A tour of one of America’s finest broom closets, masquerading as housing, was brought to us by Upworthy, where an adventurous gal named Alaina shared her slice-of-toast-sized New York City apartment costing her a jaw-dropping $650/month. The video took off faster than an East Coast rat with a stolen bagel, racking up over 40 million views and leaving everyone who owns a garage rethinking their life choices.
The Bullet Point Brief
- A woman pays $650/month for a room in a NYC apartment that makes RVs look spacious.
- The place is literally the size of a Costco freezer aisle sample station, yet she’s thrilled.
- Her shared “kitchen” looks like it was installed during prohibition and never updated.
- Millions viewed this and thought: “Wow! What a deal!” – which is absolutely deranged.
- When asked about space, she claimed she didn’t mind because it’s all about that NYC hustle. Sure, Jan.
My Bottom Line
You think Colorado rent is bad? Try paying $650 for half a hallway in Manhattan that comes with bonus exposure to every mold spore known to man. Watching this woman proudly parade her glorified storage unit on camera like she won the broke millennial lottery makes me want to hug every homeowner west of Kansas. We may grumble about housing prices out here, but at least we’re not stacking bunk beds in utility closets and calling it character development.
What we’re seeing isn’t just ridiculous; it’s the inevitable collapse of urban common sense. This isn’t innovation, it’s surrender. It’s people brainwashed by media-fed hustle culture convincing themselves that sacrificing dignity for zip code prestige somehow means they’re winning. Reminder: Freedom includes personal space, and if you can’t open your closet without hitting your toilet, you are not free.
This is what happens when big government meets woke zoning laws and developer greed marries urban elitism. In NYC, they slap a mattress between two walls and call it affordable. Out here in Weld County? We call that illegal, and probably cruel and unusual punishment. Maybe instead of shipping our values to coastal dumpsters with skyline views, we should focus on bringing some sanity (and square footage) back into national housing policy.
