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There's more to NYC than downtown Manhattan. For example, roughly 1000sqft 2BR in Forest Hills go for around $3k/mo. A 30 minute subway ride from Times Square.
by eatonphil 3y ago
There's more to NYC than downtown Manhattan. For example, roughly 1000sqft 2BR in Forest Hills go for around $3k/mo. A 30 minute subway ride from Times Square.
Contrast that with the $4k/mo studio price (which is believable) OP says you pay for in downtown Manhattan.
- sys_64738 3y agoAnybody living in Manhattan views Queens as "Queens" and not NYC.
- llamaimperative 3y agoI’ve actually only ever heard people from the outer boroughs refer to Manhattan as “the city” or “NYC” or similar.
- sys_64738 3y agoThe closer you get to the city then the more familiar people are with the city. So you effectively "zoom in".
- bradleyjg 3y agoTrue. But why pay 4% of income to live in forest hills when you can live in great neck and be in manhattan in about the same amount of time?
- eatonphil 3y agoThe LIRR is good yes but there seems to be extremely few apartments available for rent in Nassau County. Or maybe it's just that I always filter by Allows Pets, I'm not sure. If it were solely up to me I'd be fine living in Bayside/Little Neck, taking the LIRR, for the great Korean and Chinese food and the parks. But my wife prefers to stay where the subway is.
- bradleyjg 3y agoMany parts of LI have few or no apartments, or only 55+ apartments. Great Neck is an exception—-very similar vibes to eastern Queens but no city income tax, better schools, and better cops. Can’t speak to pet policies.
- afavour 3y agoEveryone’s experiences vary obviously but I find Long Island commuter towns to be very depressing places.
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