| Homes define New York City. More than any of | | | | American Capitalism. So, homes here are more |
| the cultural attractions the city is known | | | | expensive than just about any place in the |
| for, the one feature of the city that sticks | | | | world. |
| out in most people's minds when they visit | | | | |
| the city for the first time is the endless - | | | | So expensive here, in fact, that real estate |
| as far as the eye can see - ocean of | | | | concerns sometimes parry in people's minds |
| buildings. The vast majority of these are | | | | even with the holy grail of all human |
| residential, and there is the fundamental New | | | | existence, love. Stories abound in real |
| York City in a nutshell: Gone are the | | | | estate offices here of couples that either |
| suburbs, gone the typical city's dance of | | | | did or didn't get married at a certain time |
| urban and suburban; gone the grassy fields at | | | | because of concerns over NYC apartments. |
| the edge of town... In New York, all is city, | | | | |
| and thus all is mankind's culture. | | | | For every example of the couple that had |
| | | | known each other for a few weeks before |
| This overwhelming sense of a culture | | | | deciding to snatch up a great condo, there |
| permeating all the physical space of one's | | | | are stories of those loving partners who |
| existence shines in much of the world's | | | | simply loved their home neighborhoods more. |
| memory. Some are disturbed by it, but many | | | | When it came time to move in, they just |
| are enthralled. Indeed, much of the city's | | | | couldn't settle on a place. So, their |
| population first came to the city and saw the | | | | relationship drifted for a while, and |
| city's lights and bars, nightlife and endless | | | | relationships that drift are relationships |
| ocean of buildings for the first time with a | | | | that might die: And so the prime part of |
| certain powerful sense of awe. | | | | human supply and demand - the need for |
| | | | shelter, or - the real estate market, runs up |
| There is a downside, though, to so much of | | | | from the most mundane, practical part of |
| the world recollecting New York City with | | | | life to bid challenge in mankind's mind with |
| starry-eyed thoughts: the worlds a big | | | | the loftiest emotion of all. |
| place, and though you wouldn't know it by | | | | |
| looking out at those New York apartments, | | | | But then again, great New York apartments are |
| that ocean of buildings does end, and it just | | | | quite hard to come by. Almost as hard as |
| can't fit the whole world. | | | | great lovers. So, here in a city where man |
| | | | has covered the vast majority of nature with |
| And this is the modern world, so the laws of | | | | tar, concrete and buildings, real estate can |
| supply and demand waxes powerful just about | | | | be as important for some as love. |
| everywhere, especially in NYC, the seat of | | | | |