I lived at a new, large luxury rental building on the Lower East Side — at Bowery and Chrystie — for a year before moving to my Chelsea condo late last year.

One problem with my Lower East Side apartment was that you could feel the B,D, F and V subway line roll underneath. I was on the third floor, so every 15 minutes there was a small rumble.

The apartment was an alcove studio, and the building had a doorman, an elevator, and a Whole Foods downstairs.