. The area isnt what you’d expect when moving to New York, but I think its really cool and there are little cafes and restaurants popping up by the train which takes you into Manhattan in Just 10 Minutes. The place is also the entire Floor of the building.
Want to live here? Text Alex at [phone]
Artists & Tracks: Volatile - Dreem // Better Place - Spring Gang
Get Songs From Epidemic Sound: www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
*EVERYTHING i use to film & edit my videos:
[Camera] amzn.to/3zjcfhf
[Lens] amzn.to/3nDnixl
[Handheld Tripod] amzn.to/3iUp3Ex
[Full Size Tripod] amzn.to/3cp2sty
[Lights] amzn.to/3izy3ic
Great news! If you make a purchase from any link above, my channel earns a small affiliate commission from the site.

[@ginnytakesatrip]

I don’t live in NYC, nor am I looking for an apartment there, so why am I addicted to these videos?? 😂 I started watching this channel during the 3rd lockdown here in the UK lol. There’s something enjoyable about seeing the different neighbourhoods you visit.

[@gracebergeron949]

I am you!!!

[@the22ndofjune93]

Same!

[@Vanyel_K]

Yup!

[@SaidAlSeveres]

Same. I live in lame ass Dayton Ohio.

[@jasminepetal3972]

Yess !! Idk why and the way the video are shot are really well done. Maybe its just cuz its like a little adventure and its cool to see different living spaces, i love viewing different buildings and homes and where people live and how they use a building and architecture in general so maybe thats why u like the vidss

[@middlesys9180]

I came for the apartment tours but stayed for the sarcasm...also love how you get excited over faucets for no reason.😊

[@MamaCarola1]

I know the neighborhood. That modern building is actually the Boro Hotel. There a few hotels on 39th Avenue but many were closed during the pandemic. A couple of them were used as housing for the homeless men who lived in shelters during the pandemic. It's a really quiet neighborhood because it's still so industrial

[@dlcmiamiinc]

Astoria?

[@MamaCarola1]

@@dlcmiamiinc Long Island City

[@aburks4life]

I would love to move to NY...

[@CCM1199]

@@aburks4life Its way to expensive nowadays. its the only reason why I left NYC and now reside in texas. I was living in the bronx and paying 1450 for a 500 square foot one bedroom apartment that had issues. the building superintendent was nonexistent and the landlord took his time to take care of work orders for the building. Parking is nearly nonexistent in NYC as well. Here in Texas, I pay 1200 for a 3 bedroom 2 bath 1200 square foot apartment and have a designated parking space. a 2 bed 1 bath will run you a grand. NYC as a whole is going back in time to the 80's where gun violence was extreme and rampant much like today. I was born and raised in the lower East Side and it breaks my heart that I had to leave NYC.

[@CCM1199]

I used to work at citifield as a bomb dog handler a couple of years back. I wouldve have loved to live in the industrial area in Long Island City if they had a one bedroom apartment with a reasonable monthly rent. its rare to find a place like that anywhere in NYC. The only places you probably can find a one bedroom apartment is probably a basement apartment in Queens somewhere (whitestone, astoria, flushing).

[@kateg7298]

It looks like an old converted office. I'd live there over one of those grey and white box apartments that could be anywhere from Dubuque to Dubai. It's quirky, but the price is good and so is the commute. It beats that 3 bedroom yesterday that had closets so narrow that you couldn't even use them.

[@Grace-qr9cf]

Not a bad apartment I just don't care for it or I don't like the location either but otherwise it is livable

[@michelekuhne9179]

That one yesterday made me think that you’d have to send a small child into that closet to get your coat.

[@eattherich9215]

I would prefer one of those anonymous new builds. The flat is tatty with too many pokey rooms. The kitchen is beaten up and the bathroom should be condemned. I am also suspicious of the carpet: what it is covering up?

[@mjareacts2731]

The price is good? As someone who was born and raised in NYC, the best thing I ever did was move away. My mortgage is a little less than this rent for a 7 acre property here in Texas. I recently went back up top to visit some family and friends, and within a day or two I couldn't wait to leave.

[@thepagecollective]

This video was posted a month ago. It's probably packed with rich kids who will stay about five years then leave for wherever they came from leaving nothing behind but unaffordable stores and housing.

[@Lisakaylindsay256]

Love that you point out the positive things in each neighborhood.

[@connie7128]

It's interesting how the concept of a "view" and what makes a good neighborhood differ from place to place. For me, a view is looking out and seeing nobody else - just trees, grass, and no buildings. I would go insane living in a city with so many restaurants, people, and traffic. I'd feel claustrophobic. Yet, I bet people in the areas these apartments are in would think I live in a much too quiet, remote, scary place. LOL

[@LucasDimoveo]

When I first moved away from NYC I couldn't sleep because I was used to the sounds of busses and trains at night. Til this day I still sleep with a loud sound machine

[@foxypsycho]

I visited a friend in North Carolina and was bored to tears sitting on the porch basking in the nothingness

[@donnahoffman1362]

I agree. I'm country also and couldn't live any other way.

[@luvbig41]

I agree 100%. I have no interest in seeing the NYC skyline.

[@frankturcios6075]

I am 9 and a half inches endowed

[@warren_r]

Never underestimate how nice it is to live on the top floor of a place where nobody is going by your door! And I bet the trees outside will fill out nicely in the spring.

[@mrmrso228]

I grew up on the top floor, the 5th floor of a walk up in Inwood. We used the roof to dry clothes, take pictures (it's an Irish thing) and it dubbed as tar beach in the summer. However...the summer is like walking into hell. The apartment just bakes all day.

[@raineyj560]

@@mrmrso228 not only an Irish thing, grew up in the Bronx in the 70s and we hung laundry on the roof and our families have tons of pics on the roof, lol

[@mrmrso228]

@@raineyj560 lived in Inwood from 74-92. Been in the Bronx since 92 but now in a house. No more roof pictures!

[@treynolds94]

Yeah I have a full house driveway and backyard and my mortgage is half the price of 100% of all the apartments in NYC.

[@MrGeewon001]

@@treynolds94 yeah, at the cost expense of having to live in what "vanilla" city or state tho?!?....NYC is the Best, most "flavorful" city on Earth!!!

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

The best way to pronounce the name of the restaurant: Beija flor = “ Bay-sha Floor” it’s Brazilian food, means Hummingbird, and also the name of a famous samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[@jasminepetal3972]

Thankyou thats cool

[@sandrab9245]

Came here to say exactly this😀

[@bengriffin9830]

Aw, flower kisser! That’s so cute!

[@ThatBronxgirl7]

"Something like this?" Come on Cash, you really have to show more apartments outside of Manhattan. There tons of homes like that in the other boroughs

[@kathyg88]

This apartment reminds me of my Grandmother's brownstone in Jersey City. She owned the house, but her apartment area was upstairs and she rented the downstairs.

[@goingslightlymad7172]

What a nifty apartment! Nice cabinets, appliances, used brick column, and new carpet! Interesting exterior. And a fat squirrel! 🐿🐿

[@sundinfamforlife4129]

It's looks like a quieter part of town. As an introvert I don't think i would mind it.

[@luislaplume8261]

The Astoria subway line opened in 1917. It had wooden platforms and was served by the subway trains from Midtown Manhattan and the 2nd Avenue El from Downtown Manhattan and the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

[@enricocurcio1610]

The place at 2:29 ''Beija-Flor'' means ''Hummingbird'' in portuguese

[@AmishNinjaMaster]

6:20-7:20 - Seriously, that kitchen is perfect for a single person. I’ve been a corporate nomad for 20+ years on the East coast (never lived in NYC), and had many kitchens the size of most NYC apartments, but I never actually used any more cabinet/counter space than provided in this apartment … I stand to eat, so the ‘dining area’ in this apartment is perfect for a dedicated yoga/meditation area.

[@donnagarcia3679]

Being from Texas I’ve watched this for about a year now. It shows the differences in locations and prices, and to me the respect some areas have for older locations by just not tearing them down to modernize the area. History in how it looks and been changed for our time. Plus the so big difference in cost of living. It not only makes you see what the beauty of the city is and the Ins and outs, but the economic situation to live there, (plus the areas commuting issues). Wants rent something in NYC, well tune into this channel and get more then rental prices, you get location info, commuting info, and neighborhood hangouts and some history!!!

[@CCM1199]

NYC is for the wealthy. Its not like way back when where the rent was affordable. Hell landlords went as far as removing tenants that had rent controlled apartments. NYC is my home and will always be home. but I cannot live in NYC as its gotten way to expensive and really violent. Hell Iraq pales in comparison to NYC in terms of violence. Ill stick to living in texas. At least I can legally carry a firearm to defend myself.

[@suzettekath9860]

I'm getting the feeling that this was originally someone's house before being subdivided into apartments. Plus I spotted mold in the tub grout. Meaning that the LL is not a great LL. But one that doesn't see the signs of the building decaying.

[@francescampbell4731]

After reading comment after comment and not one mentioning the black mold in the bathroom until your comment. Thought I was the only person who noticed it...I didn't notice the squirrel though. Will scroll back to check him out because they're cute little critters

[@marynamurray9385]

Nah, nothing excites me about this! When you have to squeeze through a kitchen, it's bad! Thanks for trying your best with this one Cash!

[@jhgreen14]

You forgot to get your vitamin water this time Cash.

[@elizabethneville3086]

😂😂😂

[@jmr9735]

"...but it has a new handrail." SOLD!

[@patriciatusay1768]

Lol. Hysterical. That’s a renovation / remodel project for the MTA. Lol

[@angierecovering_clutterer2434]

It's really homey and interesting, but I cannot imagine getting a sofa up those stairs.

[@somethingoldsomethingnew2199]

Pivot! 😂

[@ksavage681]

Pivot!!

[@janedoe805]

I can’t believe that Wilda Leather is still there! My Late Husband bought me a Motorcycle Jacket there in 1985 for my 25th Birthday! Believe it or not that’s an extremely safe neighborhood! It falls in 95-97 percentile of safe neighborhoods in NYC! Unfortunately, that apartment isn’t exactly my cuppa tea! I can’t put my finger on it but yuck! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

[@ng1010]

For me, it’s mostly the carpet flooring....

[@maargenbx1454]

@@ng1010 Yeah, the carpeting is a deal breaker for me.

[@eattherich9215]

@@maargenbx1454: me too. I ditched carpeting years' ago and it's making me wonder how bad is the floor underneath?

[@ksavage681]

Good to know!

[@RogerLoera]

Ahh the memories.

[@bunnyrabbitgirl]

Interesting neighbourhood, always cool to see a new area! I like this place, nice and quiet with only one neighbour downstairs.

[@lisalaw715]

My ex's niece had her wedding reception about 3.5 years ago in the Sky Lounge. Very roomy. It was a 100+ of us . It was a change of pace from City Island (the Bronx) where we all lived.

[@pazza4555]

I'd love to visit City Island. Sounds nice.

[@nBasedAce]

I have a weird renting rule, possibly because I have been the victim of multiple burglaries and home invasions. If I can break down the door then I won't rent it.

[@rtd1791]

What landlord would let you test this?

[@headerbef6384]

@@rtd1791 I think he means because there wasn't a deadbolt? I was wondering about that, too. Hopefully they will install one.

[@DeanStephen]

I have rented such apartments, in such neighborhoods, for the low price, of course, and then upgraded the unit at my own expense. Typically parking is easy in such neighborhoods, but I’d only buy/park a junker since vandalism and theft is also an assumed cost. As for a deadbolt, they aren’t expensive or difficult to install. The bigger issues are landlord approval for modifications and personal security in a city that is notoriously hostile to people having any legal right to self defense.

[@mircat28]

Depends on what kind of security you use.

[@eattherich9215]

@@DeanStephen: ' have rented such apartments, in such neighborhoods, for the low price, of course, and then upgraded the unit at my own expense.' You improved a property that the landlord was too cheap to do on top of paying rent. A landlord who doesn't even make sure that his rentals cannot be broken into, is not one getting my money.

[@pamgodsoe9076]

I usually stay in that area when I visit NYC and travel to the office in Manhattan. This is one of the things I miss about NYC, these gems at a reasonable price. There is nothing like that in the Bay Area. When I lived in the Bronx, my rent was $2800 for a 4 bedroom with a garage. Traveling to Manhattan took about an hour but the neighborhood was friendly and beautiful

[@agoodgurl2k]

WOW

[@denverdubois5835]

Always point out cute vintage things, dude. Like the beautiful embossed ceiling in that odd, long room. Also there was a hatch or opening in the ceiling--is there an attic? I'm always so curious about these older apartments. Full of history and interesting vibes. The squirrel though--that's not a harmless rodent, that's a Russian spy!

[@kevinschultz6091]

According to my sister (a graphic designer and occasional interior decorator), mirrors like that right next to the door are pretty common. They're literally for what you did: they're for a final check before you head outside. She recommended I have one in my condo, and it's been pretty useful.

[@patrickthomas1048]

Am I the only one who saw the weed vape in the drawer? 🤣🤣🤣. He closed it really fast lol. Maybe hoping nobody noticed or something. Idk.

[@leighcochran7303]

"Check my look in the mirror" Bruce Springsteen!

[@RJSAMCRO]

Cash the filming around the city and seeing NYC is just as awesome as the apartments you show. I never get tired of seeing the great city of New York. Kinda jealous of ya Cash getting to live in the greatest city in the world

[@leeleescraps]

One of the main reasons I watch is just see New York. I know I’ll never end up visiting there. So this my way to travel & see the world.

[@RJSAMCRO]

@@leeleescraps I lived and grew up across the river [as we called it] in NJ and loved visiting NYC. The city has a vibe like no other. There is an old saying that goes If you get bored in New York City then your doing it wrong. I hope for you circumstances occur and you do end up going there it will be a trip you will love and remember forever.

[@treedruid]

@Damian what you saw about Australia, was Purposefully and intentionly taken out of context.

[@ryan-el9er]

at the start of the year an opportunity came out of nowhere and i now live in Queens. for me, it is the conveniences of the city that i enjoy. i like being able to buy essentially whatever i need or do whatever i need to do, pretty much at any time. plus, much of what i need to do is within a couple minutes walking distance.

[@mountaingirl2222]

The only thing I love about this apartment is the squirrel living in the backyard. I don't like any kitchen that has no room for a microwave. I don't like any living room without a window. I also don't like any bedroom that is missing a closet. This would work for students or a married couple who don't mind those things~and they must like squirrels!

[@pirigonzalez5329]

If it doesn't have a closet it is not a bedroom.

[@ksavage681]

You can buy side tables and wardrobes and such. And the squirrels are merry!

[@jennifertarin4707]

@@pirigonzalez5329 most of the rooms I rented in Brooklyn didn't have closets and one didn't even have a window. Yes, I know that they were technically illegal, but you do what you gotta do to get by.

[@CynLG]

Mr. Jordan, I really love the detailed information you give on the neighborhood and the apartment. By the way, I also love your personal family videos. 👍

[@lisastevens5233]

Thanks for your Awesome videos.! I would love to visit NYC someday. Stay safe and have a great day. ❤

[@hopesdaughter5947]

I'm born and raised from Queens, NY. I moved for the first time out the state in 2016. I went back to NYC finally since the pandemic started last October (2021). I stayed in that Vista hotel you showed. It's part of Best Western's "premier hotels". It was cool. I had that view from my room that you pointed to from their top floor. I kept the window curtains open the whole 3 day stay. 😉 Good to get to Manhattan and Brooklyn but crappy for parking. Had to pay extra to park my car in garage across the street. Would recommend if by yourself and footing it.

[@mariekatherine5238]

I used to live there, the half basement (illegal!) of one of the few residential buildings in the area. This was in the 1980’s and early ‘90’s, before LIC became trendy. It had a very strange layout, not intended for an apartment. The only rooms that were “obvious” as to purpose were the kitchen and bathroom. Nothing new or even nice so far as appliances, paint, floor. There were three high half windows in front. You looked up and saw the trash cans. The back room had three huge windows and a door with access onto a cracked, cement patio and weed-strewn weathered stockade fenced-in back yard with a scraggly locust tree. The bathroom was minuscule, a “wet bath,” tiled top to bottom with shower head at chest height on me; I’m 5’5.” The kitchen consisted of a truly vintage refrigerator, motor on top, a skinny stove, three burners front to back, built in skillet beside it, and oven without a pilot light. You had to use matches to light everything! It had a large, single deep sink with double hinged, accordion type cover. Lighting consisted of bare bulbs dangling from the ceiling. The walls and floor were disgusting, greasy, yellowing, chipping paint, and ugly brown and green chipped tiles on top of three layers of linoleum, beneath which was cement. But there were five rooms not counting the bathroom, a long skinny hallway. The rooms had antique doors with antique crystal doorknobs. The sink was vintage 1900ish. All mine for $95 month including gas and electric! All it needed was A LOT of work! I started by cleaning the front room and bathroom and lived in there for two months until the rest could be at least cleaned. The roach problem was solved fairly easily. The source was the trash cans which I convinced the landlord to move to the opposite side of the stairs where there was no apartment. He was worried someone might see in, that there was an apartment, so I tinted window decals for a car, cut them to size, and problem solved. I could see out; nobody could see in. Eventually, I got some friends to help. We painted, polished, scrubbed, enameled, installed ceiling or dangling lights, stripped off the tiles which proved to be dark blue and a very pale green! Large portions of the linoleum were in good shape, so I left a lot of it, strategically using furniture (from the street, my grandmother’s old apartment, used stores) to cover worn areas. The bathroom got two curtains on tension rods, one to separate the shower area and another to give the entire room a door! A small, plastic child’s school chair to make hair washing easier, a shower hose, and plastic shelves for linens behind a privacy screen in the hall finished it off. Heat was never a problem since it had steam radiators minus the safety/conservation valves. The furnace was behind the hall wall, a bit noisy, but it didn’t bother me. In fact, being half basement facing the street kept things remarkably quiet despite the numerous industries going on. The patio, or what remained of it, was broken into cement chunks and I built a raised flower bed for marigolds. A lot of work with a borrowed push mower gave the weeds a semblance of lawn. It looked better after some of the grass came up. A few years, I grew tomatoes, beans, and leaf lettuce. A pair of lawn chairs, a table, and two beach umbrellas made it nice in summer. It was never anything but a poor person’s apartment, but it was cozy and comfortable. Two years after I moved out, the top floor burned and the building razed. Too bad! Fixed up and made legal, that place would probably get $5,000 today!

[@pearlsrevealed]

Wow. I feel your sense of accomplishment.

[@ellelaroux8689]

You just made me want to be a starving write /actress in NYC, barely making ends meet while living in a basement apartment

[@mariekatherine5238]

@@ellelaroux8689 If you’re young, unattached, in excellent health, dedicated to your art, go for it! Rents are still lower than pre-pandemic, but heading up again. There’s lots of in-person, manual labor type jobs. Get a two bedroom or can be made into two bedroom place, and your rent halves. Or if you have a partner, it could work out, but realize if you split up, there could be an unpleasant problem.

[@ellelaroux8689]

@Marie Katherine thank you so much! But I am neither young nor unattached. And I have already set up a life for myself, and it would be almost impossible (and unspeakably irresponsible) to start over as a starving writer/actress. I've worked pretty hard to get to where I am, and my life is pretty good. 😍 I'm so glad your life includes that story. Maybe I'll have a story like that in next life.

[@VladDImpala]

Marie Katherine, The most bizarre aspect about Long Island City, no one and I mean, *no one* would dare walk around certain industrial parts of that neighborhood before gentrification. The flyovers and 'professionals' now tripping over each other to live in LIC, mostly because of the amazing skyline views and it's closeness to Manhattan, would not have ever attempted to live in LIC in the 1960s, 70s and even 80s! What's sad, the original residents, who were mostly working class and lower middle class, the residents who lived through the harassing hookers at Queens Plaza, the crime and other nonsense, are the people now being pushed out of their old neighborhood by the outrageous rents and the absurd real estate taxes for those who bought low. All these long time residents and 'old timers' are the ones who made the neighborhood livable. The Yuppies and wealthy flyovers haven't a clue about Long Island City and it's slow long road to gentrification. *The $10,000 a month LIC rental luxury apartment Cash showed awhile back was absolutely laughable!*

[@Bobrogers99]

I'll assume that this is within a ten-minute walk to the train, but is there laundry anywhere close by? The small living and dining areas have no windows, and I'm guessing that you go through the narrow kitchen to get to the bathroom. At least two of the bedrooms are better suited to single beds, and we only saw one small closet. Its main attraction is the price, so maybe three college students might go for it.

[@m.susandenton1077]

I love how you show us every part of New York City Cash! This is a very cool apartment. However, I do have two concerns: The small and tight fit kitchen, and lack of a washer and dryer. There was not a Laundrymat near by as far as I could tell!

[@Gizathecat2]

Seattle used to have a neighborhood that looked like this one. It was an older mixed residential and light industrial in the South Lake Union area. It is pretty much gone, the victim of redevelopment. South Lake Union was home to blue collar workers until redevelopment began in the 1990s. There is a stubborn reminder of what the neighborhood looked like. When driving toward downtown Seattle you can catch a glimpse of a lovely Orthodox Christian church, onion top spires and all surrounded by new big box apartment buildings.

[@pnwnewyorker9088]

I live in Seattle now and I’m from NYC. In my opinion this part of queens is much more like Sodo. SLU is more like Williamsburg or it even reminds more of TriBeCa.

[@yousufmustapha6977]

A lot of buildings in Queens look like this. Especially when you get into areas like Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, Ridgewood etc. I lived in a building like this. 3 brm for $1900. This was back in 2015/2016

[@panamasrose]

My friend is in one (3 bedroom) in College Point and has paid the same $1450 since they moved in 10 years ago.

[@yousufmustapha6977]

@@panamasrose You can definitely find good rent in Queens. Down side is the commute depending on where you work.

[@joannebushell4506]

Really enjoyed looking around the apartment good job

[@nancypatricia511]

You need to do a sink-sprayer compilation video. I get a kick out of your obsession with that feature. “Yeah, the kitchen is tight but it does have a sink sprayer.’. I have a sprayer that is separate from the faucet but I don’t know what I would do in my kitchen without it. Love your videos.

[@tonylarussa4046]

You ALMOST sound convincing. The apartment is tiny!!!!!!!!!! Keep trying to convince us this is a great apartment.

[@scedge]

We visited NYC for the first time this summer and stayed between Queens Plaza and Queensboro subway stops. It was a very busy intersection. The hotel was reasonably priced and it was just a quick 5-10 minute ride into Manhattan.

[@andreeaselgaardjensen5086]

I don't remember when was the last time you had a sponsor on this channel. So bravo!

[@marcos7801]

Years ago I moved into an apartment with a wardrobe in the bedroom. About a year later I had a problem with bedbugs. I was getting bitten all over my body, and some were quite large and lumpy. One day after trying to save the wardrobe because it was falling apart on me, and I couldn't afford another, I threw it away. A couple of days later I noticed the bedbug problem had ceased, and no more bites. The bedbugs were hiding in the wardrobe. I vowed to never buy another wardrobe after that experience, and I never did. Yeah, that landlord has to get rid of that wardrobe.

[@Spilledperfume1]

A new wardrobe that you bought for yourself wouldn’t have that problem. It’s the fact that it was there when you moved in. Years ago someone gave my sister a table for her apt that they no longer needed but didn’t want to throw away. A few days later she started to see bugs in her apt. She threw out the table & got rid of the bugs. Apparently the friend had an issue with bugs in her old apt & didn’t think to mention it to my sister.

[@ksavage681]

Or maybe just spray down the wardrobe with insecticide first?

[@Mara-sim]

If I ever have the reason to move to New York and need an apartment I'm following your advice resolutely! Awesome info and impeccable advice!

[@treynolds94]

I hope you never have a reason to move to NYC lord help you if you do. NYC is the NGC the New Garbage City. Coming from a Canadian.

[@Jeter23]

@@treynolds94 coming from a lifelong new yorker you're absolutely right. For some reason small towns make NYC look more glamourous then it is, its intense filled with shit most people are just simply not used to living with

[@treynolds94]

@@Jeter23 not trying to put anyone down but when your city gets to big and so largely dispersed there is not enough resources and dollars for infrastructure upkeep. Stuff get left on the back burner forgotten about and just left to rot.

[@FrankiesFancy]

I really like this little apartment. I wished the rents would come down tho. Soon, no one is going to be able to live inside. But still, I like this place. It's cute and vintage. But I'm claustrophobic so I'm wondering how long I could make this work? No grocery stores nearby isn't a problem as long as Amazon Fresh is available. I really like this one, Cash...it's really "homey". Thanks very much for branching out! You'll find me something yet then I can quit my bitchin lol 👍

[@Linda-mf8vm]

Houston, we have a problem. There is only one little closet (with the up top space for a suitcase) in the entire apartment. Now, it is cheap enough to afford it on your own and then make one of the bedrooms a walk in closet. The kitchen is fine for me, I don't use it anyway..lol. I like the fancy building across the street with the restaurants on the lower floor. Since I did not see a place for laundry or a bong store, I am disheartened. I like the squirrel and the possibility of putting a painting on the living room wall to add pizzazz!!! LOL!! Thanks for the video....xoxo

[@georgiacoombes699]

I live in a beach suburb in Outer Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 & could never imagine living in the hustle & bustle of NYC but yet love these apartment tours! Great viewing, thx Cash, love from Australia!❤️

[@mariowalker9048]

I grew up in that section of Queens and its crazy to see how much it has changed since I was a kid. I remember riding the bus to school in Astoria and Long Island City back in the early-mid 2000s. I left in 2007 and moved back briefly in 2014 for college and left again in 2015. It does bring back memories, but I wouldn't live there now especially with the city being way to expensive and the crime being through the roof.

[@busterbiloxi3833]

So, how has it changed?

[@victoria9535]

Lived in New York for 2 years moved back to Arizona. Biggest regret ever.

[@PrinceCezar27]

@@busterbiloxi3833 he doesnt know, its being gentrified.

[@MistaWordz]

@@busterbiloxi3833 Now it's full of hipster cafes. Back in the day it was one of those areas that rappers rap about.

[@muhamedjones122]

@@busterbiloxi3833 lol The only things that changed was rent , and skyscrapers.

[@fannycraddock99]

Great sized apartment with lots of light and so cheap. What's not to like.

[@jasminepetal3972]

Youre slick with the ads haa but i actually really liked that blue land product cuz it has reusable bottles and u just use little packets to make a new bottle of cleaner and that probably lasts a good minute depending on how much you clean!! I love it!!! Way better for the environment!!!

[@weeguy52]

I like how you show us the area etc..i could watch his guys videos all day..good charisma

[@gabkikop6949]

I can imagine a family with 1 kid living there. I would use one bedroom as a livingroom. I'm Dutch. We only have one bathroom per house.

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Knock out one of the retaining walls and you have a decent-sized living room.

[@StamperWendy]

Thanks, Cash! I think it's cool that people recognize you on the street... =)

[@ungoshiiworldtv]

Very helpful brother Luv it!!!💯💪🏾

[@therealerickmendoza]

Love the Content 🙂

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Can’t wait till spring cash looks cool out there😂😂❤️

[@suzanrice7230]

He loves the sink sprayers ! LOL, adorable 🥰

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

Wow.....just the kind of funk/beauty I like!!! I call the room with the brick and armoire! 🌞

[@The_GawdMC]

anyone already familiar with NYC would live there

[@richardschneider4775]

A low budget beauty in the gritty LI city

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

Nice syncopation!!

[@richardschneider4775]

@@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 Call me the Scott Joplin of witty comments. Mind your back at the Metro stations please.-non syncopated advice .

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

@@richardschneider4775 🤗

[@therichbuddha3277]

took my son in 2018 and we stayed at Hotel Z in LIC. Loved that 'hood and views of Manhattan were spectacular. The growth was crazy-new condos sprouting up everywhere!

[@chinkavagamunda]

I really enjoy watching your videos! brings back the good ole days when I was in Washington Heights uptown, only paid 700 a month for a one bed wooden floors apt with a view of the Cloisters park... miss it so much!

[@FletchinAdventures]

A relatively similar place where I live, would be about 1200 a month. The price difference still amazes me. Love the videos btw.

[@pnwnewyorker9088]

I love when people use inflammatory titles to describe our city. NY has millions of people that means someone lives and is willing to live in every corner of it. There is no setup we haven’t seen. The annoying railroads where you walk through every room in your house to get to the front door. Or the tiny bathrooms with a shower over a toilet. I saw a makeshift loft in LIC btw, that you step in through the front door and are immediately in a kitchen with just a sink across from a fridge, and then maybe 6 ft away was a loft bed up in the ceiling with a ladder leading to it. People are willing to live all kinds of ways to live alone and be able to afford it.

[@jeanhuffman1308]

Love the show !

[@YouAdii]

250K subs and sponsors, you have come a long way. Congrats.

[@ElleBrOw]

Tuned in ☕️ Nice quaint area. I’d say it’s over priced even with brand new commercial carpet. Hey can you help me out? Is LIC & Maspeth the same? Thanks 💞

[@ledagrasso5169]

Nope, but close, Maspeth has less public transit. But I haven't seen since I got lost android my cousin had to come and guide ne

[@ledagrasso5169]

Sorry autocorrect

[@ElleBrOw]

@@ledagrasso5169 Oh thanks so much

[@marylivingstone9815]

No Maspeth is 10x more depressing than LIC. There is a huge cemetery out there where my family’s grave is located. I’ll rent out my grave plot if you are interested. It has a great view of Manhattan and is really quiet.

[@frugivorebear]

Vegan cleaning products! No animals or their secretions we're used to make them. ❤️💃👍

[@vachalanaidu4836]

Nice vlogs. It is like touring NY city. When I visit, I will actually know what is around and where to eat. Super cool👌

[@davidgallagher9962]

I just love watching these videos

[@dougjohnson5487]

Laundry? AC? Bars on the windows?

[@foxfox6427]

I am not in the market, but I would live there. Hipsters were living there before the money moved out after B*M City "events".

[@mr9154]

Thanks for these Great Videos!!! by the way I like your Jacket what brand is it?

[@tydaley6218]

Before working remote my office was in LIC and my favorite place to get food was Big Apple Diner. ❤️We had our Christmas party at the Sky Lounge at the hotel he mentioned it has a beautiful view at night.🤗

[@ursherettepaul3467]

I lived in Midtown NYC and could never imagine living in any other part of the city, but it's interesting to see other neighborhoods.

[@galaxy_mooncat779]

I would. It reminds me of the a very very old British bungalow.

[@kateg7298]

Great analogy

[@LL-84]

This is the second video I’ve seen n I subscribed on my first Glad I did, like this guy

[@ColinFowler]

That carpet looks like low-grit sandpaper. Brutal

[@lisab.1595]

Well, it's not exactly a "doomsday bunker" however, I'll pass on this one. Nothing really wrong with it, but on the other hand, nothing really right with it either. For somebody on a strict budget, the access to the city is a plus, otherwise, it just doesn't do it for me. The squirrel seems happy, so maybe I'm missing something.

[@paulsuprono7225]

Your candor is appreciated, squirrel and all ! 🤗

[@mircat28]

I like the apt however in an industrial area where would a laundromat be or grocery store? I'd make that 3rd bedroom a second living room. Or odd place for a table a big Ikea storage unit for food and linen pantry then the living room a combo dining and computer area and the third bedroom the living room.

[@Bex81]

Yeah, it's kinda creepy, especially the 2nd bedroom!

[@GaelinW]

@@mircat28 - I worked in an industrial years ago. (Up and coming area with inexpensive loft spaces. Great for tech and marketing companies.) It was kind of a nightmare. No where to go for lunch except 1 deli (I got food poisoning). No place to run quick errands.

[@eattherich9215]

@@GaelinW: an industrial area is also dead after the workers have gone home. I wouldn't want to be the first occupant in a new residential block.

[@forrestevans4732]

Starting my bday off right!

[@patpeters6331]

Happy Birthday! 🎉

[@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239]

Happy birthday Aquarian fellow!!🎈

[@heatherkay1610]

You crack me up. Much love to you and yours.

[@jackedattack8781]

I really enjoyed this one. It looks like a rare, hidden, small-town spot in a big city. *PERFECT!*

[@nunnayabiznezz2370]

Why do I feel like the first floor is occupied by a plump eastern European landlady who will fill the hallway with wonderful cooking smells and occasionally bring up a plate of homemade pierogis?

[@marylivingstone9815]

Dream on. In my 20s I lived in two family houses with the landlord in proximity in Sunnyside and Astoria. The owners get all up in your business all the time. The best was in the Sunnyside apartment it was 3 floors with me, the landlords’ son and 2 other women on the top floor. The landlords lived in a two family right next door. The son would come in late at night and my phone would ring with an obscene call. Gee, wonder who it was? Found out later the women were also getting calls.

[@nunnayabiznezz2370]

@@marylivingstone9815 sucks to be you. I had a Polish landlady for years who cooked like that. I shoveled her sidewalks for her and she showed her appreciation.

[@LiveLoveAnime66]

ID LOVE THIS, and i could actually afford it since im a soon to be college grad - just gotta grab 2 other people!

[@sarahito5994]

Nice place for the money and the proximity to Manhattan. Looks like an interesting neighborhood to explore.

[@vachalanaidu4836]

Thank you for the vlogs

[@Theaterbuddy717]

Good Morning 🌞

[@from9539]

Used to work around there. I would literally see a mega apartment building being built right next to an early 1900s single/multifamily home. Ive been to Rosa's Cafe, very good and reasonable priced food.

[@rcancel76]

The breakfast at Rosa's is banging! Try the Cafe con Leche!

[@Casarare1]

Great video! The building that looks like it’s under construction is actually a hotel named Boro Hotel.

[@MeowcorePodcast]

I'm Bulgarian. And whether I watch you or Enes Yilmazer, American homes seem to lack the room that I find super important - the hall. That's where you walk into your house/flat, take your shoes off, leave your coat, collect yourself, and choose a room to walk into. In my world, the fact that someone can open one door and walk from the living room straight into my bedroom feels like lack of privacy. My room is my fortress. And so is the toilet. I wanna use the toilet when I'm two doors away from other people, not one.

[@sew_gal7340]

You probably live in a small town, in nyc everything is cramped and space is valuable. You give up privacy to be able to live in ny. But i get what youre saying, hence why i moved to the country and have a ton of space.

[@MeowcorePodcast]

@@sew_gal7340 Gotcha. But I live in Bulgaria. Even our smallest flats from communist time have a hall. You don't walk from the living room straight into a bedroom. Fascinating, these types of differences in architecture.

[@arhumz1573]

Love the mid-video sponsor. Get that money, Cash.

[@wend2239]

Your so funny....gave me a laugh "if the worse thing you see out of a NY window is a squirrel then you got a good deal"

[@morefood2001]

I live in this neighborhood, moved in back in 2013 to get out of the chaos, but remain close enough to get to work reliably. I've seen it change so much in the last several years with new construction, that one residential building next to the station was a taxi parking lot in 2016. Apartments aren't cheap here anymore, but they were up until about 2016.

[@kenlasky3904]

Ken rating: B-. I don’t like the desolate walk from the subway past those warehouses. Did I miss closets in all the bedrooms?

[@CashJordan]

Nah they’re weren’t any

[@FrankiesFancy]

@@CashJordan God bless you for your honesty, Cash. You give me revived hope in realtors again.

[@cindeed4422]

Carpeting in NY! Welcome to the rest of the world! Cashism: I’m getting small town vibes from this place.” Nothing wrong with small town living! $2,500 dirt cheap! lol 😂 Use that cleaner on the work place microwave that one one cleans but you! 😂

[@patpeters6331]

I grew up in a 2 flat like this one in Chicago. Carpeting helps to keep down the noise for the people living on the first floor, especially if there are children running around upstairs.

[@cindeed4422]

I live in the Midwest. Carpet is common hardwood floors are not. That’s why I said that. Thank you.

[@shaclo1512]

here in Europe we don‘t use carpets at all, they are gone since 20 or more years

[@jillwiegand4257]

Very cute little place! I prefer the quiet non high rise. Kitchen is tight, but bedrooms are big and nice building, close to everything. Rosa's looks like a gem! Excellent food in that place I'm sure! That high rise across the street that is finished; but looks unfinished is hideous! Cute listing, should have no problem renting it soon! 👍

[@LuisaD93]

Place a garbage bag spread open on the floor and have your lil girl paint till her hearts content with no fuss no muss. She’ll have more fun when not trying to control the mess lol works wonders for play- dough too 😃🌹then just toss the bag and it’s an easy cleanup as well !