Imminent Bad Blood: Harry Styles and Taylor Swift Might Be Neighbors

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The ex-boyfriend responsible for the best songs on Taylor Swift's 1989 (yes, we're still debating this), could be pulling a maybe-very-definitely-super awkward post-breakup move: Buying an apartment around the corner from her.

The Post reports that Harry Styles was spotted checking out a $3.9 million apartment at 27 North Moore Street in Tribeca this week. It sounds like a nice choice for Styles: open living room, vaulted ceilings, a fireplace, presumably great mirrors in which to admire one's long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt, etc. What the report failed to mention however, is that 27 North Moore Street is approximately 0.1 miles from his ex-girlfriend and pop superstar Taylor Swift's Tribeca apartment, located at 155 Franklin Street.

For reference, here is the route that Google Maps suggest one takes when walking between the two apartments:

As you can see, it's quite short. But! There is also the option of taking the (slightly) more scenic route, around Varick Street:

Regardless, either route is a mere 0.1 miles—a three-minute walk, in layman's terms. No word on whether Harry purchased the apartment, but if and when he does, it appears that the neighborhood has no shortage of romantic restaurants in which the pair can provide ample fodder for more impossibly catchy pop songs.