a good place to live in NY..??

a good place to live in NY..?? recommend anyplace???

#1 the.elephant

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Posted 11 March 2006 - 04:01 PM

i live in the dorms right now and trying to find a place to move out to an apartment or a studio.

im looking for a place 1000 or less a month.... i tried looking on craigslist but couldnt find much
and i tried searching for it online but i didnt get much from that.... so im asking here before i have no choice but to go to a broker or sumthing i dunno

thanks any place is appreciated... park slope, brooklyn, manhattan, etc any place where i can take the subway down to the city

EDIT: and if anyone wanna room with me?? PM me?? LOL

#2 chunsa

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Posted 12 March 2006 - 08:11 PM

$1000 for studio ?
good luck!!

...unless you're willing to live in literally a dump there is no way you will find that cheap a deal... atleast not in manhattan.
i live in 1 br and we both each have to pay atleast $1300 that is not including electricity.. .which is another $100.

maybe you could consider brooklyn, queens, or jersey...?

you should definitely find sublet.

housing in ny is stressful. i went through it all!
good luck.

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Posted 12 March 2006 - 11:29 PM

QUOTE(chunsa @ Mar 12 2006, 10:11 PM)

unfortunately this is correct, its bloody expensive to live in even the crappiest places you see in Manhatten.

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Posted 13 March 2006 - 11:10 AM

$1000 in the city is ridiculous. ur best bet is in the outter boroughs like brooklyn or queens. park slope is a really hip and happening area, so theres a chance that studios in that area are more than 1000. you can try bensonhurst. there are some affordable places there and its got a pretty big asian (chinese) population. if u are chinese or noe anyone who is, you should check out the chinese newpaper ads. i think they tend to be slightly cheaper.

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Posted 13 March 2006 - 05:12 PM

woah $1k is not going to get you anywhere hahaha go to brooklyn.. I bet prospect park is cheap haha

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Posted 14 March 2006 - 12:35 AM

i'm living in bklyn and hoping to move out to the city soon. most likely i will be lookin for a place with some roommates cuz there is no way to freakin live on ur own on a 4000dollar/month salary in manhattan. it is hell... ur best bet is to do the same. but if u goto school, stay with the dormin...

bye bye !

#7 the.elephant

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Posted 14 March 2006 - 02:18 PM

k thanks guys.. ill check out prospect park and bensonhurst
prospect park sounds cool, it's by the brooklyn museum?? sounds like a good area but i might be wrong because chibifry laughed after saying prospect park.. eh??

the reason i say 1000 for a studio is because someone told me that they used to live in a studio in the upper east side for 1000 dollars... and told me to look there ><

#8 chibifry

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Posted 14 March 2006 - 02:39 PM

^ upper east side studio $1k, maybe 50 years ago..
prospect park is probably cheap (I'm assuming) because the neighborhood kind of sucks. Or Flatbush = DEFINATELY cheaper area. Well thats because there is lots of crime there. but hey, its cheap.

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Posted 14 March 2006 - 02:48 PM

i rather be safe than die for cheap rent!!! hahaha

naww, she recently moved less than a year ago from there... hmm

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Posted 15 March 2006 - 09:20 PM

wth.... prospect park?!?!! of course its hella cheap. its mad shady!!
its a crappy neighborhood so dont think that being near the park is that good.
stick with bensonhurst, park slope and maybe bay ridge.
i havent mentioned bay ridge before, but its a nice neighborhood. o yea, and it runs on the
R train line, so the stops are local. it might be easier if you found a place near express lines like D and N, which is mostly bensonhurst. Bayridge is kinda more quiet than bensonhurst and park slope, but it should be around the price of bensonhurst places, more or less.

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dont go to flatbush either!!!!

thats a crappy neighborhood too!! crime sprees man...

seriously, better safe than sorry. stick to the safe neighborhoods, even if the apartments
may not be as big as the crappy neighborhood apartments.

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Posted 17 March 2006 - 12:14 AM

QUOTE(the.elephant @ Mar 14 2006, 06:18 PM)

did she tell you "where" in upper east side??
cause UES is a very vague term.... i bet she's like all the way out in York Ave...
(which i'd rather live in brooklyn then be caught dead there. it's literally in the middle of nowhere.)

it's like those dumb brokers... they'll tell you 'oh i have a great apartment for you near central park blah blah blah'... and it ends up being like all the way in harlem. i hate when they do that!

anyway... if you were really, really lucky situation you could maybe be able to find a $1000+ studio in UES
but like i said it would be in around york ave... which i dont think you want that...
cause that area is shady as heck! and you have to walk like 5 aveues to get to subway...