nyc’s smallest apartment not occupied by pygmies

i hate this expression but it’s the freaking truth here: only in new york.

“Zaarath and Christopher Prokop — and their two cats — live in the smallest apartment in the city, a 175-square-foot “microstudio” in Morningside Heights the couple bought three months ago for $150,000…

The couple wakes up every morning in their queen-size bed, which takes up one-third of the living space…They then walk five feet toward the tiny kitchen, where they pull out their workout clothes, which are folded neatly in two cabinets above the sink…They then jog to their jobs in Midtown, picking up along the way their work clothes, which are “strategically stashed at various dry cleaners.

Just in case the cleaners are closed, both have emergency clothes at their offices.”

you have to admire the resourcefulness of this couple though; they live in a tiny studio, deliberately living without crockery, cooking utensils, even a wardrobe, so that they can eat out everyday and run to work every morning and pick up their outfit for the day from the dry cleaners. it honestly sounds like a dismal existence to me, but hey, maybe i just require more room for my bowflex and beanie baby collection.

read the full story here.