Virginia K. Smith

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Is it worth renovating to raise your apartment's potential sale price?
By Virginia K. Smith
February 22, 2016 - 08:59 AM
While some wisely chosen upgrades will boost your potential sale price, it's likely not worth laying out tens of thousands of dollars (and months of reno-related headaches) if your only goal is to raise your apartment's value for an impending sale, say our experts.
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Selling pot to pay rent, the subway lines of our dreams, and more
By Virginia K. Smith
February 19, 2016 - 10:59 AM

Selling pot isn't a bad way to pay your Brooklyn rent, provided you don't get caught (Brokelyn)

Dare to imagine life with the K train and other convenient fantasy subway lines (Gothamist)

A Canadian man has kindly offered Americans an island to live on in the event of a Trump presidency (Buzzfeed)

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The outer boroughs are actually MORE crowded than Manhattan, says this counterintuitive map
By Virginia K. Smith
February 19, 2016 - 09:59 AM
It should come as a surprise to approximately no one that New York—and its apartments—are, to put it delicately, a little crowded. (Is anything as fun as watching the horror wash over an out-of-town friend's face when they see your tiny apartment for the first time, and find out how much you pay?)
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You're not imagining it: Brooklyn groceries really are more expensive
By Virginia K. Smith
February 18, 2016 - 14:59 PM

Maybe everyone's ire for the Gowanus Whole Foods has been misdirected all this time: According to new data published by Crain's, Brooklynites are paying even more of a premium for groceries than their neighbors across the river in Manhattan.

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Escaping Brooklyn for Queens, the drawbacks of living by smokers, and more
By Virginia K. Smith
February 18, 2016 - 10:59 AM

Confirmed: life is chiller and cheaper if you leave Brooklyn for Queens (Brokelyn)

Even for a discount, nobody wants to live next to a smoker (NYO)

A former church, a rooftop cabin, and more of the oddest apartments currently on the market (AM NY)

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Apply now for affordable rentals as cheap as $867/month next door to Saint John the Divine
By Virginia K. Smith
February 17, 2016 - 14:59 PM
Much ink has been spilled about the controversial new rental towers going up next door to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine—a beloved, but not technically landmarked New York building—and now you can apply for a spot in one of the building's affordable rentals, per a new listing on NYC Housing Connect.
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