After meeting through friends in 2006, they split the difference and moved to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. They lived on the ground floor of a two-family house for nine years, and during that time they married and watched the rent rise from around $1,350 to $1,750. It was “a very intriguing apartment, with a 1970s flair,” plus a backyard and a front stoop, Ms. Cozzi said. “Dishwasher dreams — that was an ongoing theme,” Ms. Cozzi said. We’d had enough.”The couple intended to stay in their beloved Bay Ridge, “as close to the train station as we could afford,” Ms. Cozzi said.

Source: New York Times January 09, 2020 09:56 UTC