Most people will agree that it's pretty tough to give up a luxury lifestyle if you've been accustomed to it for a long period of time, but Real Housewives of New Jersey star Caroline Manzo is about ready to sell her lavish mansion and move into an apartment.
She's talked about putting her Franklin Lakes, N.J. home on the market for a few months now, but before she officially lists the place, it sounds like she wants to make sure the transition from a huge house to the much smaller quarters of an apartment is actually doable. (You have to admit, it's a pretty big switch.)
She tweeted about her new home search last week, saying: "Apartment 4 me/hubby/ @Laurenmanzo - checking out the lifestyle - b4 we sell house."
Yeah -- something tells me "checking out the lifestyle" is probably a good idea before she unloads that mansion of hers once and for all. Granted, there are some pretty swanky apartment buildings in and around the New Jersey and New York City areas -- but living in a building that houses multiple units and having your neighbors right on top of you is a far cry from having a fancy-schmancy whopper of a house that offers plenty of privacy and room to entertain.
But even though living in an apartment is much different than life in the 'burbs, Caroline might actually fall in love with the idea of having more freedom to come and go as she pleases. Considering her kids are grown, maybe having a home where all she really has to worry about is locking her door before she leaves the house and heads out for a night on the town is pretty attractive. Dealing with things like keeping the grounds of your home perfectly landscaped and shoveling snow in the winter aren't exactly perks -- though it's highly unlikely she does any of those things on her own now. Oh well, at least with the apartment lifestyle, she'll have less people to hire.
Do you plan on downsizing and moving to an apartment once your kids grow up?
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So, an apartment is considered poverty? I find that insulting considering my family income is actually below poverty level. Bet she won't be going a day or two without eating...or eating leftovers off someone else's plate. That's poverty.
What sad and pathetic attempt to boost your readership.
What an absolutely ridiculous title and insult to people living in apartments.
WHY are you posting this again as if it is new?
How much HYPE are you going to try and spin on Caroline Manzo moving out of her house?!?! Living in POVERTY?!?! What kind of stupid headline is that? Your group of 'journalists' need to learn how to write a story and quit re-telling the same thing over and over again. This move is old news, and she is certainly not living a life of POVERTY! Shame on you "writers"....(term I use very loosely)
This article is absolutely BOGUS!!!!!! Caroline and Albert Manzo are a wonderful couple with wonderful respectful children.... AND, this sounds more like an article that came from Theresa's mouth.... Theresa is just jealous of their marriage and wishes that her husband was as stand-up as Albert!!! IF, you think that apartment living is "POVERTY", you should check out some apartments/condominiums.... they're absolutely gorgeous and they deserve to have a stress free life..... they brought their children up, they didn't have their aging parents take care of their unruly children like Theresa and Joe do!!!!! YOU ROCK CAROLINE AND ALBERT ...... GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEW HOME HUNTING!!!!!! xoxo
Apartment = Poverty? WTF, This is the most ridiculous article ever!!! If she were living in a box on top of a grate in the city then I would say she is living in poverty.
Wow, the title is a straight up lie.