The rental market within each Curbed city is vast and varied; in NYC, for instance—nay, in one building in NYC—a five-bedroom penthouse asking $50K a month perches many floors above a tiny $3,800/month studio. In L.A., the difference between paying $600 and $6,000 a month means living in a "microloft" versus a three-bedroom palace in a swank building. A closer look, city by city:
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