Priced to Sell? Only in New York!

If LID readers ever left comments, they'd ask The Dizza "so if you want to move to the East Coast, specifically New York City, so bad, then why don't you?" Well, dear friends, check out this apartment ideally situated right on Central Park South (that's 59th Street between 5th and 8th Avenues). Roughly the same amount of space as my current home in the Detroit 'burbs (yawn), it's more than 10 times more expensive. As in, I could put 10 of my house on top of each other, and it would still be cheaper than this apartment. Not to mention the apartment's monthly maintenance fee of $4,760. Think about that for a second--there's no lawn, flowers or other landscaping to maintain, so you're basically paying almost $5 G's a month for a guy to stand in the lobby (although trash removal is also included, because if you can afford this place, you're too hoighty-toighty to take your own garbage to the curb).

"But Dizza!" you say. "You're right on Central Park, and the description says you're steps from Lincoln Center! 2,000 square feet is still a lot of space!" Alright, then, The Dizza can accept a challenge. This little number, located in the Rego Park neighborhood in Queens, is a show-stopping 535 square feet (smaller than my garage when you include the attached toolshed) for a mere $249,000. That kind of shebang gets you about 3,000 square feet of space in my town. Check out the fruity-looking realtor...but James, if you're a LID reader, then I meant to say you're a real manly-man...and psst, can you sell me that apartment?