It's a case of "if it's not broken, don't fix it".
If you can't cook, what are you going to be eating? Junk food? Gourmet food delivered to you?
The cost of feeding yourself will eat into your monthly wages in a hurry.
There're rental apts in New York City where you don't have cooking facilities. Folks in those situations do all they can to get a regular apt where they can enjoy a cooked mean whenever they please.
No, sir, I'll keep my kitchen.