Once in a while, just for grins, I like to browse the apartment listings on listpic.com, which bills itself as a "visual classifieds browser." As far as I can tell it's basically a wrapper around Craigslist (though not affiliated with it) that presents a convenient user interface for browsing listings with photos.

Today, for extra grins, I decided to browse the apartment listings in Honolulu instead of New York. The first hit for apartments under $1000 was a furnished two-bedroom for $800 a month. In New York, you couldn't rent a coffin for $800 a month. And the kicker? This place is in my old building in Waikiki. I used to have a little studio there with a lanai and pretty blue tiles in the bathroom.