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Well, the catch for Rockaway Park is its distance from Manhattan.
Interesting, thanks for the response.
I was looking at housing prices around there and they seem quite resonable, especially given being by the water and all. And being retired a longer trip to Manhattan would be no hardship for me; I see the EL runs there and I've all day to get around. Next time I go east I'll take a look over there and at some of the other neighborhoods mentioned.
I was looking at housing prices around there and they seem quite resonable, especially given being by the water and all. And being retired a longer trip to Manhattan would be no hardship for me; I see the EL runs there and I've all day to get around. Next time I go east I'll take a look over there and at some of the other neighborhoods mentioned.
I'm not too familiar with the Rockaways, but I know that the eastern part of the peninsula is pretty rough. Starting from (I believe) the Beach 70s down to Far Rockaway is run down with a few nice pockets here and there, but Rockaway Park stretches from the Beach 100s out to the 120s, so there shouldn't really be an issue.
But like I said, the main reason is its distance from Manhattan. I don't think you'll have any real crime issues.
In what neighborhoods would a retired South Side Irish union tradesman fit in? You know, a regular guy neighborhood; working class and "regular guy" middle class, neighborhood taverns, people sit outside and chat with their neighbors, no pretense. Laid back and relaxed. I'm thinking a neighborhood with small apartment buildings and houses mixed.
Rockaway Park is interesting, looks affordable too. What's the catch?
I'm not looking for a super Irish neighborhood so much as an old school mixed ethnic one. I grew up in a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago that was mostly Irish, Jewish, Bohemian (like from Prague, not hipsters or beats ) and Italian and a neighborhood I'm considering here (I now live in a downtown high rise on the Lake) is Irish, Polish, Chinese, Mexican, Italian, Lithuanian....you get the picture.
Anyway I've lived here most of my life but my wife grew up in Philadelphia and misses the east coast. And I'm up for a new part of the country. Thanks for the responses.
The catch is that is far away from Manhattan and it gets cold as hell in the winter lol. But I think you'll like it. Like I said, its the closest thing to Southie in NYC.
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Woodlawn and the continuation of the neighborhood along McLean ave in Yonkers. Are you from Bridgeport ? or further down on th SS? (beverly?). I think Woodlawn is kind of similar (vibe wise) but a little more diverse and better access to public transit/higher density.
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