A friend’s daughter who lived in NY City said that nobody buys furniture, you can collect it on the streets when people move out.
Interesting. Being a nonsmoker, I am always leery of second-hand furniture, especially when it is displayed outside as at a yard sale. I figure it is difficult to determine whether the furniture has embedded smells from tobacco, human or pet urine or other sources. I thought New Yorkers were pretty cynical and untrusting people. Guess not when it comes to furnishing your pad.