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You must have been high and drunk as you were doing this. I can't think of any place in the Bronx Jr. that would come off as "a cool place".
HAHAHA!!! I didn't know--It's not like the Bloods, Crips, and Latin Kings have a say in what goes on those maps. Well...at least I don't think they do.
Ehh, moving somewhere new, I'd rather stick to a city...I have at least another 20 years before the burbs start to look appealing to me.
I understand..... I guess the only other alternative could be suburban cities like Cohoes or Watervliet, but both may be too small and a bit out of the way.
As a young, single person, I agree - you probably want to stay in one of the (small) cities. The towns are VERY suburban in feel. Even as a middle-aged women with kids I found them too suburban, which is why I moved from Guilderland to Albany. There are plenty of neighborhoods in Schenectady that are not "Bronx Jr." I have had several young, single colleagues who lived in the Stockade and loved it - a couple of them moved down South for job-related reasons and still pine for Schenectady years later (all were natives of other areas). I am in the cultural/museum field, though, so young people in that field likely value the historic aspect of it more than average. Albany probably has the most going on for young people, although Troy also has a small but vibrant artsy young community.
My husband looked very seriously at a job in Pittsburgh a couple of years ago. We really liked the fact that it is a much bigger city than Albany. There isn't much of a big city feel here. However, the weather here is not as gray/cloudy as Pittsburgh. Traffic/travel is also much easier here - partly because of the smaller population and partly because we don't have the same geography as Pittsburgh - hills and rivers - that makes it hard to get around.
Cost of housing in general is somewhat similar, but we find housing in desirable urban neighborhoods to be significantly higher in Pittsburgh. We were looking at housing specifically in the Allerdice High School cachement area, though - especially Squirrel Hill, which I understand is one of the pricier neighborhoods.
HAHAHA!!! I didn't know--It's not like the Bloods, Crips, and Latin Kings have a say in what goes on those maps. Well...at least I don't think they do.
Lol I had a lot of friends who moved from the Bronx to Schenectady because it was cheaper to live. Let's just say that I ran with the wrong crowd for a while and these were some of the people. I don't think there's a ton of gang activity in Schenectady, but every now and then there'll be a shooting or stabbing and you'll hear about gang references in the news.
As a young, single person, I agree - you probably want to stay in one of the (small) cities. The towns are VERY suburban in feel. Even as a middle-aged women with kids I found them too suburban, which is why I moved from Guilderland to Albany. There are plenty of neighborhoods in Schenectady that are not "Bronx Jr." I have had several young, single colleagues who lived in the Stockade and loved it - a couple of them moved down South for job-related reasons and still pine for Schenectady years later (all were natives of other areas). I am in the cultural/museum field, though, so young people in that field likely value the historic aspect of it more than average. Albany probably has the most going on for young people, although Troy also has a small but vibrant artsy young community.
My husband looked very seriously at a job in Pittsburgh a couple of years ago. We really liked the fact that it is a much bigger city than Albany. There isn't much of a big city feel here. However, the weather here is not as gray/cloudy as Pittsburgh. Traffic/travel is also much easier here - partly because of the smaller population and partly because we don't have the same geography as Pittsburgh - hills and rivers - that makes it hard to get around.
Cost of housing in general is somewhat similar, but we find housing in desirable urban neighborhoods to be significantly higher in Pittsburgh. We were looking at housing specifically in the Allerdice High School cachement area, though - especially Squirrel Hill, which I understand is one of the pricier neighborhoods.
I've been trying to find out how the museum/cultral scene is here (didn't you pop up at the perfect time!). I keep hearing the nightlife sucks, but I could even that part out by checking out a gallery crawl or something...As crazy as it sounds, I can handle drugs and crime around me much better than boredom.
As far as Pgh goes, there's no city feel here either. Ask any native, it's a city of towns. Downtown is strictly for work, and shuts down after 6.
The traffic is absurd because the drivers are timid/stupid and ride their brakes like crazy... It's about to get worse since the city is planning to cut 30% of the public transportation lines next month
(WHAT "PROGRESSIVE" CITY DOES THIS???)
Squirrel Hill south--the area you're talking about-- is about the same as other parts of the city. Now north of Forbes Avenue, near Shadyside and Point Breeze, is obnoxiously expensive...considering both of those places border neighborhoods with the most crime in the city. (Shadyside=East Liberty, Point Breeze=Homewood)
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