While there are a lot of benefits to life in a major urban center, it's also true that they don't come without some pretty costly drawbacks.
And as anyone who's been apartment hunting long enough to stop reacting in shock when someone requests $1,500 a month for what looks like a broom closet knows, I'm being very literal by calling them "costly."
Because the forces of population density and the high costs of living that you see in big cities tends to converge into a reality full of prohibitively expensive yet cramped places to live.
And while one unusual London listing seems like the logical extreme of that reality, it's also true that there really isn't any place like it.