A bathtub in the kitchen? Inside the historic NY apartments new immigrants called home
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Bathtubs and even showers can be found in the kitchens of many of New York's late 19th and early 20th century apartments. The flats were often the home of new immigrants and New Yorkers living in these historic homes would bathe next to the kitchen sink. Some families covered their tub to use as a countertop for preparing meals. David Favaloro, senior director of curatorial affairs at the Tenement Museum, explained that the surprising presence of bathroom fixtures in kitchens was partly because of a lack of space as well as efficient plumbing.
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This story has more below the surface than it seems.
Patrick Mock is a local public figure, and he's been in the news headlines a couple times (even an article in NBC), usually for helping Chinatown during the pandemic and feeding the homeless. Even A-list celebrities like Will Smith (Patrick Mock was a guest on his Show) and Alicia Keys have helped raise awareness / donated money for his cause. Although a local hero, he had a dark side; a "villain" with negative press, (but perhaps that's why he was being a hero in the first place to cover up his negative press) He was court ordered along with fellow business partners to pay former employees their missing wages, which have still not been paid. He's actually been interviewed by South China Morning Post before (at least twice) covering his community activism. Whether this additional interview by them is a coincidence or calculated, it looks to be propaganda showing that he is living in "poverty" and not abusing the money he owes his workers, if he even has any money to spend at all. The poverty like squalor further aid to his self image of being selfless and charitable. It can also be seen as self-sacrifice, all of which could come to his defense in a 2nd court hearing.
Or perhaps he does assume responsibility for his past actions and plans to pay his former employees, which in turn forces him on a strict budget that has zero expenses for "beautifying" his apartment.
Or maybe he was conned along with his former employees, and is actually a victim of financial fraud in the same situation as them, thus having no money to pay the workers nor improve his living space.
I'm not saying he's a villain, there's two sides to every story but he did not show up for the court hearing to explain his side to the judge. But maybe his hands were tied as he was just one of multiple co-owners and was a mid-20 year old at the time. Regardless there are still two sides to a story.
But it's probably safe to say he needs a feng shui lesson or Marie Kondo book.
Nice point.
thanks for the context. hope the workers can get the pay they're owed
Thank you for sharing I still think he can use soap and water and clean this place up
Thank you for sharing the background to this story. I was wondering how does a young man born and raised in NY stays in poverty.
That explains it. That guy looks like he does'nt live in that apartment. he looks really out of place there lol.
When I saw his name I just realized that I saw a post about Patrick Mock before. he is the general manager of 46 Mott (cantonese-style bakery) and he actually donated I think like 70,000+ meals in 2020.
@@Gumden For real?
@@Gumden source?
@@Gumden so? it's an accusation. probably one that needs to be dealt with in court. what are you trying to achieve by making this comment?
@@adityaazzani All I did was google patrick mock.
@@megumi_0 Seeking the truth.
Nothing to be ashamed of, you have to do what you have to do. But what I don't understand is the lack of cleanliness... You can be poor and still be clean.
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Some families just work too long hours to do so. I know my fiance's family are barely home. They work 12-14 hour days. When do they have time to clean?
There are probably a lot of people who live there as well. Clutter builds up with a lot of people.
@@HKBoba If they work all those hours, who dirties the house? Do they have soot gremlins?
@@HKBoba come on this is not excuse !! If you dont have a time to clean, at least call some cleaners to clean your home since you are earning for the life🤦♀️
There is no way this guy currently lives in that apartment. No way, he looks uncomfortable being in there not like someone who is at “home”.
I'm sure he probably lives in the suburbs of New Jersey
Ok, you live in a tenement, but does it have to be filthy? Why is there so much stuff on the floor? Why aren't surfaces wiped down? My mom grew up on the south side of Chicago in one of the old brownstones. It was her, her six siblings, and my grandparents. They were always struggling financially but she said my grandmother made it clear, if we can't afford anything else, we can buy a bar of soap and use old clothes for rags and at least be clean. P.S. Also, if he can afford that sweet lap top, he can afford a few renovations too. I'm convinced of this.
It is possible that he doesn't actually often stay there at all
This is so true
Exactly my thought.
then go to home depo and come too my house since you cranky builder sue and everything😂😂
For the content for sure
I wouldn’t let a camera crew in my house if it was that filthy.
While I don't know much about the situation other than what's in the video, I believe he could easily free up more space and live in a better environment simply by cleaning his apartment. If you watch the video, you would notice random objects all over the place, cluttered together in an extremely chaotic manner. You can see plastic bags, boxes, large containers randomly assorted throughout his apartment, even a mop thrown in there somewhere. If he cleared up the things he didn't use, he could easily make the apartment look more furnished or perhaps fit a piece of furniture inside. The actual space of the apartment is undoubtedly small, but the way the apartment is presented exaggerates the problem.
if you look at the actual apartment itself, it's also falling apart (the walls, the rust and other built up junk). It really needs a renovation. The place honestly is probably just what we now call a "studio"
I think he kept it that way for the video. helps the narrative
@@CervC I think you’re right. Because there are so many free or very low cost improvements that can make that place so much better.
Totally agree
He is Chinese
Being poor and humble doesn’t mean being disorganized. Please clean the mess on the floor.
@Potato G. nan. That man definitely is disgusting
Looks gross
True
if you don't have money for renovations or even new furnitures, you could at least clean up the place. dafaq
Y’all act like y’all know his entire story😭🤚
@Incomeking not really….I don’t think you understand what I mean some people can experience a depression while living like this making them not have a care in the whole world therefore not being able to take care of themselves but in his case it doesn’t matter how he lives at least he’s working and trying to make money idk why some of y’all are obsessed with judging other peoples living when you don’t even wanna understand their background first🤦🏻♀️
@Incomeking bye cause ion think you realize how dumb you sound 😭
@Incomeking how am I making excuses 💀 I don’t think you read what I said. You’re clowning yourself love you’re gonna have to learn the hard way that it’s not easy for everyone to have the determination to clean up for themselves that’s not how life works anyways I’ll leave this convo here I’m done trying to explain to people like you who don’t want to understand 🤦🏻♀️
@@ebalina2900 I understand it and agree, let him be what he wanted be.
Maybe if he keeps his apartment clean and tidy, I would appreciate these historic buildings a lot more, but the place honestly looks disgusting.
how do you clean mold and rust stains?
Bleach and CLR they literally make cleaners for mold and rust.
@@lisatheboywonder6744 no ma’am once rust sets in and mold spores develop there’s no way to get rid of it you can “wipe” it off as best you can but it’s gonna continue to rebreed and if your sensitive to mold even if you keep wiping it down it’s still gonna make the physically sick. you can’t get rid off it without replacing the wall itself there’s no cleaning it it’s gonna stain and come back with the quickness every time.
My friend's mom still lives in one where the toilet is in the hallway. My other friend's mother lived in one for so many yrs until the kids grew up and left. She modernized it with her own money. There's a small bathroom with a small tub and toilet, then there's a kitchen, living room and a bedroom. The toilet used to be a toilet closet inside the bedroom. But she has since passed away. The landlord can rent it out for more money now.
What kind of kids does she have, they can't even take care if their own mother and buy her a new home or bring her to their own home
@@sup7067 why should kids have to buy their parents a home? The mother didn't want to leave. The mother said her job was to raise the kids and to make sure they are happy and healthy. She said it's not the kids job to take care of her. Who are u or we to judge?
SELL GOLD AND BUY PLATINUM...
My Asian mom would be mad to see this type of room.. messy with trash everywhere. Atleast clean up before the camera came. Haiya
Cleaning is always a way to make any living space look amazing
If he runs a bakery as someone else commented, he probably spends very little time in his apt.
He chooses convenience of living near where he works.
He could probably clean up the place a bit, but we did not see roaches running all over the apt.
Unless they come out in the dark ...
dude should at LEAST buy some sand paper and paint the wall he bathes next to is clearly taking in water.
if not him the landlord, basic maintenance needed FFS
@@nullvoid564 do you not understand the situation you 13yr old?
@@bored1832 did you see the wall next to his bathtub?
its clearly in a state of disrepair plus all the walls, he should clean it up
Housing in NY is insane
really ? that state looks bad
I don't care about the bathtub/kitchen arrangements, but he should clean and rearrange his stuffs like Marie Kondo. He can also get rid of the hanging cabinet on top so a shower curtain can be installed, to create illusion of division between the kitchen and the bathtub.
If I go into someone’s house like that, I will probably out the next second. I can’t stand messiness 😖 I had small room before but it didn’t mean everything can be put all over the place.
I agree, the apartment needs serious cleaning.
@@justgado2772 I'd be gone too. Some of the stains and mess and rust I see here make me cringe and squirm. Even if you live in the heart of a ghetto, it can be improved way beyond this.
@@justgado2772 Me too especially i was diagnosed OCD. i can't see mess even just from youtube or Picture From Instagram.
I lived in a tenement apartment a couple blocks away from where this segment was filmed, for the first 7 years of my life. There were 2 bedrooms, a living/dining space, the kitchen/tub combo, and a water closet. My sisters and I slept on a pull out couch, my parents had one room and my grandparents in another. My parents still have this apartment. We grew up poor and it definitely made me appreciate the things in life more and living to live with less. Thanks for doing this segment. I definitely felt like my own story was being told on here too.
agree this is the type of house my best friend lived on chinatown and is still look the same after nearly 40 years
I bet your family kept their apartment clean, though, and without all the junk on the floor.
U r a normal human being commenting nice to see that !
@@annainspain5176 thanks for your racist view… so bored of people like this
Not all tenement apartments are like this. My grandmother owned a two family tenement and it was beautiful with high ceilings and spacious rooms hardwood floors and wonderful mounding. Large subway tiled bathrooms with clawfoot iron tub, we added a shower later but all the plumbing was sound and built to last. I still miss that house...the neighborhood was overtaken by drugs and we were forced to sell. Life is a circle, I have heard the neighborhood is a bit better now. I frankly don't believe this gentleman has to live in that apartment in that condition. Clean and paint .
Blah blah thanks for your narrow minded comment…
Come on! Get a bucket and a cloth and clean the place up. You don't need oodles of cash but please keep it clean.
I can’t believe that such homes still exists.
It does. All around the world. Or are you just referring to NY, one of the most famous cities in the world, still having homes like this?
@@rjfc6514 at first I thought New York to be honest and without a doubt I know landlords would do such a thing.
@M J each their own, he even said so himself that it brings positive and wonderful memories and that’s why he loves living there. I didn’t grow up that way, so from am outside perspective I wouldn’t call it home.
You can find similar homes in Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. (These are countries I know well)
@@ritahorvath8207 are they usually that small?
Okay I don't care how poor you are, immigrant or not, there's no excuse to not clean up your apartment. Cleanliness is next to godliness.
sounds like OCD to me, see a therapist
This is true. It has nothing to do with poor. He is absolutely a too laZy. At least he can do some cleaning. The book anf paper are everywhere. He is a lazy and messy man.
@@web3wizard381 Not all of us can bare living in a pig sty like you doe.
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Yeah this made me squirm
My niece lived in a tenement near there a couple years ago. The bedroom had been converted into a bath and the wall between the kitchen and living room was removed. It was updated. There was a toilet still in the hallway and the stairs were well worn. I loved the history of the place. Now a studio apartment, it rents for almost $2000.
I understand it's a small place to live but please clean up and pick up trash. You're so humble to call it home. I live in a single wide mobile home that can easily be blown away by high speed winds; built in the 90s slowly tearing apart and I clean up and pick up my mess that’s on the floor
It's just an excuse for not cleanup your room, "it's a museum!"
Did he just went into the wet tub with socks on!?
😂😂😂😂😂🚿
chad
Same thoughts!!!!!!!!
@@web3wizard381 Uh-un that ain't a chad... Thats a menace to society!
Not judging. As long he is happy and safe.
It's sad that such places still exist. However, despite the despair living conditions, that MacBook Pro product placement is on point. :)
Growing up in LA, I think tenements and their history is incredibly interesting. Thank you for sharing.
I lived in one on East Broadway back in the 90s when the rent was around $295. The apartment has since been gut renovated/converted to an apt with actual bedrooms and the rent over $3,000!
That kind of price gauging should be illegal. I live in Rome and my first apartment there was a block away from the Vatican gorgeous 2 bedroom apt with a balcony view of St Peters Square. My rent was the equivalent of $685. That was 10 years ago and it's only increased $40. America is awful
@@lf1496 well for New York it really isn’t that bad since you do need if I remember a specific amount of money to move to New York City but i will say the prices for places like LA is CRAZY
All those electrical plugs hanging over the fish tank are stressing me out!!
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This place can look much better with some organizing and declutter.
@Potato G. Might be the case.
You would think that living there for twenty years they would of taken more pride in their home, because that's what it is, a home.
What pride? You should be ashamed of yourselves for allowing such rampant poverty in your country.
Memories I grew up in a tenement apartment bathtub in the kitchen and toilet in the hallway. Pretty hard for my kids to imagine today.😩
I never knew these apartments exist.
If you don't mind me asking what state were you in when you lived in tenement apartments?This is so interesting. I can't believe I'm 42 and never knew nothing about this🤦🏽♀️
You can still clean regardless of lack of space.
I wonder what people in the future will make of our present home arrangements.
Who says Itll be any better lol
They will tune into whatever is hip or their version of tiktok
I was thinking the same thing!
Living in a Tenement Apartment is one thing, but at least he could have put more effort into tidying the things inside that apartment
I grew up on the Lower East Side in the 50s. My mom had a three room apartment and the bathtub was in the kitchen. It was on legs, so it was the same height as the sink and had a porcelain over metal cover that could slide on when it wasn't in use. Between the double porcelain sink...a deep side laundry sink with it's own separate cover nearest the tub and a shallower one for dishes on the other side...was a double-roller clothes wringer. When you washed clothes, you could swivel out the wringer to roll the water out of the wet garments and the clothes would roll out onto the tub cover. There was a window on the other side of the kitchen...next to a big old cast and porcelain gas stove...where the clothesline was.
We were on the fourth floor of a walkup brownstone building, so my mom had to get a professional clothesline person to put a new clothesline up that high if it should break.
The reason the bathtub was in the kitchen was because the toilet and sink were in the hall...and you shared it with your neighbor on your side. There were two bathrooms on each floor...one for the front two apartments and one for the back two. That was before crime became a greater issue in the city. 😆
By the way, monthly rent was $9. everything included...heat, gas and electric. We had steam heat with big cast iron radiators...and it was so warm that you had to open a window every once in a while in winter to let some cool air inside.
In today's money, $9 is $104. That's really affordable rent... though I'd still rather pay a bit more for more space lol
Old people had it so easy
@@Kat-zi2tb are you for real or are just dumb? These 'old people' just get out of a war thus the population was thinned out a bit so the rent was cheaper. Maybe wait for America to get into a big war or deadlier pandemic so some of the population could be culled.
Please someone donate some bookcases or racks for this guy. No one should live like that with all that stuff all over the floor. My grandparents were poor, but never lived in such a mess.
i dont think they lives there anymore...
I don’t really think he is poor. He owns a MacBook for one. 😅
He can afford a macbook,he can afford a bookshelf. It's about being organize
@@ILovePlayingZeldaGamesOnSwitch mhm
Imagine all the rats as his roommates.
Would be a shame if I called Rio Canario police station from your IP ;)
Marie Kondo is dying to come over.
It just needs organization and some touch-ups that are renter friendly, like rugs and mats (as much as I would like to replace that bathtub and wall there's probably a cheap cover up hack). Also some personality. And for an apartment so small comfort is key, trade in that plastic squat stool for a cozy chair and desk you can sit and work in for hours.
Hong Kong people: wow that room look luxury
my friends at school laughed at me when they saw one of my house designs in Sims 4 had a bathtub in the kitchen 😅
i grew up in one of these buildings in bushwick brooklyn. i'm so glad i got out. i'm thankful my son never has to experience that kind of life
Thank you for sharing this video with us. One of my grandfathers was born in 1895 on Eldridge Street in an apartment similar to this - I believe a total of 9 people six brother and sisters and my great grandparents. My other grandparents lived in Jersey City in shack in the back yard of a house - no heat or running water - where my Aunt was born in 1919 while grandpa was in Europe with the US Army in WW1. It wasn't until I was an adult that I fully understood what poverty is. None of us - all humanity - should ever forget our ancestry. Be proud of who you are and what you've become.
I have a hard time believing that man actually lives there, especially when I see that laptop. He can afford to clean that place.
My grandmother and her 3 sisters moved from Denmark to Iowa in about 1900. In the 1940s they found two-room "apartments" on the second floor of the same building in a small town. Each apartment had a bed/living room and a tiny kitchen space. The whole floor (8 "apartments") shared one bathroom with a huge claw footed bathtub and a single old fashioned toilet. All the rooms were occupied by women, single or widowed. They lived there most of their lives, until well into the 1970s.
This brings back so many memories of being bathed in the kitchen sink as a baby/child.
The first thing I noticed in the area was untidy I think they never clean it for ages...
My grand aunt still lives in an apartment with that setup. It's still pretty common since people living in those units don't move because their rent are usually rent controlled still.
He needs to upkeep it better. It looks unsanitary. Like at least paint the walls or something. 😓🤢
Places like this is very common in my country in South East Asia
That's why you need to move everybody of by force buy back from the property owners or seize under eminent domain and demolish and rebuild. You country needs to be blessed with a major earthquake, tsunami, or typhoon. These are nature's way of cleansing and renewal. 💨💨💨💨💨
Its appalling to see this in America
@@sevenhenson3926 Well an average apartment in NY would cost a fortune.
Im from south east asia, i will not get inside that apartment, at least we always have the sun here in SEA, i feel like the sun sterilizes everything.
@@KitKat-cm8rf Exactly. 😁😁😁😁
Apartments like this still exist in Chinatown NYC. My grandparents lived in Henry street and the living situation is absolutely horrific. Roaches and rats all over and just toxic. Can not understand why this young man is so proud of living in this type of space in 2022.
He's part of a last generation to be raised in them, a minute few. It's historic. His family made it work and he seems well adjusted despite the poor conditions. He is self aware, has gratitude for what he has, and is humble just as he says it was humbling to be raised there. Many young adults his age do not learn those qualities, qualities which will take this man far. I hope he sees his way to a better future and maintains his positive outlook.
Dumb comment feeling of white superiority
He can buy an Apple laptop but cannot buy cleaners to clean their apartment. Where's his brain?
Maybe he can't afford Apple mops and detergents.
My point exactly. There are people cramped in one room apartment but there's a place for everything.. secondly keeping a pet in that condition is unbearable.
The only thing in the house that doesn’t give anyone eye cancer while looking at it is the fish in the tank.
What a mess! Proves how lazy he was.
This guy looks like he has never cleaned his house for decades with all the stains on the walls and floors and his stuff dumped all over the place. Really grotesque.
I think there’s a health violation the way he’s living? Who can we report this to?
looking horrible
The apartment is under rent control, he probably paid less than $400 per month for it. I'm sure the landlord is willing to renovate the place, this is one way the landlord can raise the rent to recoup the cost of renovation.
Yes, GOOGLE says: According to the 2017 NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey, there are about 22,000 rent controlled apartments vs. about 966,000 rent stabilized apartments. ... In New York City, Rent Control tenants are generally in buildings built before February 1, 1947, where the tenant is in continuous occupancy prior to July 1, 1971.
If I lived in a rent control apartment but managed to increase my wealth over time. I’d simply get the landlord’s permission to upgrade the apartment myself. Few will let you but surprisingly some landlords are cool with it. I’ve never lived in a rent controlled apartment though so I don’t know if those landlords would allow it. But I do know people who have apartments with cheap rent (cheap by today’s standards) and won’t complain to the landlord about issues in their apartment for fear of having to move out. They just make do with the issues
@@SL-lz9jr ermm why would you upgrade something that you dont own ?
@@sdqsdq6274 because if you are gonna live in there forever, might as well make things nice for yourself.
most of these rent control tenants will not allow renovation because the landlord can raise rent to recoup the cost in certain amount of years but the raised rent will stay in effect for the rest of time the tenants occupy in it.
This would be a really cool place if he tidied up a bit. Some rags, a big bottle of Mr Clean and 20 minutes a day devoted to house keeping would be helpful. Speaking of which, time to do a load of laundry and tidy up my place!
Live like that but buy a Macbook over some Windows/Linux which is just as fast at half the price...
This is so sad. The conditions are less than humane for someone to live in today. The filth is grotesque.
Okay, I lived in NYC for 35 years and I am very familiar with tenement, rundown apartments. If you grow up in one, which is not my case, you move on to a better one. Better yet, if you decide to stay you sweep, clean walls, spackle and paint. This is a simple affordable solution requiring just a little elbow grease. Can’t imagine waking up in that mess everyday.
Awe the first person seems so wholesome and kind😢💗
Why would you live like that just so you can be in the city. Move 20 minutes away and you’ll have your own 2-3 bedroom apartment for that price
He probably pays very little due to rent control, which works in his favor by a wide margin if he has lived there his whole life. Wouldn't be surprised if he pays less than 1k monthly.
@@hnguyen5656 1k gets you a modern studio in Brooklyn/NJ/Queens all 20 mins or less from the city. Only thing is you gotta pay $2.75 to take the train to the city, but at least you get to come back to a comfortable and up to date home
If he really wants to stay in this apartment, he could make it more comfortable by painting, didn't see a bed so some inexpensive furniture like a captains bed to organize his clothes and small table and chair that doubles as a desk.
This is not just an American thing. I live in an apartment in Denmark, and we share a single toilet (pretty much like the one shown in the video) with our next-door neighbor. our apartments are connected through a shared hallway-space, and the social situations that come out of it is really neat. We leave notes for each other, sometimes we share dessert foods. Since we can access each other's apartments easily, we water each other's plants when the others are out traveling. There's a single shower in the basement, which we share between four apartments. And it's really not that bad.
Hello! So how do you guys keep it clean? Do you take turns and do your neighbours clean it to your satisfaction? Just wondering...
What you see in this video isn't common in the US. Its rather unusual.
What's common in the US is suburbs with a bunch of McHouses.
Some basic cleaning definitely can be done there.
I remember living in an apartment like this when I was a child in the late 60’s (1st Ave. between 101st and 102st) in Manhattan (El Barrio), now it’s called “UPPER MANHATTAN” (Gentrification) .
uhmmm no offense but whatever the room size is you could still make it decent like minimizing stuff etc. so place may be more liveable?
Always wanted to visit this museum. I tried once but it was closed.My idea of a great date , followed by an interesting meal😊
When I visited NYC I went on a tenement tour which was excellent. Standing in an actual tenement gave me a much better feel of what the lower east side used to be like. Take a tour if you can.
I love the history of New York the old buildings and apartments it’s so very much gives a home feeling as well - it’s home. I truly love New York.
No matter where you.. it should be clean & organized. I've lived in a Rooming House (use to be called boarding homes), and it was more pleasant looking than this
I can’t believe most comments on here, so I’m gonna go off on a rant. Feel free to ignore/disagree.
Firstly, take for example any guy showing you his home - a place with a story, generation of struggle, ups and downs like any other home. Just imagine having to make excuses to bring friends over because you’re too embarrassed. Trust me, NO ONE wants to feel that way. He’s overcome that embarrassment and decided to take it as a positive. Should y’all really be perpetuating that same judgement which made him afraid and built up his insecurities ????
Secondly, most of the negative comments are just reeking of entitlement. “Oh he’s disgusting” Very easy for you to call it a pigsty. That’s someone’s home. He has invited us into his space. Please be appreciative of the intent of him trying to reason years of shame he probably felt. Instead of just blatantly going off with such harsh criticism. Y’all’s privilege is showing if I’m being honest.
Lastly, these buildings are really old. Yes you can tweak it, make it tidy, clear the stains. But, that’s exactly the point. He’s showing you the way it is. I don’t think it’s exaggerated. Y’all are just so repulsed by someone else’s way of life. This man probably doesn’t even live here anymore for all you know. Notice how the recreated home in the video is so sparkly and nice? The difference is so huge because when you recreate something from the original you have room to exaggerate aesthetically. To be nicer on the eye. But here he is, showing you just as it is. All I can see is people trying to bring him down for that.
Begs me think - Who’s (mindset) is disgusting, after all? Anyway, try to be more kinder to each other’s Experiences and Upbringings. Thankyou.
Yes, finally someone said it!
I believe the location he is living in must be very expensive. But I cannot put myself in such a living condition.😔 can he move to Flushing??
He is already established as a (successful) manager at a Cantonese-style bakery nearby, and is probably paying very little rent due to rent controls when you live in one place very long. If he specializes in Cantonese foods, it's worth noting that the Cantonese population is much more concentrated where he is in Manhattan's Chinatown. Flushing predominantly has people from other Chinese regions.
Bet it cost $1000 for rent per month!
You think he would have cleaned up before he had the news media in his house...
Welcome to America 🇺🇸 😱😱😱😱
I have a similar story. We didn't have a toilet or a bedroom. Just one room and kitchen in the same room with a very small bathroom. But now the world is my oyster. Education and hard work + smart work is the key to come out of anything.
Yep that was our first place in Chinatown on Spring street. Late 60s to late 70s. Also my Uncle place on Madison by the Manhattan bridge. Probably all over I suppose. This begging helps keep me grounded.
Where you use a toilet?
He needs to clean & tidy up his apartment for sure
House fine he need to keep his house clean, that’s a messy apartment
exactly my first thought
That’s just not ok
The guy is only 20 years old. He is fine
The problem with this apartement is that the owner needs to clean and tidy up.
Are people living in tenements not allowed to clean their space or is there a schedule that they need to follow?
These buildings are way too old and not safe to live that way. They should get demolished and a newest apt built in.
It’s unacceptable for these conditions to still exist
I lived in a NYC 4 story walk-up with railroad rooms and tintop tables on top of bathtubs in the kitchen in 1980-83.
Praying for you. You are blessed alot more than many others. Take pride in your space.
If he rents the place it shouldn’t be on him to fix it. But he should definitely clean it.
My familial household is a post-WWII pre-fab and it has the exact same kitchen tiles.
This is the most New York apartment I've ever seen
VERY ADMIRABLY REAL STORY...PRACTICAL SURVIVAL....SO VERY NEEDED AT TIMES SO TIGHT WITH SPACE.....
Wow! Thank u for sharing
Total respect
Yeah I don’t understand the world one man living in $1 billion house 30 rooms 20 bathrooms 2 living rooms two kitchens and then there’s people like Him and me and the rest of us shouldn’t we all have something nice
If we are talking about reality: no not really
A lot of it has to do with how congested a place is too tho, and accessibility. Not everyone is willing to drive 20 minutes just to get to a grocery store.
@Incomeking Sure thing billionaire don’t upset the status quo right
I had a couple of apartments like this years ago!!
I just moved to the NYC area and while I did see some places that I thought were completely gross, they were like a palace compared to this place. And I'm not even talking about the tub in the kitchen... Dude is making America look like some third world country. 😖
Well actually, outside rich cities, US have almost 0.50 GINI, make it similar to third world country
It's gross and it's all his fault for not cleaning it up. Yuck.
so u never been to cage homes in very wealthy countries in china like hong kong or shanghai? places like these exist everywhere regardless if its the wealthiest or most developed country in the world. Poverty exists everywhere. If you live in nyc u probably never been to the projects or ghettos bc while those places look "gross", those are some of the most historical homes to generations of families and immigrants in nyc
So many misinformed people in this thread... Most of my life I did not live in "rich" cities, I grew up pretty stinking poor by US standards. As an adult, I've spent a lot of time working with US kids from poor families, so I've been to tons of "ghettos", from the ghettos of downtown Atlanta to trailer parks in rural NC. I've also lived overseas, so I have been to plenty of poor homes in China as well as Thailand. This apartment (the dirtiness/grunginess of it, not the size, not the age, not the bathtub in the kitchen) is as bad as the poor village homes I visited in China. He's got running water indoors, so that's an improvement, but I'm talking about the cleanliness.