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So where'd you end up? A lot has changed since 2009. District 24 looks a lot better now than it did then. So does District 30. I don't get the love for suburban parts of Queens. They're fine, but if you want to live in suburbia, you can move a little bit further east and lock in schools without having to deal with the NYC school system. High school can be a crapshoot in the city even if you live right next to a good one.
You ever go to the Starbucks on Crossbay Blvd down the block from Gold's Gym? I've met numerous Guyanese people there. And that was 1 year ago since I've been there. The old Italian men I chat it up with in there like mention it to me frequently. So you can roll your eyes all you want
Well going to the gym and living somewhere are two different things. Howard Beach is a white neighborhood.
So where'd you end up? A lot has changed since 2009. District 24 looks a lot better now than it did then. So does District 30. I don't get the love for suburban parts of Queens. They're fine, but if you want to live in suburbia, you can move a little bit further east and lock in schools without having to deal with the NYC school system. High school can be a crapshoot in the city even if you live right next to a good one.
Districts 24 and 30 are far from suburban. Check out a density map.
Well going to the gym and living somewhere are two different things. Howard Beach is a white neighborhood.
Who said anything about going to the gym? I said the Starbucks down the block from the gym. Are you even familiar with the area at all? Do you know what's even behind the Starbucks? Or in front of it?
Districts 24 and 30 are far from suburban. Check out a density map.
Didn't say they were, but I guess my post wasn't too clear. Most of the suggestions on this thread were suburban (bayside, fresh meadows, etc), while urban neighborhoods were largely spoken of poorly. What I meant to say was urban schools are better than they once were. If you want to live in queens, go for district 24 or 30. If you want to live in suburbia, go to Nassau county instead of eastern or southern queens.
For what it's worth though, Glendale has maybe the worst transit access in all of queens and is about as low density as 24 gets. I wouldn't move there either if I was looking for city life. And if I was looking for suburbia, long island looks easier when it comes to making sure your kid isn't in a bad high school.
Didn't say they were, but I guess my post wasn't too clear. Most of the suggestions on this thread were suburban (bayside, fresh meadows, etc), while urban neighborhoods were largely spoken of poorly. What I meant to say was urban schools are better than they once were. If you want to live in queens, go for district 24 or 30. If you want to live in suburbia, go to Nassau county instead of eastern or southern queens.
For what it's worth though, Glendale has maybe the worst transit access in all of queens and is about as low density as 24 gets. I wouldn't move there either if I was looking for city life. And if I was looking for suburbia, long island looks easier when it comes to making sure your kid isn't in a bad high school.
Glendale consists mostly of 2 family semi-attached and attached housing. It has higher density than Maspeth and Middle Village. Both density and transit wise it is similiar to Astoria Heights and East Elmhurst, but with better schools and greater access to recreational parkland.
BTW...that North Brooklyn gentrification thing thats been spreading rapidly into Ridgewood...you're now starting to see it trickle into Glendale.
Your rep is over 17,000 and you responded to somebody who posted almost 6 years ago?
Were u bored?
No. Bad spelling, grammar, and punctuation just drive me crazy.
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Sounds like somebody needs to get out more. Maybe you mean East New York?
