'There are no windows in my apartment': how a resident of Brooklyn is quarantined in darkness and loneliness

A man from Brooklyn rents a small room without windows. Initially, he found advantages in this. But now I realized that the lack of daylight is a clear disadvantage. Now he only cares about one thing: how soon will he able to go out and see the sunlight. The publication shared the details New york curbed.

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For the past year and a half, Trey Taylor from Brooklyn has been living in the dark.

“I don't have windows. My room, advertised as a “loft” in a three-bedroom apartment in a former knitting factory in Bushwick, doesn’t allow me to look outside,” the man said.

The dimensions of this room are approximately 2,4 by 2,4 meters. The only light source in it is a lamp with a Chinese paper lampshade to diffuse dim rays, as well as one candle.

“Every New York housing law prohibits this. “My bedroom doesn’t even meet the minimum requirement of 80 square feet,” he noted.

In addition, in his apartment there is only one way to evacuate - through the door. Although legally the apartment must have at least two exits - a door and a window.

Initially, a resident of this small room perceived it as temporary housing. Now he wants to move, but you can’t afford it.

Once the author even found the advantages of such a life: for example, when he needed to get enough sleep during the day, and at night the lack of a window saved him from unnecessary noise. He also had no need to start plants and take care of them, which saved time.

Once, when he just moved into this apartment and boasted to his friends how cheaply he got it, they were only surprised: “Are you paying $ 1600 for this ?!” He reassured himself that his housing was located close to the subway.

“New York is expensive, and why pay a lot for an overnight stay if you are almost never at home?” He mused.

Moreover, he led a secular life, working as an editor of the magazine, and often attended various work events. And when he did not want to go home, he could go with friends for dinner.

“Without human interaction, I die”

But everything changed when a quarantine was imposed in New York, obliging citizens to stay home and leave housing only in case of emergency. This greatly influenced the lifestyle of Trey.

“Without human interaction, I die,” he said. And he noted that if he had only known that he would have to spend so much time in this small space without fresh air and natural light, he would not have believed it.

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