I love how real estate articles in the Times cast poor living conditions as desirable.  Witness articles about the wonders of apartments without sunlight and apartments next to housing projects, and the joys of living in  "micro" apartments.

Now the Times is writing about apartments that are not only expensive with tiny bedrooms, but where you have to share your living rooms with complete strangers.  Only the Times treats it as a wonderful social experiment!

Pure House is among a handful of businesses that are renting rooms at a premium in exchange for access to amenities, a dormlike atmosphere and an instant community.

[Applicants] sign a 30-day membership agreement, paying from $1,600 to $4,000 a month for a room in an apartment to be shared with others who, theoretically, have a similar worldview.

Russell Jackson relinquished a studio six months ago to live in a six-bedroom Pure House apartment with a rotating cast (he presently has three flat mates). "I'm getting exposure to stuff and things that I would not have had sequestered on the Upper West Side," said Mr. Jackson, a 52-year-old chef.

"Laundry services and cleaners and masseuses — all of that is icing," he said. The real perks are the people he has met along the way. "How cool is it that I walk in the door and they ask me, 'How's your day?' And I am genuinely interested in hearing from them," said Mr. Jackson.

But what if you don't like your roommates?  These are not next door neighbors.  These are people who live in the same place you do, sharing your living room and kitchen and bathrooms.  What if they leave messes?  What if they are loud?  What if they are obnoxious?  It's glamorizing a dormitory lifestyle, which is fine, for a dormitory, but not for a $4,000-a-month apartment.

Promising "a modern, urban lifestyle that values openness, collaboration and relationship building," Common has entered into agreements with developers to renovate properties in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. This fall, it will begin renting 19 rooms at a Crown Heights property.

For those of you who don't know NYC, Bed-Stuy and parts of Crown Heights are extremely dangerous.

Bedrooms in Stage 3's apartments are to start at 80 square feet, and come outfitted with space-saving furniture.

Eighty square feet is tiny, but hey, love that space-saving furniture!  They've probably got a mattress you can lean against a wall to lie vertically on at night, like a vampire!

"We're willing to give up living alone for a few years because we define privacy differently," said Melissa Kwan, 32, a founder of the real estate app Spacio and of Gramercy House.

Yes, privacy is now defined as sharing your kitchen, bathroom, and living room with a bunch of complete strangers.  Once you've redefined the word, you've got plenty of privacy!

This is an expensive dormitory lifestyle in terrible neighborhoods.  Liberals will subject themselves gladly to the worst living conditions in order to be in their beloved Nu-Yawk.  I can't wait to read the next article about the joys of living on rooftops or in air conditioning vents.

This article was produced by NewsMachete.com, the conservative news site.