ot: renting in brooklyn

[Brian Orange]

probably true...

but i am now a homeowner and paying $1,300 less EVERY single month on a 3000 sq ft house with top end finishings.

To top that, IF i really need too... the seller paid my closing costs and my broker costs (same with renters in atl).

IF i need to go any further, my wife happens works for delta so i fly to nyc for free on any decent wknd (cool parties, random wknds, cuse games, or just because).

Oh and i have a backyard but can walk to 10 restaurants within 5 blocks.

Call me crazy, but why in the samhell would anyone pay $3000 per month!! plus fees???? to live anywhere? unless of course, you are making $1,000,000 or more. anything less and it just doesn't make much sense to me.

Dude, New York is New York and Atlanta is Atlanta. They are in different stratospheres.

 

[cto]

Whoever said ... wander around the neighborhood and talk to doormen/supers has the right idea. Back when I rented in Manhattan, that is how I found my apartments. Building owners/managers use their doormen/supers to screen potential rental candidates. I have recommended this approach to others, and it has always worked. There is a lot of stuff on the market that is not advertised.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Are you set on that hood? There's a few neighborhoods in queens that offer similar amenities and have cheaper rent on average (Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside).

Astoria all the way

 

[STEVEHOLT]

wow, the rent in brooklyn sure has gone up since i lived there. in the late 90's i lived in center slope, carroll st between 8th avenue and the park..and it cost 1 k.

 

[CusefanATL]

Dude, New York is New York and Atlanta is Atlanta. They are in different stratospheres.

i agree with you. but i will take my $1300 a month (in only rent savings - but i own) and visit NYC on the wknd.

 

[CusefanATL]

I lived in the ATL after college.. I couldn't deal with a place where the city is such a bust. Nothing going on downtown. Nice areas in the suburbs to raise a family though..

downtown is for conventions, law offices, and sports. nothing else.

going there to do anything else is on you.

and i never meant to say atlanta is a better city. i just dont understand the ridiculous cost of living difference. i visit nyc at least 4 times a year. i love to visit.

 

[RollOrange]

Because a bad day in NYC beats a good day anywhere else (except maybe Chicago).

To each his own. I wouldn't live in NYC if you were paying the rent. Great city to visit, but to live, no thanks. And that's not a knock on NYC at all, it's just not my cup of tea