"New York style" = small, overpriced, and the kitchen is in the living room.

"open concept" = the kitchen is in the living room

"garden level" = basement

"no smoking" = landlord is too cheap to paint

"no pets" = landlord is too cheap to change carpets

"sub-penthouse" = nondescript apartment somewhere above the middle of a bee-hive tower

"large/spacious studio" = shoebox

"soundproof" = concrete walls/floors that transmit every pin-drop like someone is bowling in the next apartment

Oringinal post: http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/921243.html

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=397205503638&id=511491565

I know it is long, but read the whole damn thing. All of it.

Oringinal post: http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/920706.html