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PublishedJune 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homes

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Joyce, a native New Yorker, didn't think finding her first solo apartment in the city would be easy. But she also didn't think it'd be "hell." After looking at a lot of tiny, overpriced places she described as "shitholes," Joyce found her dream apartment: a reasonably priced studio in Manhattan. "It
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