Moving from Georgia with three kids to Brooklyn or Queens (York: home, school)
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Where I live in Queens (Ridgewood) you should easily be able to find a 3 bedroom for under $3k. Door to door I am less than 40 minutes to the Meatpacking District without any transfers. Very walkable and a decent selection of playgounds.
Not quite sure why'd you want to move to NYC when your husband's job appears to offer you the luxury of being able to live anywhere in the U.S. There are places that offer a better overall value and quality of life for you and your family than nyc. NYC is not a family friendly city. Sure, people manage to make it work for them but it's an awkward often unpleasant process. Why go through that when you don't need to? My apologies if I come off abrasive, just trying to gain an understanding of why specifically you need to move to NYC.
As a former telecommuter, why in the world would you want to move to where you have to commute everyday? You can get a better sense of adventure anywhere else in the country.
Opinion. Me personally, would never want to telecommute. Personally think it will end up bringing down society all together if it becomes the norm.
Not quite sure why'd you want to move to NYC when your husband's job appears to offer you the luxury of being able to live anywhere in the U.S. There are places that offer a better overall value and quality of life for you and your family than nyc. NYC is not a family friendly city. Sure, people manage to make it work for them but it's an awkward often unpleasant process. Why go through that when you don't need to? My apologies if I come off abrasive, just trying to gain an understanding of why specifically you need to move to NYC.
My thoughts exactly.
NY is the most expensive city in the U.S. and while hubby's salary is fairly good, she'll see their purchasing power reduced significantly by moving here.
If you were moving here with a 6k/mo housing budget, you'd have plenty of options. Park Slope, Battery park city, Forest hills and maybe even the UES would be perfect places for a family, but 3 br for 3k might only be doable in some neighborhoods.
and it won't be in the prime family-friendly NYC neighborhoods. mosty likely it will be in those that are far away from manhattan and/or lack amenities.
you should definitely consider NJ, If you're determinted to move here.
Thanks! This is exactly what I'm looking for. My husband would continue to telecommute the majority of the time, but would be available for in-person meetings and occasional days at the office.
We live in a great area right now, and being able to telecommute is a luxury for us. It allows my husband to hang out with the kids while he takes a coffee break, I can run out with the older kids while the younger one is napping at home, he saves himself a 30 min commute to work, etc.
We don't "need" to live in NY, but many people live in NYC because they enjoy being there, rather than because of a real need. We think living there could be a fun thing to do for a year or two. It would certainly be more expensive than where we live now, but we could afford it. We don't need to live in the hottest area of Brooklyn. It's just something my husband and I have always wanted to do, and imagine how educational it would be for the kids!
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Originally Posted by G-Dale
Where I live in Queens (Ridgewood) you should easily be able to find a 3 bedroom for under $3k. Door to door I am less than 40 minutes to the Meatpacking District without any transfers. Very walkable and a decent selection of playgounds.
Opinion. Me personally, would never want to telecommute. Personally think it will end up bringing down society all together if it becomes the norm.
Oh there's still plenty of people who share your POV so it will never become the norm, at least not any time soon. IMO it's a relative thing, in some industries it makes all the sense in the world and keeps a lot of costs down.
Thanks! This is exactly what I'm looking for. My husband would continue to telecommute the majority of the time, but would be available for in-person meetings and occasional days at the office.
We live in a great area right now, and being able to telecommute is a luxury for us. It allows my husband to hang out with the kids while he takes a coffee break, I can run out with the older kids while the younger one is napping at home, he saves himself a 30 min commute to work, etc.
We don't "need" to live in NY, but many people live in NYC because they enjoy being there, rather than because of a real need. We think living there could be a fun thing to do for a year or two. It would certainly be more expensive than where we live now, but we could afford it. We don't need to live in the hottest area of Brooklyn. It's just something my husband and I have always wanted to do, and imagine how educational it would be for the kids!
If you really don't need to live in the city but just want to be close then you should definitely also look at the suburbs near the city.
Oh there's still plenty of people who share your POV so it will never become the norm, at least not any time soon. IMO it's a relative thing, in some industries it makes all the sense in the world and keeps a lot of costs down.
I hope it doesn't become the norm. It will eventually cause the end of civilization. All those cost savings will eventually crush all micro-economies and turn us into robots.
If you really don't need to live in the city but just want to be close then you should definitely also look at the suburbs near the city.
I was thinking this or even further out if it is a 2 or 3 times a month deal.
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