The secret apartment behind my bathroom mirror

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[–]ReeferMadness 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Does anyone else not give a fuck about her exposition and just want to see the pictures of the other appartment?

[–]Nemacolin[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I suppose you have seen this report by now.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

It's not really "secret", the landlord was just too lazy to fix the wall and just put a mirror over the hole, thinking no one would notice. What would be really creepy (and probably illegal), though, is if it was a one-way mirror.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I cannot imagine what sparked someone to leave an apartment in the NYC area unused.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

If you re-watch the video closely: you can see it's in bad shape. Maybe they just couldn't afford repairs?

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Well, I am no expert. This is in the NYC area, right? An apartment there could be making someone some money. But it is not my area of expertise.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah, but repair costs might be pretty high too.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well, obviously you are right. I know nothing about this.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm no expert, but I do know that repairs can get very costly very fast.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I suppose someone ran the numbers. Still, an odd story.