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Working In New York, Where To Live? |
| Message Name: |
recommending someone |
| Date Posted: |
05/11/2001 |
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Don't move to Hoboken, then you are paying taxes in two states and that is a pain.
You should move to Astoria,Queens which is just over the 59th st bridge. It takes only 30 minutes to get to Mid-town, Rockefeller Center area. It is quite good for singles, Manhattan is outrageously expensive. Don't bother. With all the money you will save by not paying Manhattan rents you could buy a car or even better take cabs all over. Astoria rents are about $1200 for a small 4 room apt, in a rent stabalized building. Hard to find, but take the subway out and just walk around and go to realestate agents. |
| Message: |
find a rent stabilized apartment in New York is like recommeding that they win a million dollars.
In all the time I've lived in NY I've never happened upon an available rent stabilized apartment, it doesn't happen. I did end up sharing an apartment with a woman through roommate finders and she was in a rent stabilized. We fought with management for the whole year I was there as they were trying to kick us out to up the rent ($1800 3BR on Upper West side, same apt next door to us was re-rented at $4800...)
Hoboken these days is practically as expensive as Manhattan. I'd recommend sharing if you can stand a roommate or Brooklyn/Queens/NJ if you can deal with not being in the center of the action
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