Astoria vs. Bayside

[bumblebyz]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

I don't know Bayside very well but I think Astoria is plug ugly.

Starting north of Bay Ridge, with the exception of Brooklyn Heights, if you go around the waterfront all the way to flushing the neighborhoods are ugly as heck. LIC is changing though due to the modern high rises, but most of LIC is still really ugly. There was a reason nobody with the means wanted to live there before living in the city became cool. It should be called NYCs ugly smile neighborhoods.

[NYer23]

Originally Posted by bumblebyz

Starting north of Bay Ridge, with the exception of Brooklyn Heights, if you go around the waterfront all the way to flushing the neighborhoods are ugly as heck. LIC is changing though due to the modern high rises, but most of LIC is still really ugly. There was a reason nobody with the means wanted to live there before living in the city became cool. It should be called NYCs ugly smile neighborhoods.

The majority of the modern high rises are ugly, plain, and appear randomly built without a conscious for urban planning and aesthetics. I live and own in the area, because of it's proximity to Manhattan. Having a short commute home has really improved the quality of my life compared to living in the suburbs.

[bumblebyz]

Originally Posted by NYer23

The majority of the modern high rises are ugly, plain, and appear randomly built without a conscious for urban planning and aesthetics. I live and own in the area, because of it's proximity to Manhattan. Having a short commute home has really improved the quality of my life compared to living in the suburbs.

Well not compared to whole streets of mix and match brick, concrete, stucco, and vinyl sided attached homes in zigzag patterns because everyone decided to build their own homes with their own height and design despite being attached to one another with cracked sidewalks, fake driveways, ugly mix and match iron, stainless steel, plastic, wood, wire fencing devoid of vegetation except the street trees. Add to that the tens of thousands of people living like moles in the basement. But I can totally see the attraction from people that grew up in cookie cutter burbs. It's the ultimate contrast in living. The closeness to Manhattan is just a bonus. Me I kind of grew up around all that so I prefer stuff that's easier on my eyes nowadays. Though I must say in the more expensive places I see some new owners foregoing the extra llegal parking space and grow a few shrubs. But that's probably because they havent brought the second car yet. Once they do byebye plants.