People who live in New York City apartments sometimes find themselves shoulder-to-shoulder with celebrities. Especially in the higher priced neighborhoods, such as the West Village and Soho, of Manhattan. This is where you will find townhouses for $5 million dollars and up, to purchase, or $20 thousand and up, to rent monthly.

For instance, at 250 West 10th Street in the West Village, sits an amazing, traditional townhouse originally built in 1827. It is currently for sale, but in the meantime, rents out monthly for only $27 thousand per month. It becomes available again on February 14, 2012 and is just around the corner from a StarBucks coffee shop. The previous renter is an infamous, female rock and roll musician, who liked to frequent this coffee venue at all hours in her pajamas.

Much lower price ranges are available, if not directly in West Village, then very nearby. New York dwellers are used to seeing celebrities and glamour, even if it is not their lifestyle. Central Park is a mix of rich, poor and everyone in between, along with dialects from around the world. There is nowhere quite like New York, a cosmopolitan melting pot of all types of people.