Beautiful Apartments - Too Good to Be True!

In case you were wondering, this post can also be found at The Black Table.

Is the FCC, Pat Robertson, or whoever polices such things aware of the mind-warping filth displayed in the windows of Manhattan’s upscale real-estate agencies? Clinical research has shown that children exposed to this particularly insidious brand of pornography tend to develop deviant fetishes for high ceilings, period details, and staff quarters. Lured by such wanton temptations, affected youth often succumb to a bleak, meaningless life of investment banking in order to sate an infernal desire for natural light. It is up to us, the enlightened humanities majors of the world, to convince our misguided brethren that while panoramic Central Park views may provide a brief, exhilarating rush, the path to lasting happiness is papered with undervalued diplomas, student loan statements, rejection letters, and endless printouts of misleading craigslist apartment postings.

Walking past a Corcoran office while in the midst of an increasingly desperate apartment search: D-