moving to new york

one post and done i guess...shame he isnt checking in, getting a lot of feedback

yes, i don't just sit here and post for the fun of it.

well if it is any consolation the school info was useful to me

esb, i'm glad i could help, along with drdrd. but that was a joke. i do just sit here and post for the fun of it. i ought to just get my damn license already.

"you can live in pretty much any neighborhood you want in town with 2k per month, and if space isn't important than you can have your pick."

Which town would that be? Certainly not New York, where you still can't touch even a one bedroom in a walk-up for less than $2600/month.

"500 sq ft is cool....even 450. it is amazing how many apartment layouts are not conducive to having at least a queen sized bed (on the floor and not suspended over your sofa), a sofa with coffee table, and at lease a small dining table/area. and a seperate kitchen or at least an alcove for on. i am not a minimialist, but to me, those are essential must haves in an apartment. and a place for all the clothes of course"

Satisfying those needs "in pretty much any neighborhood you want in town" would require close to TWICE the OP's budget of only $2K/month.

"yes, i don't just sit here and post for the fun of it."

... that's the next needlepointed throw pillow I want, after the other one that I've forgotten already.

i wouldnt say that is correct matt. no one mentioned a one bedroom. the op said he doesnt have much stuff and doesnt care about space. there are listings in every neighborhood in manhattan where you can indeed rent some sort of apartment for 2k per month.
you can in some neighborhoods rent a one bedroom apartment in a doorman building edging 600sq ft for 2000 per month. i know this because i helped someone rent one yesterday.
double the op;s budget will get you something pretty big anywhere you want rent. 2k will get you something, didnt say it would be great.

"there are listings in every neighborhood in manhattan where you can indeed rent some sort of apartment for 2k per month."

In the trendier neighborhoods, all you can afford for $2,000/month generally less than 500 feet. That's really not livable for a grown-up north of 30 years old, regardless of how little "stuff" you may have.

Studio apartments -- particularly those without real kitchens (like that one in Chelsea with the refrigerator in the living room -- are really not healthy to live in over the long term. It's actually unhealthy to sleep near a major appliance with a compressor that's always running (like a refrigerator).

Matt as medical research scientist.

Do you literally change hats when you become each different kind of expert expert?

That's the thing about having been a journalist for two decades. You become an expert on quite a few topics.

no, ah, he has a closet full of needlepoint pillows in his spacious abode. he has to go look for the one most relevant, that's why sometimes there's a bit of a delay.

all I, and Rhino were agreeing on is that that is how much space we personally would feel comfortable in. I am not an advocate of people living in places like chelsea, village, soho, etc with a budget of 2k a month, but i like getting max space for the dollar while staying in a convenient neighborhood (read, not ues or uws). but the fact remains you can absolutely get 500+ square feet for 2k per month. not in every neighborhood maybe, but that wasnt the point to start with.

i am an expert on this one topic: what you can get for your rental dollar in manhattan

So far I'm seeing virtually nothing livable for under $2600/month. And by livable I mean a proper one bedroom in an apartment that was last renovated in at least the '80s.

you need help than matt.

No. I suppose what I need to do is drink the Kool-Aid that brokers serve to clients so they can go tripping into a world where 500 square feet equals 1,000 square feet ... where an 8x8 closet with no window is a "bedroom" ... where a building on East 119th and First is just "steps away from Central Park!" ... and where a sunken living room qualifies an apartment as a "duplex".

I thot matt owned. Can we say pathological liar?

"I thot matt owned. Can we say pathological liar?"

HELLO. I do own. That doesn't mean I don't keep an eye on the rental markets as well. Duh.

is that before or after the eye you keep on your cable bill. busy, busy days for you with the cable bill.

it's amazing the tidbits that matt has picked up from 20 yrs of reading the cable bill.

Stuyvesant and Peter Cooper Village are good values. You can get a 900 sq ft 1-bed for $2650...and that is actual space. The apartment layouts are very good so it also feels a lot larger than 900 (or maybe it's because most other rental listings have an imagined extra 100-200 sq ft of space listed).

But that blows the OP's budget of only $2000/month.

i am not trying to convince you matt. i dont think that you need this broker in this thread to tell you that you can get a great rental one bedroom for significantly less than the $2600 you are quoting. and i cant imagine anyone else arguing me on that fact, unless they are just interested in arguing for the sake of it.

welcome to the world according to matt. soon he will tell us "that's it. period.end of story."

his version of walter cronkite.

20 years of cable bills has taught him something.

wow, someone on my side here....its nice

I don't disagree with you CC but comparing Matt to Walter Cronkite is really disrespectful to the esteemed and recently deceased Uncle Walter.

sorry...another awful attempt at humor...as has often been pointed out, i should stop trying.

Eastside, No, I know nothing about that Beekman Hill International School; I don't have children. I merely knew that the info was generally available on the SE buildings pages.

matt, way to tell how many thousands of people that their lives are not livable. fuck you.

esb. i'm not not on your side. just not on your side. if you get my drift. and, for what it's worth, i think your posts have been both thoughtful and not pushy. keep it up.

Yeah, I think eastsidebroker should be offered membership in the Good Broker Club.

Matt: That's the thing about having been a journalist for two decades. You become used to having a factchecker sort out your science fiction typing before your wild inaccuracies are made public.

btw, in case it was unclear, I meant that eastsidebroker comment seriously, not sarcastically (as is often my MO). Apology if misinterpreted.

Upper east side is where you will get the most bang for your buck. Safe and great commute. If you are willing to spend $2300, you can even get a decent 650sqf 1 bedroom in a doorman elevator buidilng in this market. Not as fun as the village or chelsea, but certainly more "fun" than anywhere in midtown east and arguably murray hill, IMHO. At least you will go out at night on a weekend and find some nightlife (although of the preppy type), which is not so in Midtown East.

i tried to start a thread a couple of months ago, but got no responses - i'm currently at 80th and 2nd, and while i love the area, i'd like a change of pace. more importantly, i want to be more centrally located and have access to multiple subway lines. i've been looking at the mid 50s around 3rd/lex. are there any particular buildings i should be looking within the same budget? 2k for an alcove studio / small 1br?

check out long island city. 1st stop on the 7 train...vernon jackson. connects with every train line via 42nd street (grand central, 5th avenue and times square). i know it's not manhattan but worth visiting as you'll get a great apartment and be literally minutes to manhattan. great neighborhood with lots to offer.