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- mmmhmm
im movin to nyc and lookin in the east vill for apts...despite the hype, is this a cool hood or what?
- toastie0
its way too expensive
- woodyBatts0
don't listen to toastie, people shoot at him in his neighborhood
and the east village sucks ;)
- usrper0
hype?
what hype
east village is dead. some guy went over and shot everyone.
- MLP0
i have friends that live on 2nd ave @ 6th and pay $850/mo and that place is huge... then i have a friend that pays $860 a month in brooklyn and his place is fucking tiny. i guess it just depends on what you find
- nasa0
nice icon mlp
- nasa0
nice icon mlp
- CyBrainX0
The East Villlage is fantastic. Don't let people fool you. There are Starbucks everywhere, but the great NYC neighborhoods maintain their character despite it. It's expensive, but where is it cheap in Manhattan?
- agraphiclife0
i wouldn't really base your initial decision on where to live in NY on cost because it can be expensive everywhere. it's worth it to live in a better area. you can find cheap places in the trendy areas, you just have to look reeeeeeeal hard.
- BZZZP0
yeah starbucks is the primary driver of erosion of the great new york nhoods.
omfg chain coffee! run away, everyone. BAM! dead nhood.
right-o, then.
- usrper0
they just opened a chain store on bedford, forgot which store..
- andre_andreev0
is it worth to hire a broker?
- BZZZP0
you like how they sneeked it in tho right, it's kinda half buried behind other shit...
i think it's a um eckerd? one of those pharms... if that's tthe one you mean.
BUT... weenieburg has never been a "great nyc neighbourhood" ... it was a nasty fucking slum that had cheep rent, so artsy people moved in little by little... then some developers who understand the cycle set up a coupla hub buildings of cleaned up lofts....
now it's a slightly less dangerous, but nastier, slum full of kids who are taking a masters in theoretical classical guitar therapy aroma at NYU.
oh, and a couple of stores. oh i forgot, there is somehow a difference between small op greed and large op greed.
- mitsu0
this thread's alot like mine and with a similar name... hmm... ;)
anyway, BZZZP, i too was looking at EV as one of many possibilities, but your description's scared me a little thanks to my hipster-phobia (jk).
care to divulge any more district based stereotypes? i'm coming up in 2 weeks so, a quick run down of the areas might save me a walk in that direction.
also, there seem to be quite a few NTers making the move to NY in the next few months. i think a NYC transplant get together will definitely be in order to share experiences, etc.
- BZZZP0
thing is, only b/c-list hipsters outhipped by the a-list hipsters have hipster phobia.
me, i like brighton beach and astoria/lic. (the latter cuz its hipification flopped and the brave first wave of invaders are left flopping on the beach, it's very funny)
but seriously, unless you want to suffer the wrath of "oh you poor thing it must suck to be you" shit from everyone in what i presume is anything like your age group, just move to williamsburg, bushwick or greenpoint, cuz you probably don't want to afford manhattan.
then, just have mock angst against your neighbourhood. bitch and moan. hate on hipsters, hate on everything. but secretly feel a sense of community and accomplishment at living there.
- GeorgiePorgie0
rather look at West Village lofts or possibly UES apts.
- usrper0
rather, dont come. theres nothing here.
- mitsu0
"thing is, only b/c-list hipsters outhipped by the a-list hipsters have hipster phobia."
i can live with that...
no hipsters or any other social sub class don't bother me. i'm friends w/ many here in dallas, but it's still nice to know who's living where.
and yes, UES is also on the radar.
- bk_shankz0
Fort Greene is the best neighborhood.
- F_180
chinatown dude....chinatown.
- bk_shankz0
china town is good too, and I like upper west side in manhattan. Really beautiful.