New York City doesn’t necessarily have the best reputation for housing and pleasant living situations.

In fact, it is known worldwide that, unless you are a super-rich and famous celebrity figure, you will probably have to pay an arm and a leg for not a whole lot of living space.

It usually goes something like this: you live in an apartment in a great neighborhood where the toilet and refrigerator are right next to your bed, or you live in a not-so-great hood, but in a bigger, renovated space. And either way, you are paying a lot of money.

When you are living in NYC, your apartment tends to come in second place, right after the plethora of amazing bars, restaurants and nightlife.

Everyone is different and prefers their own thing. What matters is your own personal needs. This one man, in particular, did not need a lot of space when he was looking for his next home. Not a lot of space at all.

There are so many things to spend money on in the Big Apple — but is it possible to live there without spending a pretty penny?

Luke Clark Tyler is a freelance designer who is really putting this question to the test with his 78 square foot apartment. Yep, you read that right. The rented studio really is 78 square foot, and it is located in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood in New York.

It is said to be the smallest apartment in America.

While most would assume that a space that small is simply unliveable, Tyler is proving us all wrong. He was extremely clever when the time came to decorate the place. While it is naturally still compact (it is about the size of a laundry room and probably smaller than the average studio apartment), it is fully functional.

He went out of the box when setting it up and now he not only lives there, but he also works there.

Tyler takes the world on a tour of the apartment (shortest apartment tour ever?) in the video below and it is really fascinating to see just how functional and organized it all is.

Right from the beginning, viewers can see how clean and put-together the space is. He has a desk with a mirror, a couch that also doubles as a bed, and a closet for storage.

For context, a lot of “regular-sized” apartments in NYC don’t always have closets! It is not out of the ordinary to have to put in your own external clothing rack. So we guess you could say Tyler is actually pretty spoiled.

While we can assume that Tyler has no intention of living in this tiny space forever, he is clearly making it work and not doing too shabby! The situation is clearly pretty decent and he’s handling it better than most probably would.

We are hoping that this works as good karma for Tyler in the future and that as a reward for making do with this place, he’ll get a bigger place that maybe even has a backyard or little garden area!

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