Sadly, not great since they face a narrow side street. More “Rear Window” than a penthouse.

That’s one of the reasons why I’m thinking of selling in the next year and getting a true two bedroom, likely either further uptown near Columbia or in Brooklyn.

Problem is that my current area is ideal. Convenient to a lot of things, but quiet in itself, since it’s across from a park.

NYC isn’t much different from LA in that ~40% of its residents are 1st-generation immigrants, though with less of a majority of Mexicans and Asians.

A “New York accent” just as likely sounds Vietnamese, Polish, Russian, Caribbean, or Central American. In my building I have a couple of Mexican students below me, a Bulgarian family above, and a Swiss-Thai couple on the 5th floor.