NY is also a crap hole if you don’t have money. For one thing, I would never want to spend the sweltering summer in NY in a small apartment with no AC or only a window AC unit, not with global warming.

This gets better and better…

Your little rule would rule out probably 90% of apartments, including some very nice ones. Built-in/central A/C is rare, unless you’re in a building built after the 60s. The built-ins have the added disadvantage of being more expensive to replace, or being dependent on a building-wide chiller that throws a tantrum at inconvenient times.

Properly installed window A/C units will work just fine — mine drop the temp/humidity to comfortable levels even when it’s 95*F outside.

As far as women, nothing wrong with the late-30s to 40s professional types that sdrealtor mentioned. In fact they’re generally more fun to be with and talk to than 20-somethings, whose attraction often ends when they open their mouths.

Also, without economic growth and gentrification, thanks in great part to the finance industry, NYC would not be where it is today.

Don’t confuse real growth with inflation, or bubble-building with legitimate banking and lending. (here-we-go-again)