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