The new owners of our building want the 1st floor, where we live, but have offered us the 4th floor... Not sure what to do, though the possibility of a roof garden is tempting, and walking up the stairs would be good exercise. However, housemate T will probably move out in a few months to live with his girlfriend, and part of me wants to do the impossible - move back to Manhattan, where the action is. Decisions, decisions!(PS, 9 Nov: I should perhaps clarify that the 4th floor here is not a maid's attic, but just like the first floor in dimensions - except for an additional half-room where the stairwell ends. Many people prefer the fourth to the ground floor of a building, as it's brighter, more private, and safer. In Brooklyn, whose brownstones tend to be 4 stories, the top floor also gets the breeze from the harbor, and roof access to skyline and fireworks views. We'd be moving up in the world!)
