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I guess our budget would be between $2200 and $2500 a month. Is this ridiculously low? My only real comparison is a cousin who lives on the upper east (88 & east end) in a flex 2 for $1600 a month. Is that a ridiculously good deal, or is the east side just that much cheaper?
The place I'm working has a recommended broker, so I'll probably call him up and explain budget and location preferences, but I'd rather not go into it totally clueless, or expecting the impossible. Again, thank you all for the helpful replies.
East End is incredibly far from the subway. $1600 sounds like a deal, but that may be the going rate for the trek. The East Side to West Side commute is one of the worst in Manhattan. But I don't know if you'll be able to find a two (or a flex one) in your budget south of 96th St on the west side. Have you looked on Craig's for comparable apts? (of course take it all with a grain of salt - minus the bait and switch listings)
Are the upper 90's on the west side expensive? That's a nice area.
I would think Morn. Heights is a little cheaper. But Morn. Heights is not a bad area at all in my eyes. The biggest problem around there IMO are the homeless. Some crazy homeless tend to congregate around there for whatever reason.
it would be far more convenient to get to columbia if you stick to the west side, if you live on the east side, she'll need to take a xtown bus to the subway
Why? Because there's no such thing as a crosstown bus? Yikes!
Come on! There are crosstown buses, and they're incomparably cheaper (esp if you have an unlimited metrocard) than taxis.
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How hard is it to get down to Wall Street from upper west?
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about 45 minutes on the 1 or 2 train.
Depending on where on the UWS, I think 45 minutes (including a transfer between a #1 to a 2 or 3) is about the max.
Commuting from the far Upper East Side to Columbia would probably be more than 45 minutes. Gramercy-Murray Hill could probably take an hour. IMO, you'll do better to cross the whole East Side off your list.
consider the source, you are comfortable with the ghetto lifestyle, most people are not
There are a few ghetto blocks here and there in Morn Heights, but overall its a nice neighborhood, and that's a realistic assesment it has nothing to do with me being "comfortable in the ghetto." The bulk of the area isn't even ghetto. It's close to nice parks and conveniently located, there are also nice restaurants and bars there. You've probably been there once or twice in your life and your convinced the place is horrible.
There are a few ghetto blocks here and there in Morn Heights, but overall its a nice neighborhood, and that's a realistic assesment it has nothing to do with me being "comfortable in the ghetto." The bulk of the area isn't even ghetto. It's close to nice parks and conveniently located, there are also nice restaurants and bars there. You've probably been there once or twice in your life and your convinced the place is horrible.
And how ghetto is ghetto? I'm guessing it might be too ghetto for me.
Everyone has their own threshold. Some of our posters' thresholds are incredibly low. There are some sketchy blocks, but if you stay west of Broadway, you can go through and beyond the upper 90s. It's a very nice, lively (but not too lively) area.
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have you ever taken a xtown bus? if you have I don't think that you'd be touting them
For many years, the x-town bus was a twice-daily ritual, West Side to East River. I know it better than I'd like to. I'm not "touting" the x-towns (I'm "touting" the 1/2/3 line, if you read my post), but I don't know many students who can afford -- what would a taxi meter run these days? $8? $10? -- twice a day four or five days a week. Do you?
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