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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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10-26-2014 12:20 PM
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One other thing about living in NYC is for many of the working stiffs like me, enjoying all the city has to offer is rarely taken advantage of. Most people just want to get home after a long day at work. The weekend is for taking care of all the things you couldn't do during the week, going to the city is rarely on the menu.
On the other hand I lived in Williamsburg from 1997-2007...right before hipster invasion. That was probably the best living situation I ever had in NYC. Really cheap rent, I think we paid about $400 a month. Subway was right outside the front door. It took about 15 minutes to get into Manhattan. I was going out a lot more back then.
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Originally Posted by djangoles
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Yea I think it's been building up in the last few years. We're actually planning on moving out of state in Jan 2016....just saving enough so we have a nice cushion when we go. Anyway this was an interesting read from a couple of weeks ago.
Escape from New York: Why some have put the city behind them - NY Daily News
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Originally Posted by djangoles
So thanks all for your input to my post I finally have the answers I need about moving to NYC and it don't. I take online lessons with a NY teacher, I watch the Small's stream, and listen to WBGO online so I get all the NYC I need and can afford. Now just find a comfortable and affordable city or town for me and my guitar.
Thanks again all this was an immense help.
Sorry to the OP I didn't intend to hijack your thread I thought I'd ask a related question.
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Is Stanton Island still affordable?
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Not really and that commute is actually worse than Jersey
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Originally Posted by djangoles
For me, the ideal is to live and work in a town, but visit a city. For me that city is Vancouver, which routinely makes those lists of the world's most livable cities. The trouble is, an average house is over a million. So I get what the people were saying in the article, but I'd still rather not have to commute!
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
I'm lucky in that I work in a creative field, get paid halfway decent and have no debt. While I didn't go to school for what I do, many of my co-workers did and the amount they have left on their loan, and what they pay a month just in rent and that loan is pretty scary. The catch 22 is that they can't leave because they won't get paid enough money anywhere else (except maybe LA) to cover that loan. One of my co-workers will not be paid on her loan until she's in her 60's...pretty depressing actually.
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I am now in MA, but lived most of my life in Bergen County, NJ as well. Bergen County, in general, is fairly expensive with high taxes, but there are some affordable areas that are about a 30 - 45 minute commute to Manhattan. The Morris County and Passaic county areas can be more affordable and within 30 minutes of NYC. I lived in the Parsippany/Roseland/West Caldwell area (Morris County) for about 10 years after college, and by car I could be through the Lincoln Tunnel in 30-35 minutes. It is much more affordable than NYC. Much quieter and more suburban, yet convenient to nearly all major roads (46, 80, 287, 78, 10, 208). If you like farmland there is some of that as well, and I passed a good deal of it while on my bicycle riding through the surrounding areas. Nothing is more convenient than being where the action is, but it comes at a steep price.
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Originally Posted by docbop
So basically it's over
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Originally Posted by docbop
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Part of the Subway ad
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by djangoles
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yea....15 years ago you wouldn't be caught dead in Williamsburg. My girlfriend used to take a car service from the restaurant she worked at (the only restaurant in Williamsburg back then), it was only 2 blocks away, but the area was pretty rough back then.
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