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re: Anybody Here Ever Live in NYC?
Posted on 9/6/20 at 10:41 pm to I Bleed Garnet
Posted on 9/6/20 at 10:41 pm to I Bleed Garnet
If you've ever been to the old Yankee stadium you know where some of them live.
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Posted on 9/6/20 at 11:01 pm to DiamondDog
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You live in a 1100 sqft apartment with four other people and you’re telling me you’re living the life? This honestly sounds like poverty to me.
People enjoy different lifestyles. We’re pretty active and never spent much time at home—that’s even more the case in NYC. We live a few blocks from world class museums, parks, restaurants, and entertainment and we’re a subway ride from everything else in NYC. Outside of when it’s cold AF in Jan-Feb, we’re typically venturing around the city every weekend and I take my kids and dogs to the park almost every week night.
Posted on 9/6/20 at 11:20 pm to Paul Allen
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Everything is cyclical
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it’s still the greatest city on earth.
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Everything is cyclical
It had a really good run.
Posted on 9/6/20 at 11:41 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Lived in Chelsea after grad school. My wife's youth upper west side.
It's a great place. If you have to convince someone, it's not worth it.
Noo yawk.
But man, the one thing is the bathrooms are all incredibly small. Everything is smaller and it takes a while to make sense of that if you don't grow up with it.
Even some of the nicest places have such freakishly small sh-tters.
It's a great place. If you have to convince someone, it's not worth it.
Noo yawk.
But man, the one thing is the bathrooms are all incredibly small. Everything is smaller and it takes a while to make sense of that if you don't grow up with it.
Even some of the nicest places have such freakishly small sh-tters.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 12:17 am to SaintlyTiger88
We've been a couple if times. Around 2007 and 2008. My niece lives in Manhattan and knew all the best places to eat and visit.
It's awesome there, ...or was awesome. Now it's about to turn to shite. That's sad.
It's awesome there, ...or was awesome. Now it's about to turn to shite. That's sad.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 6:29 am to fallguy_1978
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you've ever been to the old Yankee stadium you know where some of them live.
Well I’ve been to the new one, which is right next to where the old one is.
That is a shitty borough
Posted on 9/7/20 at 7:49 am to SaintlyTiger88
UES for the past 5 years. Just moved to Astoria.
There is no city like NYC. There is always something to do that you can’t do in any other city. Amazing restaurants, comedy clubs, parks, museums..all within walking distance of your apartment.
The taxes suck, the trash on the sidewalks on trash days suck, the trains are hit or miss but I haven’t been on one since March when Covid hit. It’s definitely not as attractive a place to live during this time.
There is no city like NYC. There is always something to do that you can’t do in any other city. Amazing restaurants, comedy clubs, parks, museums..all within walking distance of your apartment.
The taxes suck, the trash on the sidewalks on trash days suck, the trains are hit or miss but I haven’t been on one since March when Covid hit. It’s definitely not as attractive a place to live during this time.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 8:02 am to OldmanBeasley
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Check out Boston then
Boston would be a terrible place to live. The weather is absolutely trash 9 months per year and the people are just awful.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 8:06 am to SaintlyTiger88
I was up there for work for the summer of 2007. Loved it.
Learned how to read subway maps, and eventually learned the subway routes I needed to get to everywhere I liked to go. Explored a lot. Ate a lot of foods I’d never had before.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 8:12 am to NYNolaguy1
If you decide to live in Manhattan, unless you are Epstein or with serious money, your quarters are basically for sleeping purposes. If you want to "live" go to Brooklyn, Queens or Staten Island. Manhattan is all about business.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:01 am to gthog61
They won’t. It’s a mega city and most urban areas with high populations have always been blue. Goes into the whole electoral college argument.
I suspect you would be poorly equipped for any big City in that regard.
I suspect you would be poorly equipped for any big City in that regard.
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 9:02 am
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:03 am to KiwiHead
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Staten Island.
Eh
Pass
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 9:03 am
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:04 am to I Bleed Garnet
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Well I’ve been to the new one, which is right next to where the old one is.
That is a shitty borough
I've never seen the new one. I've only been back to NYC once since I lived there and it was just for 2 days of meetings in Long Island City
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:04 am to The Third Leg
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The weather is absolutely trash 9 months
I wouldn’t go that far
I travel a lot of Boston during November.
Last 3-4 years it’s been in the high 50s low 60s
If trash is in the 30s and snow I’d say you get that December to March.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:43 am to SaintlyTiger88
It’s an experience. The “anything is possible” vibe is real. The sense of place is unmatched. Yes, the city is not in a good spot right now from what I’ve read and been told by friends. However the idea that NYC isn’t coming back is crazy.
The good: everything available on earth is at your fingertips. If you can’t get whatever you want in the city, you can get to nearly anyplace in the world non-stop.
The bad: It’s tough to raise a family there long term. There are plenty of good options for Lower and middle schools on the UES and UWS. High schools don’t have zones and the acceptance rate is less than 10% at the top 3 schools. I asked someone what happens when your kid doesn’t get into one of the schools, “you move to the burbs”. Housing is the other big thing. Let’s say a 3-bed place rents for $10k per month. You need an income of 40x to qualify, or $400k. Post taxes, roughly half of your income is rent. Now assume you want to buy a similar place for $2M. Most places require 40% down so you will need $800k in cash for the down payment. If you save half of your post-tax,post rent income for the down payment, it would take 13+ years to save enough. You either to have a lot of income or abandon the idea of buying an apartment.
The good: everything available on earth is at your fingertips. If you can’t get whatever you want in the city, you can get to nearly anyplace in the world non-stop.
The bad: It’s tough to raise a family there long term. There are plenty of good options for Lower and middle schools on the UES and UWS. High schools don’t have zones and the acceptance rate is less than 10% at the top 3 schools. I asked someone what happens when your kid doesn’t get into one of the schools, “you move to the burbs”. Housing is the other big thing. Let’s say a 3-bed place rents for $10k per month. You need an income of 40x to qualify, or $400k. Post taxes, roughly half of your income is rent. Now assume you want to buy a similar place for $2M. Most places require 40% down so you will need $800k in cash for the down payment. If you save half of your post-tax,post rent income for the down payment, it would take 13+ years to save enough. You either to have a lot of income or abandon the idea of buying an apartment.
This post was edited on 9/7/20 at 9:46 am
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:44 am to I Bleed Garnet
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They live in some shitty neighborhood in the Bronx or Queens
My mother-in-law has a "crashpad" (she's a flight attendant) and I believe it's in Richmond Hills (I always forget the address, it's an Indian neighborhood, looooots of chrome). Freaking $800/month for a basement apartment that's something like 400-600sqft (seriously, it's maybe double the size of my master bedroom) and she's had co-workers beg her to let them know if she ever moves out of it.
My God-daughter got a job at Goldman Sachs right out of college, making around $65k/yr. She and two others making around the same lucked into a 2BR (they made the dining area into the 3rd bedroom) in the financial district. No idea how much the rent was but it was enough for 3 people each making ~$65k/yr to have to cram into a 2BR just to afford it.
So many people crammed into such a small area. People just weren't meant to live like that.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:52 am to The Third Leg
quote:get out more
Boston would be a terrible place to live. The weather is absolutely trash 9 months per year and the people are just awful.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:55 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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get out more
Boston is great.
Posted on 9/7/20 at 9:56 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Nothing he said was incorrect
Posted on 9/7/20 at 10:01 am to The Third Leg
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Boston would be a terrible place to live. The weather is absolutely trash 9 months per year and the people are just awful.
Well none of this is accurate. But ok.
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