so what's it really like to live here in new york city at the start of 2022.
in today's video i'm going to share a realistic look at what it's like
living here in new york city stand clear of the closing doors please
and a huge thanks to google for sponsoring this portion of the video 2021 has flown by and it's
actually hard to believe that it's almost the end of the year and if you've been watching my channel
since the beginning you know that i used to travel all the time and the past two years has marked the
longest and recent memory that i've went without leaving the country and for every single one of us
that idea of being ready to travel again has been different and when i was finally ready to travel
again i searched for flights and hotels on google and if you're like me i want to spend as little
time as possible researching travel and i love how google brings all the necessary information
to play my trip into one easy to find place so i can make my travel decisions quick and on the fly
given the fast paced nature of my business this comes in super handy when planning last
minute trips for example i might find out two days before that i have the opportunity to film a miami
penthouse or sprawling colorado mega mansion and i also love how google has personalization tools
to really narrow down those endless amounts of options that are out there while traveling so
i can find that perfect hotel and that perfect flight and this is super helpful specifically
when i'm on the move like this past february theo and i took a cross-country road trip
and as far as hotels well we have to get special accommodations for theo here
and google made it super easy to find those pet friendly hotel options for young theodore here
this time of year in new york city is very special in my opinion and theo's as well
and if you're looking to visit make sure to search for flights and hotels on google and
with that a big thanks to google for sponsoring this portion of the vlog now i've actually made
a whole entire list of the best things to do in new york city during the winter months and that
video is linked down below in the description so definitely go check that out if you're looking
to travel to new york city and with that well where we're going now is pretty interesting
you'll see in a second
now since this is a video about what it's actually like to live here in new york city in 2021
i thought i'd show you something interesting we are walking to see the smallest one-bedroom
apartment for rent right now here in manhattan and we're meeting up with the one the only cash what
do you have for us today we got something really small but it's a big deal because we're here on
50th street we're in midtown west this is a fantastic neighborhood if you haven't already cash
is the number one rental agent here in new york city he's got a youtube channel where he tours
the corkiest the smallest the cheapest apartments in the city so go subscribe to his channel and
are you ready to check this out here we go okay so there's a front building and a back building
oh all right that's kind of interesting yeah we're going to the back building you don't see this all
the time off the bat it smells nice in here yeah oh it's a good building entryway is nice we have
the brick wall nice exposed brick and now we're walking oh to the very back so we're back inside
yeah we're going back outside but only for a second wow this is like amazing back here yeah
right it's kind of cool though it's gonna be quiet and we're in a part of town where
things are really really busy it's a lot of just activity a lot of street traffic those
are good things to live near but you want to get away from it at some point all right here we go
this is where like i really like this setup so what floor are we going to
right here third floor that's not too bad little nice walk up you ready all right let's do it
so this is it it's i'll use the word cozy because you know there aren't small apartments in new york
city there's cozy apartments you've got your front door here this is a huge plus you have washer
and dryer right when you walk in you have your little mini kitchen induction cooktop this all
looks fairly new it smells nice in here how do you like the oven where's the oven so there's actually
no oven just the hot plates the induction this is a nice plus so you have a dishwasher down below
look how tiny this for perspective look at my hand on this microwave it gets the job done though huh
and here we have the uh living room which is pretty spacious all things considered did you
see this the balcony wait there's a balcony yeah you didn't see it oh i thought that was just for
the display look at this i mean kind of but go ahead so you have your own private do you take
this okay you have to go sideways to come out to your own private balcony which you could call
this a balcony because this isn't a fire escape because if you turn around the fire escape is
right here so this is a proper balcony right yeah so yeah there's like a thing up here somewhere
oh yeah yeah so you do have double opening doors to your balcony heading into the living room i'm
just going to kind of dissect this as we go what is this right here oh i thought that was the
bedroom actually you did yeah i don't know why you could rent it out you've got your bathroom then
off of the entryway and the bathroom's pretty nice size you've got your tub this cool mirror along
the whole far wall here standing sink and the bedroom you want to show the bedroom yeah pocket
door here oh really i didn't notice that a luxury seriously though when you have a small space
pocket doors are like one of the best ways to optimize that tiny space because even look at the
door frame it's not your average size door frame you're a big guy so yeah but not that big bedroom
this is kind of cool the frosted glass right by the front door oh there's that and this would be
is this even a bedroom i think it's actually pretty good what are the measurements of this have
you found this before uh i have i can check yeah i have it you have it yeah oh seven feet ten inches
this way and then okay it's not too bad seven feet ten inches by eight feet nine inches okay
so that's not too small i mean it's but look you got one window here you got another one over here
and even though the view's not exciting this is gonna be quiet and you know there's some
natural light bouncing off these other buildings that counts you could make it work if you had to
if this was your entry point like you said a young couple was in here or just you were
here you could make this work final thoughts on this place it's clean which i think is number
one it is clean the floors are brand new walls are freshly painted i love the exposed brick
the kitchen small but functional and you have a balcony where could you find that new york
city in the smallest one bedroom for 2 800 per month as far as renting in the city goes
rent is up compared to just about six months ago after seeing record low rental prices it's
rebounded way back up and with that exodus out of the city there's definitely been a new wave of
people that have moved back to new york and it has a feeling that i've never experienced in my almost
nine years living here in the city right after i showed you guys that apartment my mom's sister and
cousin came up to the city and helped me assemble my christmas tree this year i opted for a fake
tree after last year i had last year i had an interesting experience with a real 12-foot tree
all right i mean it looks like the scene of a murder i just knocked over the tree
stand and going all over the floors i'm trying to put the bag over the bottom half
top half is there i mean this is a mess far easier to get this in than take it out this
one 12 i think it's actually 13 foot beautiful already has the lights on it i'm actually still
waiting to set up the ornaments because i will be doing vlogs i know i kind of teased that a
few videos ago i'll be pumping out some vlogs in december and the biggest hurdle for me as far as
creating is having the the manpower to produce the videos these videos take a lot of time and i'm a
very rare breed i'm one of the only youtubers out there who still films and edits the majority
of their videos so scaling out that production to get the vlogs going it's been uh there's been some
learning curves but we are getting there and uh i i'm very curious i want you to comment down below
when you started watching my channel and what types of videos you like seeing the most what
are the types of videos where you watch them and it's like damn that was a good video these types
of videos where i can get a point-and-shoot camera like here i'll show you in the mirror
like this camera here my messy bathroom this camera costs maybe like 300 bucks
it is not anything special it doesn't even shoot in 4k but this right here
but this camera was the camera i started this channel with and it has a lot of sentimental
value to me so let me know down below if you like this video if you want to see more
videos like this one or a healthy mix of home tours and things around the city i hope you
are well watching this with that get ready for some december new york city vlogs you