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There is absolutely no way you can get to Bear Mountain in 30 to 40 minutes unless you go at two in the morning and drive 90 the whole way.
I have lived in NY for a long time and each year the traffic gets more and more absurd. I love living here but it can be such a hassle to just try to get away for a day or the weekend and I was comparing it to other cities where that is not as much of an issue.
I live on the upper west side, right next to the West Side Highway. I can get there in that time from where I live. I did used to tend to drive relatively fast when I would go there on the weekends, but there aren't such bad traffic issues going across the GWB and up the Palisades, except maybe at rush hours which wouldn't be necessary if you're going there for the hiking or nature. I do agree that the traffic in the city sucks and at some point one may want to live a life with less traffic, less constant stopping and waiting at lights (or being squeezed amongst a bunch of strangers).
Do any of you also want to get the hell outta here, but have not found the opportunity?
I like NYC for all its positives but also recognize its negatives. In an ideal world, I'd make my main home in Forest Hills Gardens, thus remaining to enjoy all of NYC's offerings, but I'd have a vacation home in Florida.
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I like NYC for all its positives but also recognize its negatives. In an ideal world, I'd make my main home in Forest Hills Gardens, thus remaining to enjoy all of NYC's offerings, but I'd have a vacation home in Florida.
I would LOVE to be able to afford one of those homes in Forest Hills Gardens. It's like perfect suburbian mansions but in the city, love it. If only I made a few million a year lol. Maybe after I write my book
I would LOVE to be able to afford one of those homes in Forest Hills Gardens. It's like perfect suburbian mansions but in the city, love it. If only I made a few million a year lol. Maybe after I write my book
yep..maybe we can co-author a book on why people move out of the city or on dating in NYC, and split the profits, buy two homes in the Gardens next to each other, wave to each other from our yards, and live happily ever after.
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yep..maybe we can co-author a book on why people move out of the city or on dating in NYC, and split the profits, buy two homes in the Gardens next to each other, wave to each other from our yards, and live happily ever after.
As far as I can see, nope I will never moved out of NYC. I am so attached to this city. Well at least I have lived outside of the city for a while and have travel to other cities. But there is nothing quite like it for me. I live in Manhattan now, but if I move, I will probably end up somewhere in Brooklyn.
Where do people go when they move out of New York, anyway?
My idea of "getting away" is a trip to ..i don't know, Europe or Central Park (lol) or maybe even Greenwich, but I could never ever move out of the city and and head to these backwood regions some of you find so endearing.
I will never ever leave Manhattan, and I'm not even from here. I have to be in a large cosmopolitan city (London, Paris, NY) and would just die if I had to move to the Bay Area, Seattle or Florida! I even get all uncomfortable when I go back home out of state to visit my family for too long. I don't like the Bay Area, and I will never understand the attraction from so many on this thread. If I wanted suburban living, I would move to Greenwich or something.
May I ask the ages of those who want to stay and those who want to leave (though I gather the OP is young)? I know when I was in my 20's I wouldn't have considered going anywhere else, I found the city so fun and exciting with all its night clubs and activity.
But as you get older you often want more peace, and when you have a kid you want them in a nice school and a house with a yard for them to play in. I lived in CT until I was 13 when I moved here, so I had a wonderful childhood there right near a small beach on the LI Sound, woods with a pond to ice skate on and run around in (and smoke cigarillos in at age 9 lol) and a lake to jump off of rocks in. Back in the day we did all of these activities without any adult supervision, and we were like 7 years old. Times have changed and my daughter wont be going out of my site, country or not..
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