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11-12-2008, 08:45 AM
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Restuarants and Dining
Hi all - I am new to this site but I do have a helpful hint. Go to nyc.yovanoff.com It is an extremely useful website for finding restaurants in NYC.  |
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11-14-2008, 10:00 AM
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Has anyone checked the NY times lately? i found apartments in Washington Heights, Harlem (close to City College) 3 BR for 1500!!!! im a little confused with everyone saying that NYC is almost impossible to live.....I've been to Washington Heights and Harlem, it's really not that bad, i've strolled around City college area, and ive seen some beautiful areas...
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11-14-2008, 10:06 AM
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Has anyone checked the NY times lately? i found apartments in Washington Heights, Harlem (close to City College) 3 BR for 1500!!!! im a little confused with everyone saying that NYC is almost impossible to live.....I've been to Washington Heights and Harlem, it's really not that bad, i've strolled around City college area, and ive seen some beautiful areas...
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11-14-2008, 04:09 PM
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I went to medical school in Washington Heights. More than likely that apartment is EAST of Broadway, somewhere I would NEVER walk....
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11-14-2008, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Keeper
I would like to gather links and info on moving to NYC to put in a sticky to help cut down on the same question being asked over and over. The poster could then ask questions after reviewing the information
General information for different areas such as rent cost, safety and schools.
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Hi,
I used to live in Brooklyn, NY, I love it!
I used to pay $900/month for a Brooklyn apartement, where it is safe and closed to the subway station.
I miss NY. |
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11-15-2008, 05:04 PM
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With the current economic situation - are rents getting cheap
Are rents in NYC getting cheaper with the current economic problems?
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11-15-2008, 05:11 PM
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Only commercial rents have dropped. Residential rents haven't changed very much, maybe a little.
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11-15-2008, 07:54 PM
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Overwhelmed with move...
im attending John Jay next fall. Im looking to live about an hour outside of the city. my budget is $1000 a month. could anyone please suggest a few safe areas. im from a small town and would prefer similar. by small i mean about 30k. i hate the red sox if that helps.
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11-16-2008, 06:17 AM
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im attending John Jay next fall. Im looking to live about an hour outside of the city. my budget is $1000 a month. could anyone please suggest a few safe areas. im from a small town and would prefer similar. by small i mean about 30k. i hate the red sox if that helps.
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There aren't many towns in that size range in the metropolitan area...YOu might want to post on the NJ board. |
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11-17-2008, 09:05 AM
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An "hour outside the city" is a very amorphous concept. You will find whenever you talk to folks from the NYC area that they describe their neighborhood by reference to its proximity to Manhattan, and universally underestimate the distance by any measure that matters. If you listen to suburbanites, everyone is "an hour [east, west, north] of the city," provided the question was how long would it take to drive to Manhattan at midnight with no traffic.
You can indeed be pretty far from the city and be within an hour train ride. However, that hour train ride only gets you to Grand Central or Penn Station. John Jay is on 10th Avenue & 59th St. Depending upon time of day and timing, you are probably looking at 25-35 minute subway & walk after arriving on the commuter rail to get to John Jay. Of course, you also need to get to the suburban train station from your house/apartment with some time to spare, so a "one hour train ride to Manhattan" is really more like a two hour commute door-to-door.
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