#and i’ve been to skyscraper parties and shir

[ginalinettiofficial]

hopping back on tumblr for the first time in weeks because i just really NEED to express how funny it is when i read avengers fanfics and they’re always like “so in stark tower, xyz character has their own floor as an apartment :-)” because it happens in basically every fic that is set even a little bit in the tower and it’s just funny how clear it is that most ppl seemingly have NO concept of just how BIG skyscrapers are and it’s very cute

like as an annoying city girl i’m here to tell yall that some of the biggest mansions in hollywood are not as big as one floor in a skyscraper

even penthouse units are usually one of multiple on their floor, because towers are WIDE! them motherfuckers span entire city blocks! sometimes more! i know it’s so hard to imagine because big things are hard to imagine but the idea that one three to five bed condo/apt/whatever could take up an entire floor in even an itty bitty skyscraper is laughable. the largest, most luxurious 5 bed condos in manhattan are still usually less than 5000 square feet. one floor in a skyscraper is easily 30,000 square feet. and that’s on the pretty darn small side!! most skyscrapers with residential floors have /dozens/ of condos per floor. the hallways of residential floors in towers are basically the same feeling as hotel hallways - lots of doors, generally lots of offshoots of halls, at least four elevators going to the floor, that sort of thing.

basically what this rant comes down to is that even if tony stark was being exceedingly generous and giving each avenger an extremely lavish, large condo with hella space and home offices and such, those units would all be on the same floor or MAYBE between two floors. and if he WERE to give everyone their own floor, he’d deadass be giving each of them a ranch-style mega-mansion, with, like, 15-20 bedrooms minimum.

#d speaks #it’s just really funny to like. have actual experience with shit and then read people’s imagined ideals of said shit #i also know no one will read this but if you did i want to quickly go on record as saying that no i am not a rich asshole lol #but i’ve worked for plenty of families who live in high rises and i actually had an office job in the sears tower a few years back too #and i’ve been to skyscraper parties and shir #it’s just shit that kind of happens when u exist in a major city w hella skyscrapers #and tbh it’s always wild to read this and be like ‘oh i guess i am lucky to have these experiences?’ #because when i’m working in a high rise i’m not sitting there like ‘wow this is so cool i’m so blessed’ and i guess i should! #usually it’s more like ‘ugh why do rich ppl never have any goddamn food in their places’ #hint the answer is that they all seem to exist primarily on delivery #also just while we’re on the topic #y’all gotta dream bigger when ur designing imaginary rich ppl apartments #there are not nearly enough home offices or non-bedroom spaces included in ur fics #also: high rise spiders are a Thing and they are the Worst #basically all those balconies yall fantasize about???? SPIDER TERRITORY #those motherfuckers are EVERYWHERE up there it’s awful tbh way too many goddamn spiders #also here’s a tip if you’re writing a skyscraper story: clouds are not as high up as you think they are #aka if you’re living on floor 75 your view will be the inside of a cloud VERY often