Posted on 02/15/2023 1:24:25 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
If Valentine’s Day yesterday wasn’t enough of a blow, it’s going to cost you a pretty penny to be by your lonesome in the Big Apple.
New York City has been marked as the most expensive place to live as a single person, according to a new study by the real estate firm Zillow.
The heartbreaking truth, the study says, is that singles pay on average $19,500 more across all boroughs a year for a one-bedroom, compared to someone living with a partner in the same area.
In Manhattan, this figure rises even higher, to $24,000 — making it the priciest borough.
San Francisco, which has also long been known as a high-price city, comes in second with a $14,000 “singles tax” for a one-bedroom apartment.
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If you are stupid enough to live in that armpit then you should be broke all the time.
May your internal misery match the external misery you chose.
It’s because cat food is so expensive there.
Kramer afforded it with no job, can’t be too expensive.
What the hell is a “singles tax”?
Wonder if he claimed unemployment for being fired from the job he never had?
Kramer’s job was NYC resident.
-fJRoberts-
I ate an $11.50 egg/ bacon/cheese sandwich there the other day.
Good sandwich though
Yep. Its like you live in an outhouse yet constantly complain of the smell.
hmmm, an economy driven reason to have an active tinder/grindr based social life if living in manhattan
NYC should get an asteroid.
Who cares? If you’re dumb enough to remain there, you deserve what you get.
Hasn’t NYC been the most expensive place to live for a long time?
New York City is expensive? Who knew?
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