Here's what it's like to live at the top of the second-tallest apartment building in the world for less than $1,400 a month

It's possible to live in the sky - even if you're not fabulously wealthy.

One of the tallest steel trees in Dubai's glittering forest of skyscrapers is the Princess Tower. At 1,358 feet, it's the second-tallest tower that's open in Dubai, behind only the world's tallest building, the 2,717-foot Burj Khalifa.

Until 2015, the Princess Tower was the tallest residential building in the world, but its crown was swiped by 432 Park Avenue in New York City.

But unlike 432 Park Avenue - where, as Katie Warren wrote in February, penthouses can cost many millions of dollars - rent for apartments in the Princess Tower are surprisingly affordable: in fact, for 5,000 United Arab Emirates dirhams ($1,362) and under per month, they come in at barely half the monthly median rent in New York City (which is now more than $2,700).

For more than a year, I lived near the very top of the Princess Tower, on the 88th floor (out of 97 above ground).

Here's what it was like to live at such a lofty height on a modest (read: non-six-figure) salary.