Are there any noticable differences between the UES and UWS? (New York: transplants, neighborhood)

[bill83]

On the UWS, most luxury buildings, especially Central Park West, have a name. On the UES, most buildings on Park and 5th Ave go by their address, rarely get a name to call.

[bg7]

The UES is well known as the most bland, generic, boxes in the sky people-move-there-to-die neigborhood in Manhattan. Move there if you've got money but you've given up.

[Harlem resident]

Upper west: Intelligentsia and old money.

Upper east: Some kind of opposite to intelligentsia, and new money.

[NY Jew]

Upper East Side much more Hospitals and Museums
Upper West Side has more Jews that manage to be more religious and less religious at the same time

[Kefir King]

Originally Posted by Harlem resident

Upper west: Intelligentsia and old money.

Upper east: Some kind of opposite to intelligentsia, and new money.

Resident,
I think you have that precisely backwards.

Old money has historically never set foot on the West Side...the old who live there are in rent controlled apartments.

[Harlem resident]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

Resident,
I think you have that precisely backwards.

Old money has historically never set foot on the West Side...the old who live there are in rent controlled apartments.

Historically, perhaps. I am talking about now.

I definitely stand behind the intelligentsia, in any case. Even when the upper west side was less affluent, this was always true.

[sheaosaurus]

Born on the UES. Consider it staid, with a weird mix of buildings. I grew tired of fighting with old ladies for cabs and shopping at Gristedes. However, it is probably where I'll raise my family when I get older.

Compared to the UES, the UWS' architecture makes me saw "wow" more often. The buildings are gorgeous. Not to mention, the UWS is accessible by 5 trains and they aren't tearing up an Avenue to pop another one in.

Just my 2cents.

[SeventhFloor]

Upper East Side was always the more prestigious neighborhood.

[Kefir King]

I repeat,
OLD MONEY is most definitely NOT on the UWS, never was...it is on the UES.

[bg7]

"OLD MONEY "

Definitely OLD in more than one way