Question for New York, Connecticut, New York people - Page 2

Homeslice · 11-01-2009, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pauldun170

Um....that would be a big no.

Um, which part of it would be a big no?
Brooklyn and Queens are upper middle class now? First I've heard.

Tsunami · 11-01-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Well, Queens and Brooklyn are on the Island as well, and a lot of that is ghetto.

Not so much anymore. The ghetto is being pushed out. And there are a lot of nice places in BK and Queens. Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica Estates, Columbia Heights has some beautiful real estates well in the millions.

Heck even Harlem is being gentrified now with million dollar brownstones!

pauldun170 · 11-01-2009, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsunami

Not so much anymore. The ghetto is being pushed out. And there are a lot of nice places in BK and Queens. Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, Jamaica Estates, Columbia Heights has some beautiful real estates well in the millions.

Heck even Harlem is being gentrified now with million dollar brownstones!

I think outta towners automatically get nervous when they see a neighborhood with blacks and puerto ricans roaming around.

Automatically think its a ghetto.

Rider · 10-27-2009, 10:57 AM

I only know about CT. Any city in sw CT is nice, Stamford, Darien, Norwalk. It is very expensive and $80K a year in not very much money there. On that kind of salary you'd have to be further east but it becomes a ghetto quickly and Bridgeport in the center of ghetto universe. Fairfield is nice but you are over an hour away by car. She could take the train in the the city though. I lived and worked in Straford. It was ok but a 2 bdr shit hole apartment was $1800/mo.

Guns, yeah your ok there. Think about where the old gun manufacturers started.. in CT. North of Danbury you start to get into some mountainous areas. Good riding up there.

Personally if it was me, and I had no kids, I'd live in Manhattan, but that's just me.

Good luck with your decision.

Curb · 10-27-2009, 03:15 PM

Look into Westchester. Its about a 25-30 minute commute depending on where you live. I'm originally from New Rochelle. Very nice city, the southern part of the city is cheaper to live in than the northern part. Another nice city there is Eastchester...Stay away from Mt. Vernon and Yonkers. White Plains is a nice area too...very metropolitan area, not too far from the train and decent roads about 30min to an hour north.

And i'm not sure if they still do it...maybe Tommy can chime in on this...but on Sundays from like late March to early November they close a streach of the Bronx River Pkwy so bicycles can run up and down it.

tommymac · 10-27-2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Curb

Look into Westchester. Its about a 25-30 minute commute depending on where you live. I'm originally from New Rochelle. Very nice city, the southern part of the city is cheaper to live in than the northern part. Another nice city there is Eastchester...Stay away from Mt. Vernon and Yonkers. White Plains is a nice area too...very metropolitan area, not too far from the train and decent roads about 30min to an hour north.

And i'm not sure if they still do it...maybe Tommy can chime in on this...but on Sundays from like late March to early November they close a streach of the Bronx River Pkwy so bicycles can run up and down it.

That they still do, screwed up a few of our upstate runs.

You can prolly catch metro north back down to the city, similar to the LIRR in long island. I just hate being a slave to the trains/busses.

Tom

pauldun170 · 10-27-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Curb

Look into Westchester. Its about a 25-30 minute commute depending on where you live. I'm originally from New Rochelle. Very nice city, the southern part of the city is cheaper to live in than the northern part. Another nice city there is Eastchester...Stay away from Mt. Vernon and Yonkers. White Plains is a nice area too...very metropolitan area, not too far from the train and decent roads about 30min to an hour north.

And i'm not sure if they still do it...maybe Tommy can chime in on this...but on Sundays from like late March to early November they close a streach of the Bronx River Pkwy so bicycles can run up and down it.

Westchester is pricey..

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Originally Posted by tommymac

That they still do, screwed up a few of our upstate runs.

You can prolly catch metro north back down to the city, similar to the LIRR in long island. I just hate being a slave to the trains/busses.

Tom

Metro North sucks balls.
I hate it.
I hate hate hate it.

LIRR and I are buddies we go back a few years now. Get yourself a nice quiet car on an express train and yer golden.
Metro North is for dirty Connect-a-Cunts, upstate jackholes and pedophiles. the trains are old, dirty and only assholes ride a train with the wire over head.

I agree on the Busses. They are pretty convenient though.

Smittie61984 · 11-01-2009, 01:03 PM

Update:

She got the job offer but she really does not want to take it. They offered her 46k with a 7500 sign up bonus. She's excited as hell that she got a job offer but she did an interview for a job in Atlanta that she said she did excellent in. She's hoping to get that one. She did a 2nd round interview with a Chicago company and is waiting to hear back from them on wether she makes the 3rd interview. Chicago and Atlanta are our preffered choices.

But we are still keeping NYC on the table so later on today I'll probably look into the taxes of NJ, NY, NYC along with trying to figure out cost of living and crap like that.

Thanks for the help guys.

Homeslice · 11-03-2009, 04:24 PM

So now ghettos have to be a certain size to qualify?

And FWIW, one square mile contains a lot of people in a place like that....

pauldun170 · 11-03-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

So now ghettos have to be a certain size to qualify?

And FWIW, one square mile contains a lot of people in a place like that....

Yes bout 80,000 people.
Not all are automatically criminals and bad people.

10-27-2009, 03:15 PM	#5
Curb resident gimp Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SoFla Moto: a big ole steamin pile of nothin Posts: 1,344	Look into Westchester. Its about a 25-30 minute commute depending on where you live. I'm originally from New Rochelle. Very nice city, the southern part of the city is cheaper to live in than the northern part. Another nice city there is Eastchester...Stay away from Mt. Vernon and Yonkers. White Plains is a nice area too...very metropolitan area, not too far from the train and decent roads about 30min to an hour north. And i'm not sure if they still do it...maybe Tommy can chime in on this...but on Sundays from like late March to early November they close a streach of the Bronx River Pkwy so bicycles can run up and down it. __________________ Steve Political correctness is killing this country

11-01-2009, 01:03 PM	#8
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	Update: She got the job offer but she really does not want to take it. They offered her 46k with a 7500 sign up bonus. She's excited as hell that she got a job offer but she did an interview for a job in Atlanta that she said she did excellent in. She's hoping to get that one. She did a 2nd round interview with a Chicago company and is waiting to hear back from them on wether she makes the 3rd interview. Chicago and Atlanta are our preffered choices. But we are still keeping NYC on the table so later on today I'll probably look into the taxes of NJ, NY, NYC along with trying to figure out cost of living and crap like that. Thanks for the help guys. __________________ lifts - R.I.P.

10-27-2009, 10:57 AM	#4
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	I only know about CT. Any city in sw CT is nice, Stamford, Darien, Norwalk. It is very expensive and $80K a year in not very much money there. On that kind of salary you'd have to be further east but it becomes a ghetto quickly and Bridgeport in the center of ghetto universe. Fairfield is nice but you are over an hour away by car. She could take the train in the the city though. I lived and worked in Straford. It was ok but a 2 bdr shit hole apartment was $1800/mo. Guns, yeah your ok there. Think about where the old gun manufacturers started.. in CT. North of Danbury you start to get into some mountainous areas. Good riding up there. Personally if it was me, and I had no kids, I'd live in Manhattan, but that's just me. Good luck with your decision.

11-03-2009, 04:24 PM	#9
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	So now ghettos have to be a certain size to qualify? And FWIW, one square mile contains a lot of people in a place like that....