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When I moved to LA, each apartment I lived in was five times the size NYC's apartments and nowhere near the price of what you would pay here. I had a friend that was from GA living in LA in huge one bedroom apartment with a terrace, paying $1300 and she said the apartment was "smaller" than what she was used to living in GA.
Not only that, I never, ever had an ugly looking bathroom. Also, if there were any issues with the apartment, all I had to do was tell the property manager and it would be fixed in a couple of days before I got home. Yes, I gave them access to my place. I didn't need to be there and I never gave them a hard time about it like people do here. I never had to wait weeks for something to get fixed or "beg" anyone to fix it either and the work wasn't "sloppy". They actually hired people who knew what they were doing. No patchwork jobs.
As a matter of fact, everyone I know in other cities live in better spaces.
The OP spending $1800 a month to live in a ROOM simply boggles my freaking mind AND...he calls himself a Manhattan "native". Really? As a born and raised NYC person, you found nothing wrong with spending $1800 a month to live in a room with a crabby old woman???
He could have easily found a nice one bedroom apartment in Queens for $500 less than that. Even the Dykman area of Manhattan would have been better option.
but Marilyn dear it was in frekin LA which we all know is the armpit of america. They would have to pay me $1800 to live there.
When I moved to LA, each apartment I lived in was five times the size NYC's apartments and nowhere near the price of what you would pay here. I had a friend that was from GA living in LA in huge one bedroom apartment with a terrace, paying $1300 and she said the apartment was "smaller" than what she was used to living in GA.
Not only that, I never, ever had an ugly looking bathroom. Also, if there were any issues with the apartment, all I had to do was tell the property manager and it would be fixed in a couple of days before I got home. Yes, I gave them access to my place. I didn't need to be there and I never gave them a hard time about it like people do here. I never had to wait weeks for something to get fixed or "beg" anyone to fix it either and the work wasn't "sloppy". They actually hired people who knew what they were doing. No patchwork jobs.
As a matter of fact, everyone I know in other cities live in better spaces.
The OP spending $1800 a month to live in a ROOM simply boggles my freaking mind AND...he calls himself a Manhattan "native". Really? As a born and raised NYC person, you found nothing wrong with spending $1800 a month to live in a room with a crabby old woman???
He could have easily found a nice one bedroom apartment in Queens for $500 less than that. Even the Dykman area of Manhattan would have been better option.
True, NY'ers are generally experts at putting down everyone who doesn't live like them.
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Originally Posted by bilmin
but Marilyn dear it was in frekin LA which we all know is the armpit of america. They would have to pay me $1800 to live there.
See what I mean?
Does anyone actually enjoy living around people like this? I know this is certainly a very large part of the reason I can no longer enjoy this city. The people absolutely repulse me.
I wonder where people think they can rent a 1 BR in Queens for $500 and have sufficient access to all forms of transportation and amenities at all hours of the day. A 1BR in Astoria would cost 1600.
I wonder where people think they can rent a 1 BR in Queens for $500 and have sufficient access to all forms of transportation and amenities at all hours of the day. A 1BR in Astoria would cost 1600.
If you're referring to MY post, I said he could have got something $500 "cheaper" from the $1800 he was paying for in Queens. I wasn't referring to Astoria either. The borough of Queens is quite huge and there are definitely one bedrooms available for $1200.
If you're referring to MY post, I said he could have got something $500 "cheaper" from the $1800 he was paying for in Queens. I wasn't referring to Astoria either. The borough of Queens is quite huge and there are definitely one bedrooms available for $1200.
Not in most places where there is good transportation to and from manhattan 24x7. Astoria and LIC are way above 1200. Even sunnyside is too far and too detached as is woodside.
Not in most places where there is good transportation to and from manhattan 24x7. Astoria and LIC are way above 1200. Even sunnyside is too far and too detached as is woodside.
LIC and Astoria aren't the only places in Queens to live.
The 7, R, N, E, F, B, trains cover a huge section of the borough where you can live close to the train for $1200.
LIC and Astoria aren't the only places in Queens to live.
The 7, R, N, E, F, B, trains cover a huge section of the borough where you can live close to the train for $1200.
There's also the Bronx.
If they work irregular and long hours in manhattan and need to get in and out of home and work late then those other places are not really options. What more multiple jobs. Wait time for many subways to the boroughs can reach 30 mins after10pm and the rides are long. When I lived in Forest Hills the only way I could get home in less than an hour if I left work past 9 was through car service. And my place was walkable from the E and F. I lived in Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Rego Park and Woodhaven so I know how public transit really works in Queens. If it weren't for my employer's car service and the fact that I had only one job, I would not have lived in Queens at that time. Have an ex-coworker who lives in Sunnyside and now works brutal hours for an investment bank and he tells me the same thing. My guess is such folks are looking to work 80 to 100 hrs a week and need places they can easily get in and out of. Most areas in queens won't cut it.
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