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I'm 23, male and moving to NYC from San Francisco in February. From what I've seen, I think Brooklyn would match my personality best (slightly hipster/geeky, a bit granola-y, trendy hip restaurants and bars, etc. Also cheaper rent than manhattan). If you were a 23 year old guy looking to meet lots of people your age and live in a safe neighborhood with good access to manhattan, where would you live and why?
So far, Park Slope and Williamsburg are at the top of my list!
lots of younger people like williamsburg and greenpoint areas. however, i never really cared for it. it is too "hipster" and has become quite chaotic on weekends. carroll gardens is nice, safe and has plenty to do. it is a bit of an older crowd, but not "old". also lots of families. park slope is a little crunchy imo and mostly families, but there are definitely younger people too.
also, i'd recommend brooklyn heights to anyone that could afford it
Is it still true that the trendy parts of Brooklyn are "cheaper" than Manhattan? I did a search recently for neighborhoods like Park Slope, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, and DUMBO, and I didn't quite notice a sharp offset in the price point relative to the further distance from the "heart" of NYC.
Brooklyn has about the same population as the entire city of Chicago. It does not "match" anyone's "personality."
Yeah, Brooklyn is a huge borough, it's not all "hip" regardless of what the stupid media would have out of towners believe. There are actually *gasp* blue collar and immigrant neighborhoods that would not be considered at all "hip" or "trendy" or "hipster".
I'm sorry, I'm just sick of the fact that Brooklyn has become a label to show off to your friends back home. Same thing with all of the people who move here and start "Brooklyn based" businesses like Brooklyn Salsa, Brooklyn Ice Cream, etc. Or who feel the need to put on their Linked In profile they are "Brooklyn Based".
But I digress. Unfortunately the hip areas of Brooklyn are not cheaper than Manhattan these days. They are actually more in some events because of the popularity shift of being Brooklyn > Manhattan now. Most of northern Brooklyn would serve your purposes, but just be prepared for sticker shock, having to live with 3 roommates and likely getting a few part time jobs. That seems to be the norm for the hipster set.
I grew up in Wburg. I can barely recognize it now. Way too many latte shops, crystal healers, pet therapists, and pretentious over tattooed/pierced, spikey hair, singley riding, desperate to be au courrant fashion queens. Pot smoking is about the only positive. For those not obsessed with image and want the most bang for the buck I would look in the Bronx and beaten down areas of Brooklyn (Crown Heights, Bed Sty, Brownsville, Canarsie) and Queens (south of Atlantic Ave).
I'm 23, male and moving to NYC from San Francisco in February. From what I've seen, I think Brooklyn would match my personality best (slightly hipster/geeky, a bit granola-y, trendy hip restaurants and bars, etc. Also cheaper rent than manhattan). If you were a 23 year old guy looking to meet lots of people your age and live in a safe neighborhood with good access to manhattan, where would you live and why?
So far, Park Slope and Williamsburg are at the top of my list!
Those two neighborhoods are more expensive than Manhattan, because of the hipster image. But no problem, if you only care about appearances, I'm sure you'll find the neighbors you deserve.
If people like you had any ethics at all, when you see a functional working class neighborhood, you'd walk the opposite direction. This goes for any city, in any part of the country. You people destroy everything you touch. But then I'm a touchy "old" trying to make plans to avoid winding up on the streets when my rent stab. expires, because everything's now unaffordable (in NY and everywhere else), because of people like you.
Brooklyn Heights is nice. I used to live right across the street from Pratt Institute and that part of Brooklyn was great, beautiful brownstones, don't know what it looks like now. Park Slope is great also, lots of good restaurants.
Please remember this is a specific relocation thread. It is not a general thread, so discussions of hipsters, pro/con, are off-topic. Please post in one of the numerous hipster-oriented threads if you feel the need, but not in this one. Thank you.
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