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It shows the avg commute to work in NYC is about 35mins. Why would so many people want to live close to the city if it offers very little improvement in commute times at exorbitant rent/own costs?
Take someone living in Brooklyn anywhere by the bridges, it takes 30-40mins by any train to midtown due to congestion at the bridges/tunnels. Even going to downtown takes atleast 15-20mins from train station to any downtown station.
In contrast, someone living 20-25mi outside of NYC such as Yonkers, Long Island, and parts of NJ. The commute getting in is about 30-45mins into Penn or Grand Central Station.
Where's the value living in overpriced NY apts compared to cheaper suburbs?
Does stats are way off. Even in good commuter town that you pay extra for in Long Island the LIRR averages 40 minutes, add in drive to train, wait for lirr, then switch to subway and walk up to office anything under one hour and 15 minutes door to door is considered a good commute
Does stats are way off. Even in good commuter town that you pay extra for in Long Island the LIRR averages 40 minutes, add in drive to train, wait for lirr, then switch to subway and walk up to office anything under one hour and 15 minutes door to door is considered a good commute
It's not "commute to NYC", it's commute time generally. The majority of people who live on Long Island also work on Long Island, thus the shorter average commute time.
My point is that people who live in the city have a commute as long as others that live outside of NYC but they have to pay rent or mortgage at much higher cost. The only value to be gained from living in the city would be all the intangible factors. I used to enjoy the view outside and always see people walking and never felt alone even living alone but it wore off on me when the area I lived in, Chelsea got more and more noisy and more crowded. Not to mention living in NYC, your rent never stays the same after lease is up they just keep raising it and pushing people out.
NYC is like a big dorm to me, once you graduated from this level or status changes your time here maybe up then it's time to move somewhere else. The nuisances out weighs the conveniences.
You personally got priced out, but others have different deals. You're trying to project your situation on everyone else.
Some people own property in NYC. Some can afford to buy in NYC. Some people inherited property in NYC. Some people have subsidized housing in NYC.
With that said, yes many people do come to NYC to study, work for a little while, do business and go back to wherever. NYC has long been a revolving door. It is what it is, nothing wrong with that.
If the ones currently are being ripped off, so what? It's not coming out of your picket so what do you care?
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