jpegs plz
― cutty, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
major gripe with metro north and nj transit is that they don't run all night.
NJ transit just needs one ne corridor train at like 3AM and theyd have all their bases covered
― max, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
hey look another shitty thread about nyc with opinions!
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
or you could just bring a book! xpost
― carne asada, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
well yeah
― max, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
metro-north to new haven is ~1:45 and the seats aren't amtrak-quality. i wouldn't want to do it every day.
that kid who got shot in crown heights on monday probably isn't too big on the place right now
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
There's definitely been an uptick in crime in Brooklyn this year. I wonder what's up with that.
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:25 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.bls.gov/ro2/chart1.gif
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
haha otm
― tehresa, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Good times.
― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:27 (fifteen years ago) link
definitely that, and i wouldn't put a little bit past La Nina (which is the answer to everything)
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahahahahah -- Tracer, you are so infuriating. Do you do it on purpose?
― Laurel, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
tacer are you still in london? why not move to ipswitch or something
― cutty, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
The making-origami part was clever, though. Or maybe just "clever", but I laughed!
― Laurel, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
cutty my (affordable) neighborhood in London is full of beautiful houses, parks, great restaurants and museums, and doesn't feel like an abandoned, decaying shithole.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Ipswitch, on the other hand...
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
what neighborhood is affordable in london?
― cutty, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
you live in mayfair, don't you
― cutty, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Hackney
this explains my obsession with buses
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Bridgeport has cheap housing, there are some parts that are supposed to be pretty nice, especially closer to the water, and it could use people moving in, but I'm not gonna be the one to do it
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 17:45 (fifteen years ago) link
stay strong, gab! the ues needs you!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
she signed the lease yesterday
― max, Thursday, 28 August 2008 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
your mom?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 28 August 2008 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Brooklyn, NY: flying roaches/mice
― calstars, Friday, 29 August 2008 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
hay guys before ilx dies tell me ur favorite things in brooklyn that i can do this weekend, restaurants, parks, stores, bonus points if they are in 'stuyvesant heights' aka south-central bed-stuy or if they are a quick bike ride or walk away from there (intersection of stuyvesant and hancock), but its cool if i have to take a bus or train
― max, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
ok so like 6 years after i last posted to this thread i'ma move for real. my wife is nyc born and raised and all her family and friends are in brooklyn but finding a place is still a massive drag.
the major problem is that we have a big old dog with whom i am unwilling to part as she's like 15. (and another small dog and 2 small cats.) any ideas for finding pet-friendly landlords? maybe you or someone you know has an amazing place to rent us? we're in the $2k/month range which seems absurd to my small town yokel eyes but whatever.
― adam, Sunday, 22 June 2014 23:11 (nine years ago) link
i will admit to being in the early stages of a meltdown as i feel like the long-distance search for both housing and employment is maybe not working out so well
― adam, Sunday, 22 June 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
g'luck (i can predictably be of no help)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 June 2014 00:53 (nine years ago) link
What neighborhoods are you looking in? In that price range for a 1BR I'm guessing you'd probably be talking about Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Sunset Park, Ditmas Park, some of the southern prospect park neighborhoods, depending on your standards in terms of space (if you have a big dog I assume you don't want a little tiny cramped place). Agents make things easier but can add a lot to the cost. Get a couple apps for your phone (trulia, streeteasy, idk are there better ones now?) and check frequently, call right away, and be prepared to sign quickly. Have a folder with all the docs you need and just bring it to every showing along with a check to make out. As far as pet friendly, I guess you just have to ask or see what the ad says. If you see a place you really like, take it immediately.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 June 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
2k will be fine in the places that hurting mentions above. Also Kensington a p nice place.
― calstars, Monday, 23 June 2014 01:09 (nine years ago) link
Just don't rent a place above a coffee shop, bodega, or restaurant and you'll be fine.
― calstars, Monday, 23 June 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link
I pay waaay less than 2k for a studio here, but there's nothing to do in Kensington
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 June 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link
kensington has a pleasant vibe. what's the train situation like there?
hurting, those are basically exactly the neighborhoods we are looking at. my wife is really into ft greene at the moment for whatever reason. i feel you on the bring everything and make an offer on the spot tactics. unfortunately we're still in new orleans and basically deploying my mother-in-law to go look at places for us. this is not a good way to look for apartments if you were wondering.
there are like two different kinds of pet friendly afaict--a reluctant "pet-friendly" that makes getting a place a total hassle (no dogs over 7lbs! $10000 pet deposit) and landlords that don't g a f abt pets. apt listings should make this distinction.
― adam, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:23 (nine years ago) link
I can't imagine why your wife likes Fort Greene, although it might be the same reason Bjork likes Fort Greene, which is also the reason you guys probably won't find an apartment you can afford in Fort Greene.
Yeah, finding an apt through your MIL is not a good way to go, unless she's tech savvy and can give you a live Skype tour or something and can hand over a check on your behalf if you like it. I would recommend just coming up here for maybe 3-7 days and setting up as many showings as you can and committing to signing on a place.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 June 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
My guide to Brooklyn is that any neighborhood with the word "Green" or "Greene" in its name is a good neighborhood
― 龜, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
i am in the same boat right now. even down to looking for a pet friendly place (i don't have a dog and a cat now but would like to)we're making a trip up in a few weeks, i think, with the plan of having all the relevant documents and being ready to sign on the spot.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
If you have the cash to do it, you could offer a larger deposit to compensate for potential pet damage. My friends recently did this looking for a place.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 June 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
finding an apt through your MIL
this sounds like a direct to dvd film where 40 minutes in the young couple find themselves living in the spare bedroom of a superfundamentalist family and all of their neighbors call the cops on them if they play the hi-fi after 6pm
― Karl Malone, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
fort greene is nice why is it hard to imagine why someone would like a neighborhood w/ brownstones, restaurants and a nice park
― iatee, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
why is it hard for you to understand verbal irony
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 June 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link
sometimes it's hard via the internet, that's why you should use smiley faces
― iatee, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:42 (nine years ago) link
dude. we almost signed a lease on a place above one old italian lady (the owner) and below another old italian lady (her daughter). we still might.
my MIL is cool and takes iphone videos and narrates them sarcastically. still not ideal.
yeah ft greene seems fuckin expensive. i think where we're at is: my wife hasn't lived in new york for like 10 years so the meteoric rental price increases don't seem quite real to her, so she thinks there is some perfect huge cheap place in a dope neighborhood and we just have to find it. she is returning today from a weeklong trip where she was unable to find a place she was into.
i appreciate yalls advice. i might supply my MIL with like a dossier of docs and a blank check. there's no way that could go horribly wrong.
― adam, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:47 (nine years ago) link
Try Philly
― 龜, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
a direct to dvd film where 40 minutes in the young couple find themselves living in the spare bedroom of a superfundamentalist family
quite possible if you landed in Boro Park.
Kensington is served by the F (a line on which entirely too many people now live) and the G unless you live beyond Church Ave, in which case its presence is gen a pain in the ass. But if you're iatee, the fact that you never get a seat is a stirring sign of MTA efficiency.
yes, i love living near nice restaurants while I'm frying up a turkey burger at home.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 June 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
my wife hasn't lived in new york for like 10 years so the meteoric rental price increases don't seem quite real to her, so she thinks there is some perfect huge cheap place in a dope neighborhood and we just have to find it.
Everyone thinks this for a while and maybe like 1/100 find it, and it's usually through a connection
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 June 2014 13:51 (nine years ago) link
To be fair, the rise has been so fast that it's disorienting -- a neighborhood can go from "seems a little sketchy" to out of your price range in like 3 years.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 June 2014 13:53 (nine years ago) link
greenford stuyvesant is nice. so is prospect greenforts and greenspect heights. clinton greene too but I think it's prob too pricey now.
― chinavision!, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
have you considered fort ditmas?
You mean Fort Greenmas?
― 龜, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
sorry yes
― chinavision!, Monday, 23 June 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link