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program at New York University canada goose coats School of Medicine, Aram Modrek moved into student housing in Kips Bay. Soon, however, he discovered buy canada goose jacket that he loved the feel, and canada goose uk shop the food, of the East Village. So Dr. Modrek, who is now 28 and researching cancer biology, moved canada canada goose parka goose factory outlet there, renting canada goose outlet cheap canada goose uk parka a studio of around canada goose outlet canada 450 square canada goose outlet black friday feet. Langone Health, and was delivering a specimen to canada goose outlet canadian goose jacket uk the lab next to his. They spoke in the elevator and later began dating.

Ms. Rubin, a New York City native who is now 27, was renting a small, windowless room in Kips Bay. She eventually moved canada goose store into his studio, which was big enough that they could easily mount their bicycles on the wall.

But canada goose outlet reviews the studio’s monthly rent had jumped canada goose outlet store from nearly $1,800 to $2,100. So he suggested official canada goose outlet that they look canada goose outlet in usa for a place to buy rather than face an uncertain rental future.

“Until Aram Canada Goose Online brought it up, buying an apartment wouldn’t have even entered my mind as canada goose outlet shop a possibility,” Ms. Rubin said. “He canada goose jacket outlet went through a million calculations and proved in the long run we would save a lot of canada goose money. My whole life, I grew up thinking I would be renting forever in the city. I canada goose outlet jackets uk canada goose approached the hunt canada goose uk black friday with trepidation.”

With a budget of up to $400,000 for a co op, they canada goose clearance sale checked out some places in Kips Bay, canada goose outlet online uk convenient to the Canada Goose Coats On Sale hospitals on First Avenue in canada goose outlet the 20s and 30s. Ms. Rubin liked a late 1950s building canada goose uk outlet on East 33rd Street, where a ground floor studio had a buy canada goose jacket cheap separate kitchen and a view of a concrete wall.

The asking price was $400,000, with canada goose outlet new york city maintenance in the mid $700s, but canada goose outlet nyc Dr. Modrek wasn’t keen on the neighborhood. “I had my heart set on the East Village, but it is hard to find a studio in that price range,” he canada goose factory sale canada goose black friday sale said.

In Tudor City, a bit farther north and east, they saw a tiny, boxy studio with a Murphy bed. The price, below $300,000, was tempting. “I thought we would save a ton of money,” Ms. Rubin said. “But Aram talked some sense into me. It would have been a struggle to live there.”

In the East Village, a one bedroom on East Second Street was listed for $399,000, with maintenance in the mid $500s. But it was facing the street, a siren corridor with a firehouse on the next block. That one was tough to turn down, Dr. Modrek said, Canada Goose sale but “the fire trucks come out sirens blasting,” which was a deal breaker.

The seller, canada goose black friday sale it turned out, was a math professor who was upsizing. The improvements canada goose outlet uk sale he had made, Mr. Moondoc said, included “a lean but efficient goose outlet canada kitchen” and smart home technology.

“You wave your hand and the kitchen light goes on,” Ms. Rubin said. The other lights are controlled canada goose outlet store uk by their phones.

“I canada goose outlet sale think it’s weird,” she said. “Aram likes it. You can get very precise with the color of the light.”

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The rental landlord wouldn’t allow them to break the Canada Goose online lease, so the couple paid for three extra months. “It made moving easy, because it let us take canada goose clearance our time,” Dr. Modrek canada goose coats on sale said, but “it Canada Goose Outlet cost a lot of money.”

Now their monthly outlay is around $2,050, slightly less than the old rent.

Their new place is as quiet as Dr. Modrek had hoped. “Even the refrigerator is quiet,” he said.

One challenge has been that there is no good place for Malibu’s litter box; instead, they have started toilet training their Canada Goose Parka cat.

Both Dr. Modrek and Ms. Rubin have kept their old routines. Dr. Modrek walks uptown to work through Tompkins Square canada goose outlet toronto factory Park, stopping for coffee.

“In the morning, I usually get dressed in the dark or eat breakfast in the bathroom so as not to wake Aram, because he is a light sleeper,” she said. “Sometimes I will get to work and realize that my socks don’t match.”.