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Lawyerly Lairs: What $500K Buys You In The East Village (Hint: Not Much)

This apartment isn't fancy, but its owner seems quite happy.

By David Lat on May 25, 2016 5:49 pm

It’s a pretty straightforward layout (although note how you must traverse the living area to go from the bedroom to the bathroom):

East 11th Street floor plan

This apartment isn’t for everyone. And I suspect some of our readers outside New York might be shocked at how little you get in the Big Apple for half a million dollars.

But you know what? Keith Peterson “like[s] everything about it,” as he told the Times. He’s a fan of the bohemian neighborhood, the street noise of the ground floor (“I want life around me”), even the lack of a dishwasher.

And at the end of the day, his opinion is the one that counts. Congratulations to Peterson on his new home — and on realizing his dream of living in Manhattan.

Finally, a Move to Manhattan [New York Times]
546 East 11th Street #1A [StreetEasy]

David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at [email protected].

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