When Rents Fall in the Big Apple


	When Rents Fall in the Big Apple

Joshua Zumbrun

3-30-2009 4:13 PM

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manhattan, rents, falling, rate, apartment, rental, bargains

Joshua Zumbrun says:

Okay, but I still think $1,700 a month is a lot of money to live in Brooklyn.

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