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Evening Standard
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Cathy Hawker

Renting in New York City: ‘There are horror stories but I found it easier to find a home in Manhattan than London’

Evelina Durlind moved from Maida Vale to Manhattan to study at Columbia University

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It’s not easy to find a rental pad in the city that never sleeps.

Anyone who moves to the Big Apple dreaming of living a life based on various US sitcoms — think of Monica’s generous open-plan living room with outdoor balcony in Friends or Carrie’s famous brownstone in Sex and the City for example — will need a Mr Big-size budget to match.

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