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Hello everyone, I just moved to the city and am looking for roommates. None of the apartments have seemed right for me, and/or the neighborhood didn't jump out at me. I wanted to get insight into different neighborhoods, I know opinions vary so general tips and experiences you have to share would be supa!
I'll start with one, I'm looking at an apartment by Dekalb and Throop. Ready? Go!
I'll start with one, I'm looking at an apartment by Dekalb and Throop. Ready? Go!
That's north central-ish Bed-Stuy. You are close to Marcy Houses and far from the subway. There are better areas within Bed-Stuy, if that is the neighborhood of your choosing...
Go and see for yourself as only you know what you are comfortable with. I would not want to live at the location you mentioned. Why are you looking there?
Go and see for yourself as only you know what you are comfortable with. I would not want to live at the location you mentioned. Why are you looking there?
All I can add is that you should always see a neighborhood during the day and at night, especially a Saturday night before you decide to rent. Sometimes the quiet daytime neighborhood becomes wild at night.
For whatever neighborhood or location that fits your pocketbook once you are there and you walk, like you belong - then you belong, and the biggest hurdle is overcome. There will be strange looks and turf assumptions where-ever you go. (It's a pressure many persons deal with daily when they have to go about in unfamiliar surroundings)
I'm surprised everyday when I see what the "new" economics are forcing persons to take because thats what currently fits his/her pocketbook.
You can look up the local preceint and get the crime stats on the area to give you a guess-ta-mation of how safe it is or isn't. And if you see someone that looks approachable as you walk down the street just say Hi, then ask for that individuals personal opinion of what that person thinks about the communal flow of things.
Good and Bad people are all over and its people that make up neighborhoods, so pal up with the good people and make that new place home and even ever better than it is.
I go and see for myself of course, I'm just looking for extra insight from people who may have been around longer. What do you guys know about the McKibbin Lofts? (255 McKibbin) It seems fun but I've heard a bunch of stories about it's reputation and its proximity to the projects. It didn't seem like a bad area though, just a typical "take a cab past 2am" neighborhood.
My budget is under $850, for really any neighborhood but ideally in a place with a lot of artists and creative types. Close to a subway with as short a commute to Manhattan as possible.
My budget is under $850, for really any neighborhood but ideally in a place with a lot of artists and creative types. Close to a subway with as short a commute to Manhattan as possible.
This place does not exist in reality. Oh wait, maybe I'm wrong. There is a place in Brooklyn that a friend of a friend rents an "apartment" as an art studio that has a communal bathroom that the whole floor shares. That might be under $850 a month.
Here is what drives up rental prices
1- proximity to Manhattan and/or proximity to a train
2- Hip neighorhoods
For these two things you will pay double the price of what you want to pay
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