My GF lives in a new apartment complex in Flushing,Queens.... no roof antennas allowed.
She got a
Flatwave antenna... its great, you use some velcro dots and mount it to the wall. Its paintable if your wall is not white, I pulls in something like 35 stations, many are just affiliates of the big broadcasters, in smaller cities...they also offer a boosted for people in more rural areas.
She uses the google chromcast and her ipad a lot to get Chinese language programming from the homeland...
I've been thinking of cutting the cord too...