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i am serriously interested in moving to New York. i have no idea what its like i plan on taking a trip there to see where i want to live and who is hiring nearby so i can find a job. my question is what city or area should i live in? i want a deciently priced place but no where that is bad, like we have detroit in michigan, which im not doggin detroit, because its not really that bad but it is said to be the bad part of michigan. so i do not what to be in the "detroit" of new york if ya know what i mean. please help i am also looking for a place that will have alot of acting and modeling oppertunities avalible. so those of you in new york who know best tell me the worst and better places to live help me out, tell me what ever i need to know. thanks so much. Jessica Jan 11 06 01:35 pm Link There is nowhere in New York that is decently priced place and nowhere that is bad like Detroit, Michigan. "East Williamsburg" is really Bushwick. Jan 11 06 01:42 pm Link How many posts are you going to make??? I'll just copy my reply to you from your other post: Decently priced??? How many bedrooms??? NYC proper or the burbs??? more info needed!!! Jan 11 06 01:47 pm Link Uh Detroit has the most crime of any city in the U.S. There isnt a city in New York on that list. Very different places. There isnt anywhere in New York decently priced. Good luck. Jan 11 06 01:47 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: You mean Camden and Newark NJ lost the crown? Jan 11 06 01:48 pm Link Synthetic Shadows wrote: Long ago, yes. Of course, those aren't in New York. Jan 11 06 01:49 pm Link theda wrote: of course they're not. perhaps they used to be, but new jersey is where all the trash goes from the surrounding areas. Jan 11 06 01:50 pm Link Synthetic Shadows wrote: Those happen to be number 4 and 15. Jan 11 06 01:53 pm Link Synthetic Shadows wrote: New Jersey is where New York stores our sports teams until we build some new stadiums here Jan 11 06 01:55 pm Link Im'age NY (INY) wrote: good one. Jan 11 06 02:13 pm Link Check you email. Good luck in the Big City. Jan 11 06 02:21 pm Link Marksora wrote: Or Queens! There are a couple places in the Bronx. Staten Island is right out. Jan 11 06 02:32 pm Link The best place to live in NYC is Fairbanks! Jan 11 06 03:15 pm Link Synthetic Shadows wrote: You have NJ confused with Staten Island. Jan 11 06 03:26 pm Link i recommend anywhere in manhattan below 14th street. check craigslist for shares if you are on a budget. also some agencies have apt they use for models so you might wanna check with them. good luck. O- Jan 11 06 03:34 pm Link Im'age NY (INY) wrote: Don't encourage them. :-) Jan 11 06 09:10 pm Link i need room mates for sure i dont have a preference as to guys or girls but i feel more comfortable with girls until i can trust and get to know the guy/s i plan on living there through college if i get accepted and maybe longer but i do not what to live on campus if i can help it i would rather live in a more propper place but with lots of action and night life but not dirty. what is an average budget for somone in newyork maybe manhatten i herd that was pretty good or somewhere like it. thanks for all your help so far Jessica Jan 11 06 10:43 pm Link First off, check Craiglist for a general feel for pricing in neighborhoods and roommate searches. If you don't have a job lined up and aren't independently wealthy, you won't find a place on your own. My favorite hoods are in Brooklyn, primarily Boerum/Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Carrol Gardens (Tons, I mean TONS of restaurants, bars, shops etc...bustling art scene, quiet residential blocks)...All are kinda pricey depending on transportation proximity and the "niceness" of the given block, but you should be able to find someone looking for a roommate with relative ease. Ballpark apt rents: Studio-$1000-$1200, 1 BR $1100-$1800, 2BR $1500 and up, 3BR $2000 and up. Most 2 BR shares are around $800-$1000/person, 3 shares are cheaper. Other B'klyn alternatives that are a little farther out, but cheaper- Prospect Heights, Ft. Greene, Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace. I don't recommend Williamsburg for a few reasons, 1: it's really inconvenient to the rest of Brooklyn as far as trains go. 2: It really only has one train line (the L) which has frequent weekend shutdowns. 3: It's overpriced for what you get due to the trustfund hipster insurgency. I also have friends up in Manhattan near Columbia and Washington Heights, being a college hood, roommates abound. Most of the rest of manhattan isn't worth the rent you'll pay. Astoria and Long Island City in Queens are also great, but a little less convenient. Areas to avoid (B'klyn)... the afroementioned East Williamsburg (ferrel dogs, 15 yearolds with Glocks), Bedford-Stuyvesant (15 yearolds with Glocks), East New York (11 yearolds with Glocks), Flatbush, Brownsville, Bushwick Areas to Avoid (Manhattan)...Morningside Heights, Certain Parts of Harlem (varies) Email me if you want, I've helped friends make the transition many times... Jan 11 06 11:10 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: Hell, Chicago is scarier than NYC...when i went to NYC and talked about all the amusing gang warfare in the artists neighborhoods in Chicago those sissies told me they had never seen a gun. man oh man. Jan 11 06 11:15 pm Link Krista Muller wrote: In NYC it all depends on how close you live to public housing (hate to be blunt)... I'm right around the corner from a project...a relatively decent project, and I hear gunshots weekly. But I've been here 6 years with little incident...wanna talk scary? Try D.C. for sure, holy crap. Jan 11 06 11:19 pm Link Justin N Lane wrote: I lived less than a block from a housing project for the first 6 months I lived in NYC and never heard a single gunshot. Then again, I was desensitized to the sound of gunshots by living in Virginia for several years. I guess people could have been blowing each other's windows out with cannon and I wouldn't have noticed unless MAYBE it was my own window. Jan 11 06 11:30 pm Link theda wrote: I also live near the Gowanus, could be "target practice"... Jan 11 06 11:31 pm Link Live in West Harlem. Ive been here 3 years and it frigging rocks. No trouble ever and cheap. Jan 12 06 10:13 pm Link pkun1 wrote: got a friend moving up at the end of the month...it is dirt cheap compared. She was in the east village and is tripling her space for less money~ Jan 12 06 10:17 pm Link I just bought a place in East harlem. It is not as good as the west. But that's cool cause I'm hoping the property will appreciate in the same vein as west harlem. If you're scared at all, then move down a bit toward columbia, but beware you'll pay through the nose for the privilege of living 20 blocks south. It's really not worth it. Get in to harlem while the pickings are good, you've probably got about 2 more years before it's all a wash. Jan 12 06 10:20 pm Link Krista Muller wrote: St. Louis is 2, D.C is 3, Atlanta is 5 and Dayton Ohio is right behind Compton at number 7. Jan 12 06 10:24 pm Link There are lots of nice neighboorhoods in Brooklyn... I live in one of them Jan 12 06 10:25 pm Link There's always LA! Great weather - work year round! I saw on the news tonite that Los Angeles is the homeless capital of the country... I work in west LA and I see homeless folks everyday - in Beverly Hills!!!!!!! It's pretty crazy... But hey if you're making close to 100k you'll do just fine!!! Jan 12 06 10:25 pm Link Model Sarah wrote: Im with you on that one. Jan 12 06 10:27 pm Link Don't move to NYC and live outside of Manhattan! I'm from CA and I made that mistake when I first moved out here and lived in Hoboken, NJ. I was so freaking miserable!! It was like being in a jail cell looking at those damn skylines!!! Screw the skyline live amongst the chaos! You won't regret it  Look at www.craigslist.org for apt sublets and shares and for job openings. This is the most used website in NYC and it found me the greatest roomie of my life and it has also secured my friends a lot of jobs. Check it out! Good luck with your move. I would recommend living in the East Village or Lower East Side shares run anywhere from 700 to 900 per month. Which is great since you don't need a car and it's near the subway D Jan 12 06 10:59 pm Link Diana Moffitt wrote: LOL Moffitt, you're such a snob :-* ... however, if one can find digs one can possibly afford... even if it means living 3 to a room... there is nothing quite like manhattan in the morning... the smell of bankers wafting up from the streets below... LOL don't mind me, I was raised there and its lost its charm for me. NY is an experience. Irrelevant of where you must live to live it, do so... at your own peril and with great reward. Jan 12 06 11:05 pm Link oldguysrule wrote: I know Rich this LA girl turned into a manhattan socialite in the frist 2 days of my move. LOL Jan 12 06 11:10 pm Link Diana Moffitt wrote: well duh! You were in Jersey for F's sake... Jan 12 06 11:18 pm Link Justin N Lane wrote: ONLY MANHATTAN IF YOU ARE NOT FROM NEW YORK! IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT GO BROKE FOR THE EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAVE TO! Jan 12 06 11:19 pm Link Diana Moffitt wrote: diana, it's getting crowded down here! shhhh.... Jan 12 06 11:24 pm Link Diana Moffitt wrote: All the cool people live in B'klyn... I mean, just look...you had to use caps Jan 12 06 11:26 pm Link Hopefully by the end of this year I'll be living in NYC yippie. A few months ago Diana told me about east village.. Im in ct now and pay 850.. ( well would be 1200 if the landlord wasnt best friends with my grandma) anyway..Move to NYC and not outside..Craigs list is good for sure ,what diana said lol  Jan 12 06 11:27 pm Link Justin N Lane wrote: yeah, but they're stranded every weekend when the L train is fucked up. every time i go over there i end up spending like $50 in transportation. and there's way too much dog poop over there. more than the stinkin' west village! Jan 12 06 11:29 pm Link no one has pointed out yet, that besides the rent being expensive, you pay a socialist tax rate. i wouldn't recommend living in the city unless you're pulling in about $70k. Jan 12 06 11:30 pm Link Christopher Bush wrote: I'm talking about Brooklyn, not williamsburg, I make a distinction. Within 4 blocks of my apartment, I have the F, 2/3, 4/5, BDQNR and I'm a 15 minute walk to the Brooklyn Bridge. That's more options than anywhere in manhattan unless you live in times square~ Cab fare from the village/LES $15. Jan 12 06 11:35 pm Link |
