Small family moving to NYC (New York, Garden City: homes, best school districts, college)

[mistael]

What is the best area for small families. Im concerned about:
-Safety
-Schools
-Cost

Our daughter is 4 years old so we would be enrolling her into kindergarten. We would like to go back to college eventually to get our degree, but we want to get residency status in the state of New York first.

Is there an area that is related to Haight in San Francisco? I heard Long Island and parts of Brooklyn were affordable. Whats the best/cheapest area of Brooklyn? We are not professional people so we would just find jobs in anything. What are the wages like in NY? Im just trying to see if we could afford it. We were only making $10/hr in SF.

[Hustla718]

Originally Posted by mistael

What is the best area for small families. Im concerned about:
-Safety
-Schools
-Cost

Our daughter is 4 years old so we would be enrolling her into kindergarten. We would like to go back to college eventually to get our degree, but we want to get residency status in the state of New York first.

Is there an area that is related to Haight in San Francisco? I heard Long Island and parts of Brooklyn were affordable. Whats the best/cheapest area of Brooklyn? We are not professional people so we would just find jobs in anything. What are the wages like in NY? Im just trying to see if we could afford it. We were only making $10/hr in SF.

$10 dollars an hour won't cut it in NYC. City is expensive like San Fransisco. The schools are bad. And at that income, you definately won't be able to afford a nice area.

Long Island is even more expensive, but better for families. Good schools, homes are safe (no significant poverty pockets like NYC). BUT EXPENSIVE.

[Söy]

Yea NY isn't the place to go if you seriously aren't making at least 100K a year. Nassau County on Long island is great for safety, Garden City is one of the best school districts. But Garden City is VERY expensive like many other towns on Long Island.

[Joe L]

Originally Posted by mistael

Is there an area that is related to Haight in San Francisco? I heard Long Island and parts of Brooklyn We were only making $10/hr in SF.

Haight & Ashbury
Nothing like that on Long Island + you cant afford anything @$10 an hour unless you find a trailor park and the few that exist on the Sout Shore are pretty sad in miserable areas. San Fransisco people dont do well in Long Island...Emmm wrong mindset.

Im a Long Islander and this is my best way to describe to you, PC-ness doesst exist with native new Yorkers

[mom2gurls]

Nope wont cut up here in the hudson valley (or south of it for sure) (one hour north of the city either). Perhaps wayyyyyyyy upstate(if you like who ny feel to it?). Bare bones trailers up here beleive it or not are almost 200k. I would try south carolina..and I mean that in all honesty.