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The Hunt
One Expensive Sardine Can
Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times; right, Tina Fineberg for The New York Times
Published: September 9, 2007
THERE were plenty of perfectly decent one-bedrooms available in Midtown Manhattan for $600,000 or $700,000, so Richard Hsieh tried to persuade himself to buy one. Prices would only rise, he figured. If he waited, there was no guarantee a better prospect would open up. Besides, he wasn’t demanding. “I could live in a sardine can if I had to,” he said.
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