Searching for a good spot to call home (Union, York: rent, taxis)

[ADPass]

Hello NewYorkers,

Im in the planning stages of moving into the city and I need your advice.

Im a young artist and want to be around an artsy area with a fun crowd and a great night life. I was hoping you guys could give me suggestions about areas to look at that are close to manhattan and are fun and relatively safe. I live in NJ right now so I plan on roaming the city to find good areas and get a real feel for them before I decide, I just need a checklist of some good spots to look at. The only place I've gotten to look at so far is Williamsburg in brooklyn, and there are only small areas of that I really like. Let me know what places are great or up and coming, what places have cool hip bars, clubs and places to go. And a good art scene would be a very big plus. I dont want to be too far away from manhatten though, 20 min tops. Anyway thanks guys!

Alex

[mead]

Have you looked into Jersey City?

[ADPass]

hmmm no not really, I want some easy access to manhattan though. I know the path goes into the city from there. Is that an artsy place to live?

[NooYowkur81]

Originally Posted by ADPass

hmmm no not really, I want some easy access to manhattan though. I know the path goes into the city from there. Is that an artsy place to live?

Doesn't Hoboken sort of have an art scene. I don't really know too much about jersey.

In Manhattan you can try the Lower East Side. But your going to need roommates, rent is expensive there.

Williamsburg offers what you are looking for but it is also expensive and requires roommates.

Most artsy places with a nightlife are expensive. They are only cheap when artsy folk first start moving there. I don't know your financial situation but most people need roommates to afford the rents.

[mead]

Jersey City is currently the quintisential up and coming artsy/hipster place. Williamsburg already held that title and it kind of passed from it since the place got too expensive. The problem here though is that all of the hipsters are going to start moving into JC and driving up the cost of rent within a couple of years. At that point some other place will be the new up and coming hip place to live and the cycle will just keep on repeating itself.

[ADPass]

im actually looking to get some roommates so its no problem for me. That will help with the prices too. Im going to check out jersey city, someone else mentioned it as being pretty up and coming also. Hoboken is an option too, though its always packed when I go on the weekends and there is never parking (which I need for my mushroom colored subaru)

Cool, so Hoboken, Jersey City and Williamsburg to check out. If you guys know of any others let me know, Im making a list and checking it twice.

[AngelAura28]

Yes, I know a bunch of artsy types in Jersey City and also in and around Union and Weehawken, 7 minutes from Manhattan.

[yodel]

I just read that Bushwick Brooklyn was supposed to be up and coming with artists.

[riverdaleny]

riverdale in the northwest bronx is very nice, and safe, just 12 miles to Manhattan, you would take metro north or any other transportation you want, taxis are not that easy to get

[Pete Piper]

I think the OP was looking for a place filled more with young hipsters than old Jewish ladies.