Melrose Bronx & Phipps Housing

[WildAboutHarry]

Originally Posted by celialexington

I meant the subway, it’s way more efficient and this place sits right where the 2 & 5 split across the Bronx.

Yes I know the location, and that the subway is more efficient.

The bus map shows the subway stations too, and is more geographically accurate. The map show buses/subways for East Harlem, Harlem, and upper Manhattan. Metro North RR too.

[goku23]

Originally Posted by celialexington

This was my take, but I am unsure how living in the Bronx, away from amenities in a food desert with limited public transportation will affect my mental health.

Well the way your talking you was saying u had to leave where you currently live in october

[celialexington]

Originally Posted by goku23

Well the way your talking you was saying u had to leave where you currently live in october

Yes, I do so I have some time, but it seems like no matter how much I can save by October, I’ll still be priced out of E Harlem. $1100 a month for a 1 bedroom in Melrose is financially super-livable but the commute back into the city or into other boroughs, the lack of ease with finding food, the money I’m likely to spend on cabs due to the covid x monkeypox x polio pandemic and me not working from home is a major turn off. I worry about how much living there will effect my mental health but I also worry about how much living paycheck to paycheck in Manhattan will affect my mental as well.

[stormgal]

To be honest with you, you can think about it in two ways:

1. You can stay where you are and live paycheck to paycheck but think about it as a temporary arrangement- not a permanent one. Keep applying religiously to other lotteries. Sign up to be called for mini lotteries where housing connect will call you for a unit that becomes available when another lottery winner moves out. The cons are that you won’t know when your situation will end.

2. Move to Melrose and keep applying to other lotteries. Submit paperwork for the ones you like and disregard the ones you don’t like. The cons are that you will most likely live with the “riff raff” but at least you’ll be saving enough money to make the big move when the time comes.

If it were me, I wouldn’t do it because a while back I had noisy neighbors and it was the worst experience. I had to get up to be at work at 8am, finish work at 4 to start night school at 6 and finally come home around 10pm. Well, once I’d get home from a long day, there they were - my noisy neighbors having a party that wouldn’t end until 6am yes, 6am!! So I accepted a lottery unit where I had to pay $300 more but at least I had peace of mind.

Of course you do what’s best for you. Being financially tight is a serious matter considering the current rate of inflation but then again living with rowdy people can disturb the peace by a lot.

[celialexington]

Originally Posted by stormgal

To be honest with you, you can think about it in two ways:

1. You can stay where you are and live paycheck to paycheck but think about it as a temporary arrangement- not a permanent one. Keep applying religiously to other lotteries. Sign up to be called for mini lotteries where housing connect will call you for a unit that becomes available when another lottery winner moves out. The cons are that you won’t know when your situation will end.

2. Move to Melrose and keep applying to other lotteries. Submit paperwork for the ones you like and disregard the ones you don’t like. The cons are that you will most likely live with the “riff raff” but at least you’ll be saving enough money to make the big move when the time comes.

If it were me, I wouldn’t do it because a while back I had noisy neighbors and it was the worst experience. I had to get up to be at work at 8am, finish work at 4 to start night school at 6 and finally come home around 10pm. Well, once I’d get home from a long day, there they were - my noisy neighbors having a party that wouldn’t end until 6am yes, 6am!! So I accepted a lottery unit where I had to pay $300 more but at least I had peace of mind.

Of course you do what’s best for you. Being financially tight is a serious matter considering the current rate of inflation but then again living with rowdy people can disturb the peace by a lot.

You made that extremely simple for me tbh. I don’t wanna do it and I’ve spent a lot of time enduring things and not listening to what my spirit be telling me. So I’m not. Thank you!

[DauntingTruth]

Melrose isn't completely a food desert.. depends where you are.. I can think of at least 5 or more supermarkets.. it's not whole foods but it's something.. now is it dangerous? absolutely but the reason I commented here is to slander phipps.. crooked as hell one of the shadiest landlords..they get all these tax breaks but build crappy quality buildings and do not upkeep them.