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Lumbersexuals. You’ve heard of them. They’re those hipsters who have axes even though they’ve never actually camped in the woods. They use wax in their perfectly manicured beards with the sole intention of looking rugged. They dress like Paul Bunyan despite the fact that they probably couldn’t survive without a Keurig.
But being ‘outdoorsy’ in a metropolitan place has become a trend that’s not limited to the Pacific Northwest anymore. It’s crept into the dredges of modern society in New York City for years now. Unfortunately, it’s all culminated in this cabin that you can now rent in Manhattan for the low, low price of $4,200 per month.
Per The New York Post:
A new-to-market rental unit at 15 W. 28th St. in Manhattan, whose listing categorizes the spread as a “penthouse studio,” is actually a hidden rooftop cabin. And best of all, its top-level perch looks out at the Empire State Building and the Midtown skyline — all for $4,200 monthly.
There’s nothing I hate more than this $4,200 fake-cabin hipster-haven that isn’t even an actual apartment – it’s a damn studio.
The worst part? It’s not even very cabin-y, they explain. Nope. There are no beams, there isn’t a fireplace, and the walls aren’t even fucking wood (which I thought was kind of a requirement of a cabin). The ‘cabin’ itself has white walls, wood flooring, large windows, sliding doors, and a skylight. So much like these people who all dress the exact same in an effort to be “different,” this shithole is an overpriced studio apartment dressed in cabin’s clothing. Makes me sick.
Call me crazy, but if you’re going to live in a cabin, at least do it in upstate New York where you can get a little peace of mind and some solitude rather than parking yourself in the middle of the largest metropolis of the western world. Thoreau would punch these assholes straight in the face. .
[via New York Post]
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So that’s $138 a day. If you rented this out on Air BnB as a hipster haven those “lumbersexuals” would pay upward of $250 a night. I’m just seeing green dollar bills.
I’m not an expert on NYC property value, but from what I’ve heard from people who live there, a rooftop apartment with all that space would be a steal for that price.
People pay absurd prices just to drink on a rooftop overlooking the Empire State building. Living there is an entirely different animal.
Not only does this place have rooftop access, you live on the actual rooftop. This price is 100% believable and not at all a stretch.
You can’t get a good axe anymore without spending a small fortune. They just don’t use good steel these days. I look for old axes at auctions and garage sales. You can actually get good hickory axe handles at Menards. Look for ones where the wood grain lines up with the length of axe, not against it. Metal wedges work better than the wood ones that come with it for seating the head. Don’t skimp on the file for sharpening. Get a good Dewalt bastard file. I know this probably sounds hipster as hell but I actually use mine as back up to fall trees when my chainsaw gets stuck and to pound in wedges if I need to get the tree to fall against where it wants to and I’m on my way to chop open the water tanks so the cows can drink, so I’m not sorry.
If I can’t cut it with my Sawzall or angle grinder it’s going to stay where it is.
You don’t sound hipster at all. You know what you’re talking about. You don’t just have an ax to say you have an ax.
You lost me at “lumbersexuals.”
Haha that was literally the first word. But same
S/o upstate. Where I went to college in my prime.
Props for the shout out to Thoreau.
My friend’s wife once referred to me as a lumbersexual, and it was the most offended I’ve ever been.
I don’t have words. This is just awful