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Wow I guess it was a no brainer. FiDi it is! I'm so glad I asked here. Thanks a lot!
At 2500 ish rent I'm only looking at studios there. It does look like at a couple of places, 2500 a month is "net rent" after one free month.
for the $2500 range building, beware of college kids who do 3 to a 1bedroom apartment in FiDi. you might have loud neighbors at night and weekends.
If you're spending that kind of money, why not move to Lower East Side or East Village? or even The Village (West Village) LES has the J/Z and 4/5 which go to Fulton/Wall St downtown. East Village has the 4/5 and the R which also go to Fulton.
The West Village, you have the 1,2,3 and the A,C,E all going to Fulton except the 1/E which leaves you to WTC.
I personally find FiDi pretty depressing. I can't imagine living and working there and never getting a break from the bleakness of the trudging office drones.
Do you really need a full-service "luxury" building? Why not just search for no fee listings in more interesting neighborhoods? Are you working at a bank or big firm? They generally cover cars home after 9 or 10, so you might not even need to worry about the commute home at night. I personally would trade at 10 minute walk through FiDi for a 15 minute subway commute, but that's just me.
If you're spending that kind of money, why not move to Lower East Side or East Village? or even The Village (West Village) LES has the J/Z and 4/5 which go to Fulton/Wall St downtown. East Village has the 4/5 and the R which also go to Fulton.
The West Village, you have the 1,2,3 and the A,C,E all going to Fulton except the 1/E which leaves you to WTC.
$2500 in the west village won't get you anything but a walkup with a hot plate.
i think Fidi will work for you if you don't venture often out to Brooklyn/queens for Asian food or big on shopping on groceries. (im Asian too)
Downtown Brooklyn puts you in a better spot in terms of commuting to 8th ave and Bay parkway for chinese food in Brooklyn (D,N trains) also closer to Elmhurst and Flushing (G train and then 7/M trains) while the Q train can take you to Chinatown one stop away.
Downtown Brooklyn is close to Trader's Joe, Wholefood, Target, + Fulton Malls. Barclays center and access to LIRR is also a plus.
If you're spending that kind of money, why not move to Lower East Side or East Village? or even The Village (West Village) LES has the J/Z and 4/5 which go to Fulton/Wall St downtown. East Village has the 4/5 and the R which also go to Fulton.
The West Village, you have the 1,2,3 and the A,C,E all going to Fulton except the 1/E which leaves you to WTC.
I was actually looking at east village and les at first. But for some reason I feel like the buildings are noticeably crappier and it's hard for me to gauge how truly crappy they are by looking at pictures. Also it's hard for me to gauge the general noise level and safety around apts there without visiting in person.
So I figured it might be less of a gamble to go with fidi, since these buildings are actual high rises managed by management companies. I'm def not expecting fidi apts to be nice. But the max level of ****tiness should be lower than les/ev, which makes it a safer choice. Also, I feel like I need to worry less about specific pocket of the neighborhood the apt is in, since it seems pretty homogeneous.
I'm basically gonna "sacrifice" my 1st year in NYC in fidi and then move to a better neighborhood after., since it seems like a safer choice.
Is this a sound logic? Or am I totally off?
I personally find FiDi pretty depressing. I can't imagine living and working there and never getting a break from the bleakness of the trudging office drones.
Do you really need a full-service "luxury" building? Why not just search for no fee listings in more interesting neighborhoods? Are you working at a bank or big firm? They generally cover cars home after 9 or 10, so you might not even need to worry about the commute home at night. I personally would trade at 10 minute walk through FiDi for a 15 minute subway commute, but that's just me.
I def dont need anything luxurious, although, it would be nice to have laundry in the building. I just feel like, without seeing places in person, fidi "luxurious" buildings are a safer bet than 100 year old walkup buildings in surrounding neighborhoods.
i think Fidi will work for you if you don't venture often out to Brooklyn/queens for Asian food or big on shopping on groceries. (im Asian too)
Downtown Brooklyn puts you in a better spot in terms of commuting to 8th ave and Bay parkway for chinese food in Brooklyn (D,N trains) also closer to Elmhurst and Flushing (G train and then 7/M trains) while the Q train can take you to Chinatown one stop away.
Downtown Brooklyn is close to Trader's Joe, Wholefood, Target, + Fulton Malls. Barclays center and access to LIRR is also a plus.
Hope this helps!
Thanks! Didnt know Brooklyn had decent Asian presence. I figure I would just go to Chinatown within manhattan.
Yeah, $2500 will get you your own spot on a fire escape in the WV. In the EV/LES you might get a tiny tenement apartment where one of the two rooms only looks out on a light well.
I don't think it's crazy to move to a building for one year and look around before settling on a neighborhood. In that case, though, make sure you're not paying a broker's fee (the new buildings mostly don't use brokers) because it's absurd to eat that cost for only one year.
They're putting in a Whole Foods at 2(?) Wall Street, or they're supposed to be doing so.
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