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11-10-2006, 12:21 PM
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Re: Possibly moving to NYC -- Advice?
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[ QUOTE ] Neighborhoods - if you are working in the financial district, the upper east side (low 60s through high 80s) is nice and will get you to work in about 15 mins. [/ QUOTE ] It took me more than 15 minutes to get from E 86th, one block from the express stop, to across the street from Grand Central. If you think a standard UES finance commute is 15 minutes you must own a flying carpet. [/ QUOTE ] <font color="blue"> </font> People totally lie about their commute times so I always take them with a grain of salt. FWIW I think downtown Brooklyn would be a much cooler place to live if I wanted an easy commute to the downtown financial district, but that's just me. Evan has a nice place near Battery Park, I'll try to get him to post his thoughts on living there. 
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11-10-2006, 12:35 PM
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Re: Possibly moving to NYC -- Advice?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Neighborhoods - if you are working in the financial district, the upper east side (low 60s through high 80s) is nice and will get you to work in about 15 mins. [/ QUOTE ] It took me more than 15 minutes to get from E 86th, one block from the express stop, to across the street from Grand Central. If you think a standard UES finance commute is 15 minutes you must own a flying carpet. [/ QUOTE ] <font color="blue"> </font> People totally lie about their commute times so I always take them with a grain of salt. FWIW I think downtown Brooklyn would be a much cooler place to live if I wanted an easy commute to the downtown financial district, but that's just me. Evan has a nice place near Battery Park, I'll try to get him to post his thoughts on living there. [/ QUOTE ] my commute from my e. 72nd sublet to the financial district last summer was ~45 mins during rush hour; going out downtown nights/weekends would be even worse. i loved the neighborhood, but there's absolutely no way i would live there with that commute again. if you're working in the wall st area, there's absolutely no reason to live outside of manhattan below 14th st or downtown brooklyn near a subway. and don't even think about bringing a car.
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#25
11-10-2006, 12:48 PM
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Re: Possibly moving to NYC -- Advice?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Neighborhoods - if you are working in the financial district, the upper east side (low 60s through high 80s) is nice and will get you to work in about 15 mins. [/ QUOTE ] It took me more than 15 minutes to get from E 86th, one block from the express stop, to across the street from Grand Central. If you think a standard UES finance commute is 15 minutes you must own a flying carpet. [/ QUOTE ] <font color="blue"> </font> People totally lie about their commute times so I always take them with a grain of salt. FWIW I think downtown Brooklyn would be a much cooler place to live if I wanted an easy commute to the downtown financial district, but that's just me. Evan has a nice place near Battery Park, I'll try to get him to post his thoughts on living there. [/ QUOTE ] Basic breakdown of living here: Pros: -Very cheap rent compared to similar living conditions elsewhere -Lots of new development going on, so there's a lot of spaces available (buildings are mostly on the fancier side) -Very good subway access to the whole city -Great commute if you're going to work in the neighborhood, my office is a 7 minute walk from my apartment Cons: -Have to leave the neighborhood to go out at night unless you want to go to one of a few not very good places -Longer cab ride home then some other neighborhoods (but not really bad), which you'll want to do if you're out late uptown -Notably fewer restaurants/stores/etc than lots of other areas (tons of office buildings obviously)
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#26
11-10-2006, 12:49 PM
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Re: Possibly moving to NYC -- Advice?
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[ QUOTE ] Neighborhoods - if you are working in the financial district, the upper east side (low 60s through high 80s) is nice and will get you to work in about 15 mins. [/ QUOTE ] It took me more than 15 minutes to get from E 86th, one block from the express stop, to across the street from Grand Central. If you think a standard UES finance commute is 15 minutes you must own a flying carpet. [/ QUOTE ] Hahaha, when I read this the first time I thought it said 45 minutes. 15 is majorly hilarious. Edit: According to Hopstop, if you live literally on top of the 86th St. station it would take 30 minutes to get to 40 Wall.
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#27
11-10-2006, 12:49 PM
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-(present) decent-sized prewar (but nicely renovated) studio in the East Village, 3rd floor walkup, $1495/month [/ QUOTE ] How many square feet is this?
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#28
11-10-2006, 12:56 PM
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#29
11-10-2006, 12:59 PM
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I really don't want to sound like your typical nyer here but williamsburg and hoboken are basically like two different countries. they are not in any way interchangable. [/ QUOTE ] agreed. OP - if you've never lived anywhere else and have the chance to try it for 6 months I'd jump on it. I came for "a year or two" initally and I'm still here 6 years on (though probably moving for reasons beyond my control next year). there's nowhere else like it, for 6 months I'd recommend it to anyone. if you have the choice of when to move I'd leave it till after february, I don't particularly like the winters here and they might be a shock to the system coming from SD. good luck
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