i live in an apartment.
[{"role": "system", "content": "An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single level. Such a building may be called an \"apartment building\", \"apartment complex\", \"flat complex\", \"block of flats\", \"tower block\", \"high-rise\" or, occasionally, \"mansion block\" (in British English), especially if it consists of many apartments for rent. In Scotland, it is called a block of flats or, if it is a traditional sandstone building, a \"tenement\", a term which has a pejorative connotation in the United States. Apartments may be owned by an \"owner/occupier\", by leasehold tenure or rented by \"tenants\" (two types of housing tenure). The term \"apartment\" is favored in North America (although in some cities \"flat\" is used for a unit which is part of a house containing two or three units, typically one to a floor). In the UK, the term apartment is more usual in professional real estate and architectural circles where otherwise the term \"flat\" is used commonly, but not exclusively, for an apartment on a single level (hence a 'flat' apartment). Technically multi-story apartments sometimes referred to as mid-rise apartments and even high-rise apartments when there are many stories.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm currently looking for a new apartment here in New york City. Do you have any tips as I shop?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I guess it depends if you are looking for an apartment to rent by an owner, or leasing by another tenant?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm not picky. Just some place roomy. Do you think it would be better to get a house?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I don't know. I guess it depends on your style. You have so many choices, like a complex, duplex, high-rise, and even apartments in renovated mansions. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "An apartment in renovated mansions would be great but here in New York the rental prices are crazy. A 2 bed room will cost me more then 2500 a month."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh, yeah, that's true! It might be better to rent a flat in NY, since it usually only has 2 or 3 units. Smaller apartments and units are usually more affordable."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Good Ideal. I'd love to but can't afford it. So the apartment rental life is for me. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I understand that. It's strange that in the UK, apartment isn't really a common term, except more so by professionals like real estate agents. They refer to an apartment on a single level as a 'flat'. "}]