A Couple Play the Long Game With Manhattan Amenities. Which of These Options Would You Choose?

Aaron Morgan was living in Boston and commuting frequently to New York, where he would stay in hotels during trips for work. “We both swiped right, and the rest is history,” said Mr. Morgan, 49, the regional chief administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration. He and Mr. Luo, 35, who worked in arts administration before becoming a freelance photographer, soon decided to give up their leases and find a place in New York together. Mr. Luo grew up on the edge of Chinatown and SoHo, and had attended LaGuardia High School, right behind Lincoln Center. The couple knew that the area west of Lincoln Center, and the nearby Riverside South neighborhood, had plenty of new rental high-rises with amenities like gyms and in-unit washer-dryers.