The rent is still too damn high, and Jimmy McMillan is back, in bot form, to help
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The rent is still too damn high, and Jimmy McMillan is back, in bot form, to help

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Jimmy McMillan has an enduring allure to him, especially at this moment in history, perhaps because he reminds us of a time […]

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The Worsties are here! See if your landlord made the annual Worst Landlords in NYC list
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The Worsties are here! See if your landlord made the annual Worst Landlords in NYC list

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Landlords occupy a rarefied position in American society, alongside lawyers, street canvassers and lousy journalists, in that the public always seems to […]

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A Brokelyn guide to making your next move (relatively) painless
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A Brokelyn guide to making your next move (relatively) painless

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Bringing up the topic of moving usually elicits groans and horror stories from all. It’s stressful, nobody likes it and since Brooklyn has been decreed […]

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BK is the ‘Most Unaffordable Place to Live’ in America
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BK is the ‘Most Unaffordable Place to Live’ in America

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Well, that settles that. We already knew that way too much of our income was going to rent. Just last year, New York […]

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Report: NYC Airbnbs are ‘tourist tenements in the making’
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Report: NYC Airbnbs are ‘tourist tenements in the making’

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We knew it was hiking up our rent, we knew it was hurting the community, but AirBnB rentals might also be super illegal. Like, Depression-era […]

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The Fox Hunt: The Most Unexpectedest Route to Brooklyn
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The Fox Hunt: The Most Unexpectedest Route to Brooklyn

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Welcome to the Fox Hunt, Brokelyn’s new column inviting you to tag along on a totally relatable story about trying to purchase a New […]

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Behold! Here are the people giving millennials a bad name
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Behold! Here are the people giving millennials a bad name

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As you surely have noticed, the media have turned telling us why millennials are Bad into a cottage industry. Millennials are not having sex, […]

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Rental report card: New site rates landlords and apartments using letter grades
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Rental report card: New site rates landlords and apartments using letter grades

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The average NYC resident tends to avoid eating at a restaurant with a C rating — would they rent an apartment with […]

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If you’re feeling bad about rent, you can at least be glad you don’t live in Boston
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If you’re feeling bad about rent, you can at least be glad you don’t live in Boston

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Ah Boston, you ain’t so bad, except for when it comes to the thought of actually living there, which, ugh, no. Our nation’s […]

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Quiz! How many roommates can you live with (without killing one of them)?
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Quiz! How many roommates can you live with (without killing one of them)?

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Upon moving into my first two-bedroom apartment off-campus while attending school in Detroit, I was ready to prove to everyone (mostly my […]

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