Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
No Fred not that thats common sense...LOL im saying like how can you never be exposed to 8th ave...you would have to cross that path sometime right?maybe to get to a train or something....i dont have anything against chinatown or chinese people i just wouldnt fit in in chinatown!...what part of BK are you in Fred?
Quote:
Originally Posted by analyticalkeys
Actually, there are PLENTY of streets that you might NEVER step on in your entire life in NYC, even in your own neighborhood!
Like Analytical stated, in NYC there a loads of steets that you may never step on that could be very close to where you are at. If you live around 5th Avenue in Sunset Park and utilize the R and D train on 4th Avenue, you may never have a need to go crosstown. There are buses on 5th Avenue and 3rd Avenue, as well as the train on 4th which can satisfy your mass transit needs. Some neighborhoods in New York are very self contained, with restaurants, stores, supermarkers, laundry's etc,. so their may not be a need to venture out of a certain zone except to go to work. On the other hand, you may feel like exploring the neighborhood or you might meet someone that lives around 8th avenue and find out that there is something there that you like so you will end up going in that direction. So it's more like unless you have the need, you don't have to be exposed to Brooklyn's Chinatown because for all intents and purposes, the things that you may need would be centered around 4th and 5th avenue.
90s-HHH, I'm in Midwood. But what drkman says is absolutely true: you can live in a neighborhood in New York City and literally never set foot in the district right next door. You look on the map, and 4 Avenue is only four blocks from 8 Avenue...but you could spend your entire life around one street and never lay eyes on the other. Especially if you catch the R train at a station on Fourth, and the N at Eighth.
Well, I live in Sunset Park and I haven't gone to Chinatown in years... If I need to take the D I just catch it on 36th and 4th avenue. I don't like to venture past 7th avenue.
Actually, there are PLENTY of streets that you might NEVER step on in your entire life in NYC, even in your own neighborhood!
Thats sounds crazy now i see why some New yorkers say they are spoiled becuase they have everything around them that they need in walking distance...its convienient!!!
It's not crazy at all. It's the way things have always been in the city. Only 320 square miles, but there are quite a few whole states that don't have as many people as NYC.
Thats sounds crazy now i see why some New yorkers say they are spoiled becuase they have everything around them that they need in walking distance...its convienient!!!
But it to you like this...If I have to walk more than 3 blocks to find a store (bodega), I am highly upset . Right now, I have 3 within a 1 block walk depending on which way I want to walk, laundromat down the block, cleaners and supermarket 2 blocks away, car repair shops 1 1/2 blocks away, bus stop around the corner, chinese take out 2 blocks away, some fast food joints 3 - 4 blocks away..........I think you get the picture
Prospect heights is only 10 mins from Manhattan. Sunset Park is a little farther 30 mins on the R train. However Sunset Park is usually lower in rent than Prospect Heights.
Prospect heights is only 10 mins from Manhattan. Sunset Park is a little farther 30 mins on the R train. However Sunset Park is usually lower in rent than Prospect Heights.
Well, nobody said that rents are directly proportional to distance from Manhattan. Rents in Prospect Heights are higher mostly because it's directly across Flatbush Avenue from Park Slope, and has had a lot of spillover from that neighborhood.
It's not crazy at all. It's the way things have always been in the city. Only 320 square miles, but there are quite a few whole states that don't have as many people as NYC.
Out of 49 states that are not New York, 39 have fewer people than the five boros of NYC. CA, TX, FL, IL, PA, OH, MI, GA, NC and (by a little bit) NJ have more people. The other 39 don't, nor do DC or Puerto Rico.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
. Right now, I have 3 within a 1 block walk depending on which way I want to walk, laundromat down the block, cleaners and supermarket 2 blocks away, car repair shops 1 1/2 blocks away, bus stop around the corner, chinese take out 2 blocks away, some fast food joints 3 - 4 blocks away..........I think you get the picture 
