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On its own, Greenpoint doesn't appeal to me very much. I think I might prefer being within walking distance to almost everything in Philadelphia over being two trains away from anything in Manhattan.
On its own, Greenpoint doesn't appeal to me very much. I think I might prefer being within walking distance to almost everything in Philadelphia over being two trains away from anything in Manhattan.
Agreed. In G-Ho your close to everything as well. Many New Yorkers think that they are the only city that can do that, but that's far from the truth.
Graduate Hospital is a great area. It's also within walking distance of everything in Center City/University City. Also, the neighborhood is basically brand new.... it has seen so much gentrification and redevelopment in recent years, there aren't many areas in the US that can compete with the level of change G-Ho has seen. I also love how many different names Graduate Hospital has. From G-Ho to Southwest Center City to South of South (So-So).
The neighborhood is basically brand new. Here is an account of all the development going on in the area thanks to NakedPhilly: Graduate Hospital | NakedPhilly
On the flipside, Greenpoint is more vibrant, and tends to be taller.
Greenpoint by a good margin. The neighborhood is generally beautiful and the Polish community has a lot of interesting things in their shops and restaurants. The neighborhood never went post apocalyptic except for its industrial waterfront so things are generally still very much intact and looking quite good these days. Meanwhile a lot of great shops and restaurants, a direct ferry over to Midtown has opened (and the view of midtown is pretty good), and the formerly terrible G train now runs in greater frequencies and is at least somewhat timely so it's a stop up to a major transfer station and a stop down to williamsburg (where you can transfer into the L train). The next door nabe of LIC to the north isn't itself great save for the waterfront but it has a pretty great museum and the nabe down, Williamsburg, has a lot of things going on.
Greenpoint by a good margin. The neighborhood is generally beautiful and the Polish community has a lot of interesting things in their shops and restaurants. The neighborhood never went post apocalyptic except for its industrial waterfront so things are generally still very much intact and looking quite good these days. Meanwhile a lot of great shops and restaurants, a direct ferry over to Midtown has opened (and the view of midtown is pretty good), and the formerly terrible G train now runs in greater frequencies and is at least somewhat timely so it's a stop up to a major transfer station and a stop down to williamsburg (where you can transfer into the L train). The next door nabe of LIC to the north isn't itself great save for the waterfront but it has a pretty great museum and the nabe down, Williamsburg, has a lot of things going on.
I honestly dont know much of Greenpoint but remember that G-ho is a 5 minute walk to Rittenhouse Sq and less than a 15 minute walk to nearly everything in Philadelphia. G-ho is gentrifying pretty rapidly these days (from 3 sides really if you include the push back from UCity into the area.
G-ho has some decent restaurants, limited bars (some decent esp a few gastro pubs) but little boutique shopping to speak of, its mostly a residential nabe in close porximity to some of the most vibrant nabes in Philly.
Philly in general has a lot more potential. Greenpoint is no longer where the poor no trust fund hipsters end up. Brooklyn in general is stifled by a complete lack of affordable housing. Unless you want a police tower in front of your house.
Philly in general has a lot more potential. Greenpoint is no longer where the poor no trust fund hipsters end up. Brooklyn in general is stifled by a complete lack of affordable housing. Unless you want a police tower in front of your house.
I honestly dont know much of Greenpoint but remember that G-ho is a 5 minute walk to Rittenhouse Sq and less than a 15 minute walk to nearly everything in Philadelphia. G-ho is gentrifying pretty rapidly these days (from 3 sides really if you include the push back from UCity into the area.
G-ho has some decent restaurants, limited bars (some decent esp a few gastro pubs) but little boutique shopping to speak of, its mostly a residential nabe in close porximity to some of the most vibrant nabes in Philly.
Greenpoint is a very intact and very vibrant neighborhood in and of itself witha lot of great things about it. It may not be as quick of a walk to midtown or downtown, but it is a fairly short subway ride there and it is a fairly easy walk to the fairly large economic engine that is Long Island City. What's more is that Greenpoint has in recent years retrofitted a lot of its formerly derelict factories and warehouses into work studios and now features movie studios, personal work spaces, artist studios, and headquarters for a good deal of startups, most notably kickstarter. It doesn't have just a few decent restaurants, but many very good ones and it has many bars as well as a few interesting Eastern European clubs/venues here and there. It also has easy access to the bordering neighborhood with Williamsburg which is very vibrant by pretty much any standards.
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