You are now extremely wealthy: What Manhattan Neighborhood would you live in? (New York: luxury, living)

[BlinkingBlythe]

Chelsea

[wenman]

Battery Park!

[Harlem resident]

We can live wherever we want and choose to live here - for now.

I could see a few other areas, and they will not include the area downtown where I spent most of my life.

[Harlem resident]

Originally Posted by boricua amante

a really huge apartment in LES

Very few of which exist - perhaps none except Avalon Chrystie, the projects, or the scant remaining loft spaces.

[Harlem resident]

Originally Posted by Javawood

My tastes keep jumping. Currently I'd say:

West Village brownstone/townhouse until late 20's
UWS brownstone/townhouse until late 30's
Forest Hills Gardens mansion or residence at the Hudson View Gardens in Hudson Heights thereafter

Hudson View Gardens is not so expensive ...? I thought the scarcity of available units was more the issue.

[NewYorkiforniainHouston]

a loft in Tribeca or SoHo.....i'd be so happyyyy to be back home! Then I could see NYC for real everyday instead of on desktop screen savers like i'm doing now

[SonicYouth]

Probably one of those townhouses overlooking the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park. But if Manhattan is a precondition for this massive cash infusion, I'd go Central Park West. Townhouse in the Village would be a close second.

[Cida]

I've always been partial to East 73rd Street.

Or maybe Beekman Place.

[Javawood]

Originally Posted by Harlem resident

Hudson View Gardens is not so expensive ...? I thought the scarcity of available units was more the issue.

It's not too horrible, just out of my reach for now. I have my fingers crossed that the prices won't appreciate too much more in the next 5-10 years, but the heights as a whole is jumping fast. I'm surprised the rents, though relatively cheap, are as expensive as they are now versus last year sans five years ago when I first looked up there.

[boricua amante]

Originally Posted by Harlem resident

Very few of which exist - perhaps none except Avalon Chrystie, the projects, or the scant remaining loft spaces.

id buy a whole building and gut renovate the whole thing