Watervliet (Albany: apartment, rent, crime)

[NowOrNever]

dont need to know this for myself cause i dont tend on living here but

-is watervliet a good area to live? is it friendly to bisexuals? crime/statistic rates? how are the people? easy to make friends? how suburban or rural is it? anything else would be helpful.

[foufifoufi]

i grew up in vliet. its a small city. like a small town with somewhat of a city feel. it's actually kinda filled with dirty people and has gone downhill since i moved. keep in mind i got out in 97,when i was 15. but still,at that,ive been back for work and it's still dirty. i suppose it's bisexual friendly. that just means you'll get herpes from either gender. there's a few sets of subsidized housing and i'm sure you will have no problem making friends there. crime there sucks as do the police. there's a public pool that gets shut down every couple days cos someone ****s in it. ask someone thats between 24 and 28 if they know dawn brown. she'll screw ya.

[juppiter]

Yeah I have to concur. It's kinda cute in that you can tell it was really nice in like the 1930s, but it's really run-down now. I don't think anyone actually moves to there.

[Alt Dach]

Watervilet is just a working class town,no more ,no less.
If you like that,you'll like it.

[Phoenix lady]

Used to have the reputation in the 90's of being run-down.

[looking2moov]

Watervliet is run down, there is quite a bit of riff-raff (not unsafe, just poorer families) as it is so cheap. It's definitely working class. Finding "friends" may prove to be difficult- we've lived here for 3 years, have met one couple, and they turned out to be far less than desirable people. The rent is certainly cheap, and as long as you are not on the main drag (ie, price chopper, or dunkin donuts), it is pretty quiet. We pay $600 for a very nice 3 bedroom apartment on the outskirts, in downtown Albany we would probably pay $900 for a similar neighborhood and house.
That being said, although people aren't exactly lining up for block parties, no one is really un-friendly, and crime in my opinion is low. Bisexuals I'm sure are plentiful, being outside of Albany, it's pretty diverse. It is not rural at all, more suburban if anything. If you do a googlemaps street view of Watervliet, you can see- it is in fact quite run down- not a lot of money in the city. However, there have been recently a number of "flips" on large homes in part of a "beautify watervliet" project.

[Vincents697]

I grew up in Vliet. Unfortunately it has changed over the years. I would not however call it dirty. There are plenty of people who live there who take care of their properties and dont rent to pigs. If you don't want to be bothered with "riff-raff" dont surround yourself with that class of people. If you want a nice home, live in the right part of town. There are good and not so good parts of town, there are also good and not so good people. Hum, can't that be said about any town???

[NowOrNever]

What about Albany compared to Watervliet. Yeah I met some people from Watervliet and they were really trashy, ignorant, confrontational (only when they were with their friends mind you), etc.

How is Albany?

[nikki_ny]

Hi there...Albany is definitely a cooler city to live in than Albany. If you are trying to choose between living in Albany vs. Watervliet, I would choose Albany. More diverse people...more professional people. If you are bisexual, I would probably suggest living around Lark Street. I really like Lark street. It has a lot of historical charm. It is near a park, it has lots of little bars and restaurants to walk to. Parking is a pain, but if you don't mind that, or if you can rent a place to park your car, then it wouldn't be so bad.

It really depends on what you are looking for. Yes, Watervliet is cheaper to live in...but it is a more run down, less hip of a city. Will you be working or going to school in Albany or Watervliet or nearby?