What does Jerry pay for rent?

Does anyone have any guesses as to what Jerry pays for rent on his aprartment? Given that we know his neighborhood and address (121 West 84th St, I think?) perhaps someone in the group with more knowledge of NYC rents than I (that's just about everyone in the world) can enlighten us.

Paul Atreides pulled a "Crafonzo" by saying

And if anyone knows how much his renters insurance is, please provide.

TIA.

Good day, good day, and how do you do? This is Alonzo Crafonzo Hamhock talking to you.

Since the show has been off for a few years it's hard to say what it would have been at the time. The average for a one bdrm apt. on a good street is around $2-3,000 right now.

dimestore wrote in message ...

It had to be rent-controlled though. When Jerry was looking at another apartment, in the first season, Elaine was ready to take his old one. The new one, as I recall, was around $2k.

homerr..

"homerr..2k2" wrote in message news:a79ctc$dqj$[email]... .

Yeah, but wasn't the new one much better? Was that the episode where the apt. had a terrace and a fireplace? I think that was a later season, but I'm guessing that the rent would have been around $800 to $1200 in '90/'91.

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:16:21 -0800, "homerr..2k2" wrote:

Yeah, in one episode Jerry states that Kramer's apartment is rent controlled, and hence he's never moving out. I would say this would apply for just about everyone in the building.

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IIRC, in that episode George tells Jerry that the rent on the "new place" was about double of what Jerry was paying now. I don't recall a dollar figure being tossed about ...

S.C. Harrison wrote in message ...

I think you're right. As I typed that, I didn't know where it came from [from whence..?]

homerr..

I don't fully understand, but wasn't it under 'rent control' ? (somehow keeping the price lower than actual 'market' price, I think)

Dave

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Dave Meyer wrote:

I think that's where part my confusion comes from; I'm just a hillbilly so rent control baffles me. It's from WWII and some people love it and some people hate it, right? And it allows you to get a cool apartment for super cheap. Maybe that's why, on "Mad About You," (an inferior show to Seinfeld as far as I'm concerned) a documentary film producer and a campaign worker (two professions not known for the high salaries) can afford such a swank pad. That's probably the same deal that allows Jerry to afford his place. After all, up-and-coming comedians aren't known for their high wages, either.

That's probably true, but Jerry (the tv show character) is successful and wealthy. For example, buying and rebuying a cadillac for his parents. And even in the first few episodes he is apparently well-off: he could afford the nicer apartment that was beyond Elaine's price range, and he was able to buy a very expensive suede jacket without too much sacrifice.

Don't forget the fact that he own's a BMW. Anyhow, here is how rent control works. When you rent an $800 dollar apt. it stays at $800. This is only in NY though. I don't know of a single other city in the US where this is the case. It's bad for a lot of reasons. In order for a landlord to afford the taxes on a multi-unit dwelling he must artificially inflate the rents of vacant apts.. It also creates slum situations where the landlord stops taking care of the building in order to force people to move out.

Maroon Golf is a jackass.

Dave (*loved* that episode.)