Which is why the liberals in Manhattan are always whining about urban sprawl and "McMansions", it's envy.
oh, you don’t know chauvinism till you meet a Manhattanite. Those folks wouldn’t live anywhere else. They may have a condo in FL or a ranch in MT, but live there? You kidding?
There’s a laundry room in almost all the apartment buildings and they’re (mostly) fine with that ... they think the world (theatre, museums, shopping, concerts, fine dining, etc) is all in their back yard, a subway or taxi ride away. Taking an elevator to do laundry is no big deal.