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15 Best Neighborhoods To Live In Los Angeles 2025

Los Angeles, also known as the City of Angels, is a sprawling urban utopia where opportunity meets ambition. It is...
By Clutter Editorial Feb 24, 2025
The best bike lock for NYC is the KRYPTONITE KryptoLok Series 2 U-Lock with a 4-foot cable.

The Best Bike Lock For NYC Is Less Than $50

Bike theft has become an obsession across the Internet. When it comes to locking up bikes, every tech and gadget website, athletic blog, and online store practically stages a nuclear war to test out the best of the best. And we’re not talking a 300-word list of “Bike Lock Dos and Don’ts.” We’re talking an extensively-researched, multiple-part, investigative article which tests the top bike locks against their ultimate enemy: the thieves themselves.

By Molli Carlson Jun 17, 2014
Two people installing an air conditioner into a window.

How to Install a Window Air Conditioner

There is something unmistakably horrible, awful, and in every way excruciating about the particular sticky heat that seeps in through the cracks of your apartment and nearly suffocates you every summer in New York City.

It’s the kind of heat that makes you wonder if they’ve opened an illegal Russian bathhouse in the apartment below yours. The kind of heat that forces you to shower three times a day. It’s that 200% humidity, 99 degree heat that can only be combated by your trusty air conditioner. Veteran Brooklyners, Manhattanites and the like know that oscillating fans alone just won’t cut it.

By Molli Carlson Jun 13, 2014
A man is outside and working on a laptop as part of his technomadic vacation.

6 Tips for Planning the Perfect Technomadic Vacation

Any New Yorker will tell you that one of the hardest parts of living in New York City is leaving New York City. Spending three months in Spain is a distant dream for most of us, because traditionally, a trip like that would entail abandoning your lease, moving all of your stuff to a storage facility, and finding a new job when you get back to the States. After you’ve spent a month hunting on Craigslist for the perfect apartment, the last thing you want to do is give it up.

By Molli Carlson May 12, 2014
A sailboat sails in NYC's Hudson River in front of Manhattan skyscrapers.

8 Essential New York City Living Hacks for a Smoother Experience

Living in New York City is hard. The weather is drastic, the commute is brutal, and the pace never lets up. Succeeding here is all about endurance, and for those who are new to city living, it may seem impossible to deal with the challenges of NYC. That’s why we put together this urban survival guide. Here are some ‘life hacks’ for those of you residing in the big apple

By Molli Carlson May 01, 2014
A cracked iPhone screen after a bad breakup.

How To Break Up In 2025

It’s 2014; we live on our smartphones, our relationships are as textual as they are physical, and as impersonal as it sounds, people actually break up over gchat. At this point it’s pretty much a cliché to send a breakup text, and in New York City, where no one has a car and apartments are in short supply, dealing with a breakup is especially hard. Here at MakeSpace, we truly want everyone to find love, but we also know that sometimes it’s just not meant to be. That’s why we’re going to teach you how to transition through a breakup in 2014, using the luxuries afforded by modern technology.

By Molli Carlson Apr 25, 2014
Comedian Seth Herzog uses MakeSpace for NYC storage.

Featured User: Seth Herzog

Seth is one of the funniest people we’ve ever met. The beloved NYC jokester is now the resident comedian and sketch performer at the new Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, but he’s been on everything from Chappelle’s Show to 30 Rock. Last month, Seth joined MakeSpace. We got to spend some time with him and his stuff when we helped move the comedian out of a storage unit and into the cloud.

By Molli Carlson Apr 24, 2014
Handyman Jimmy DiResta uses MakeSpace for tool storage in NYC.

Featured User: Jimmy DiResta

You name it, Jimmy can build it. He’s the handiest handyman. On his popular YouTube channel, Jimmy shows off his almost superhuman ability to make pretty much anything. He’s built everything from a guitar shaped like a machine gun to a replica of a Star Wars Stormtrooper Helmet.

 

By Molli Carlson Apr 24, 2014
Chelsa-Crowley uses MakeSpace for convenient NYC storage.

Featured User: Chelsa Crowley

Chelsa is New York cool. The young fashionista got her start as a makeup artist before moving in-house at Estée Lauder. At this point, she’s worked for everyone from Calvin Klein to Bobbi Brown cosmetics. Recently, Chelsa began making plans to launch her own beauty brand, so stay tuned!

By Molli Carlson Apr 24, 2014
Haley Stark, an art director, graphic designer, and writer in Brooklyn, uses MakeSpace for NYC storage.

Featured User: Haley Stark

How is a 22 year old this good at design? Haley started working full-time as a Senior Designer at NYLON before she even finished undergrad at NYU, and is one of the youngest designers in the magazine’s history. Of course, for someone with as much talent and creative ambition as Haley, her work at NYLON is just the tip of the iceberg; in her spare time, she’s done everything from designing Mira Gonzalez’s poetry collection i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together to collaborating with the studio Actual Idea on Jared Leto’s photobook series Notes from the Outernet.

By Molli Carlson Apr 24, 2014
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