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i always hear people who live in manhattan (mainly people from uptown area) say that brooklyn is too far and they try to avoid going as much as possible. however, i know people from BK who go into the city often w/ no hesitation.
i never hear people complain of the distance between manhattan and the bronx. are these two boroughs the most proximal to eachother?
also wht is the estimated time in mins. from manhattan to the other boroughs if you ride by car?
It depends on where in the other boroughs you are going. Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx are all just a bridge from Manhattan, but those are all very big boroughs. To get from Manhattan to eastern Queens can take quite a long time. I don't drive so I'm not sure how long, but most who live in Manhattan don't drive.
I live in Jackson Heights and it takes me about 15-20 minutes to get to the first subway stop in Manhattan if I take an express train. If I want to go downtown, it's probably 30-40 minutes. My commute to the Upper East Side is 40-45 minutes, including walking.
But yeah, if you live in UPTOWN Manhattan, it's a long trip to Brooklyn. Again, it depends on where point A and point B are, but it could easily take an hour if you're in far northern Manhattan (by subway).
i always hear people who live in manhattan (mainly people from uptown area) say that brooklyn is too far and they try to avoid going as much as possible. however, i know people from BK who go into the city often w/ no hesitation.
i never hear people complain of the distance between manhattan and the bronx. are these two boroughs the most proximal to eachother?
also wht is the estimated time in mins. from manhattan to the other boroughs if you ride by car?
Most Manhattan people don't like to leave Manhattan. Its not about actually being to far away to go to Brooklyn or Queens is more about leaving the Island.
Most Manhattan people don't like to leave Manhattan. Its not about actually being to far away to go to Brooklyn or Queens is more about leaving the Island.
Which is sad. I have friends that live in Jersey City and Hoboken that spend more time in Brooklyn and Queens enjoying what they have to offer than some Manhattanites.
i always hear people who live in manhattan (mainly people from uptown area) say that brooklyn is too far and they try to avoid going as much as possible. however, i know people from BK who go into the city often w/ no hesitation.
i never hear people complain of the distance between manhattan and the bronx. are these two boroughs the most proximal to eachother?
also wht is the estimated time in mins. from manhattan to the other boroughs if you ride by car?
The two boroughs that are closest to each other are Brooklyn and Queens because they share a large land border, but that's probably not what you're asking.
Uptown is a distance from Brooklyn, so I can see people saying Brooklyn is too far if they're coming from there. However, lower Manhattan and the Villages are all fairly close to Brooklyn and it's not that much of a haul to walk or bike the bridges connecting the closest parts of the two boroughs. There's also pretty quick transit from the lower parts of Manhattan to Brooklyn.
Keep in mind the boroughs are pretty big and traffic changes quite a bit depending on the time of day, so there's not way to really give a good estimated time for a ride by car unless you talk about specific neighborhoods in Manhattan and the outer boroughs.
I think it is far because of the distractions along the way. If from point A you have to go through all the coolest shop, entertainment, restaurant the country has to offer to get to point B, you'll likely never quite make it to point B. And that feeds the mentality. The less likely you make it to point B, the farther it feels in your mind.
But all in all, even in the lower parts of uptown (70s) to the edge or Brooklyn (downtown), it's still 40 minutes on the 4/5/6. It's not necessarily the shortest trip one could make. In most places in the country, that amount of time can take you to end edge of town to the other edge of town. I think for the most part, people underestimate the sheer size of NYC...
It is very spread out, and fundamentally that's why the most expensive real estate is smack in the middle, in downtown Manhattan and northwest Brooklyn. You sacrifice access to more and more of what the city has to offer as you move further out in any direction. I live pretty far out and I don't mind, but it's easy to understand why people want to live in the middle.
The longer you need to travel to get somewhere, the more likely your trip may be significantly delayed by subway disruptions. I don't mind going to Brooklyn or Queens to see friends -- but before I leave I check to see what subway disruptions I might encounter online. I'm not going if it will take me two hours to get to a location (and that has quite literally happened)--unless its some truly special life event that I can't miss.
By the way, there are plenty of people I know in Brooklyn who have cancelled trips into Manhattan because of service disruptions so it goes both ways.
I live in uptown Manhattan, on the West Side, so getting to Queens or Brooklyn by public transit isn't particularly fun.
I actually work at JFK, but I have a car. With no traffic, it's an easy 30 minute drive. Of course with traffic, God only knows.
The only reason I prefer to stay in Manhattan if I'm going out with friends is because of the commute. I'll only take subway since I know I'll be drinking, so it's pretty much a solid hour each way, and if I'm returning late at night, the train transfers can kill you.
If I lived downtown on the East side I wouldn't hesitate to skip across the river.
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