As hard as it is to live/buy/rent here, earn a living wage, and educate a child, there are reasons that 8 million of us stick it out and more come every day. We love New York because... Your child's school auction brochure reads like a bucket list. There are a lot of cool people, cool jobs, and cool things to do here and, even if you are just an investment banker or a doctor, you can do them too... [more]
As hard as it is to live/buy/rent here, earn a living wage, and educate a child, there are reasons that 8 million of us stick it out and more come every day. We love New York because...
Your child's school auction brochure reads like a bucket list. There are a lot of cool people, cool jobs, and cool things to do here and, even if you are just an investment banker or a doctor, you can do them too for an opening bid of $50.00.
You can spend $5 or $5,000 on a meal and they will both be delicious.
A disproportionate number of TV shows and movies take place here because New York City is where it's AT (and btw, Seinfeld and 30 Rock are reality shows, not sit-coms).
We walk. Everywhere. And it is never boring or tiresome because every block is its own destination.
Because it is all outside for the taking AND you can have it all delivered inside. Even on snow days.
Central. Park.
So many talented people congregate here that even if you are as far off-Broadway as a child's music class, chances are the performers will outperform a Chicago touring company.
The doormen - they're even faster and sometimes more effective than 911.
The flowers in the bodegas are cheaper and more beautiful than anything you will grow in a suburban garden.
Hate them or love them, the throngs of tourists are a daily reminder that the rest of the world wants to experience what you take for granted.
So believe the hype. Forget the bed bugs. Count your blessings. You live here.
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Response by steveF
almost 15 years ago
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Hate them or love them, the throngs of tourists are a daily reminder that the rest of the world wants to experience what you take for granted.
excellent...
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Response by ProperService
almost 15 years ago
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^--- Did we forget to log-off and sign-in using our "other" SE identities? Nothing like responding to your own posts....
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Response by falcogold1
almost 15 years ago
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Steve,
your optimism know no bounds!
celebrate the good, the bad and, the ugly.
you are an inspiration to us all!
we're gonna party like it's 1999!
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Response by steveF
almost 15 years ago
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falco, I think (above brick) is something we can all agree on. Peace.
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Response by Apt_Boy
almost 15 years ago
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Your child's school auction brochure reads like a bucket list. There are a lot of cool people, cool jobs, and cool things to do here and, even if you are just an investment banker or a doctor, you can do them too for an opening bid of $50.00.
And even pay for your kidds books after the budget cuts.
You can spend $5 or $5,000 on a meal and they will both be delicious.
Especially in the 'C' rated places.
A disproportionate number of TV shows and movies take place here because New York City is where it's AT (and btw, Seinfeld and 30 Rock are reality shows, not sit-coms).
Too bad they are all filmed in Toronto.
We walk. Everywhere. And it is never boring or tiresome because every block is its own destination.
Because cabs are now too expensive.
Because it is all outside for the taking AND you can have it all delivered inside. Even on snow days.
By illegal aliens who use tax $ for their free medical care/food stamps/childrens education
Central. Park.
Falling branches killing people, closing restaurants, wildings and muggings
So many talented people congregate here that even if you are as far off-Broadway as a child's music class, chances are the performers will outperform a Chicago touring company.
And maybe even fall on you from a faulty wire.
The doormen - they're even faster and sometimes more effective than 911.
At getting you illegal drugs, but only if you tip them well.
The flowers in the bodegas are cheaper and more beautiful than anything you will grow in a suburban garden.
See deleviery comment above.
Hate them or love them, the throngs of tourists are a daily reminder that the rest of the world wants to experience what you take for granted.
The murder of journalists by their angry gay lovers.
So believe the hype. Forget the bed bugs. Count your blessings. You live here.
Or be priced out forever!!!
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Response by matsonjones
almost 15 years ago
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I think Apt_Boy needs to move to Detroit.....
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Response by MidtownerEast
almost 15 years ago
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Or the Bay Area for the climate.
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Response by Apt_Boy
almost 15 years ago
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Or midtown east for the fine real estate
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Response by beatyerputz
almost 15 years ago
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Wow SteveF - I actually agree with your post!
I too love NYC! I don't want to live anywhere else!
Another great thing about living in NYC is that you can rent a great place for a FRACTION of the cost of buying an apartment.
Damn I love this place!
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Response by bjw2103
almost 15 years ago
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byp, I agree. I happen to think it would be even better if you could buy for a fraction of the cost of renting, but ultimately I just want more affordable housing to keep this city great.
"Another great thing about living in NYC is that you can rent a great place for a FRACTION of the cost of buying an apartment."
Actually, that's true of pretty much everywhere. Very rarely can a renter buy for the same price as renting, unless they take a huge step down in quality. Landlords are basically in it for cash flow and eventual (usually 10-20 year) price appreciation.
Your rent barely covers the landlord's expenses, which is why he doesn't want to replace your fridge, replace your carpet or fix your radiator. Maybe in 10 years, when rents go up, he will feel like fixing it.
@STEVEF: Thank you, it's nice to read something positive about our city. I agree with you 99%.
The outstanding 1% is because I can't smoke in the park anymore, which is ridiculous.
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Response by MidtownerEast
almost 15 years ago
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AB -- I never said Midtown East is a fine place for real estate. I don't live there. But I do so pine for a Mediterranean clime.
NeedsAdvice offers alternative reality -- facts and theory: "Actually, that's true of pretty much everywhere. Very rarely can a renter buy for the same price as renting, unless they take a huge step down in quality. Landlords are basically in it for cash flow and eventual (usually 10-20 year) price appreciation. ... Maybe in 10 years, when rents go up, he will feel like fixing it."
So bubble pricing is "everywhere" all the time, and landlords are a form of charity? And when they are profitable they give away their profits to tenants? Is this true of bankers and flippers too?
All these years I've been imagining we lived in a market system in which developers and landlords were seeking profit -- and instead it turns out that they are just in it to give it away.
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Response by huntersburg
almost 15 years ago
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financeguy, can we expect that your sarcasm will revert to the mean?
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Response by beatyerputz
almost 15 years ago
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Needsadvice certainly does
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Response by MidtownerEast
almost 15 years ago
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Thank, Mr. Trollburg. What makes you think I am streeteasypost? That person invited troll comments, which I would never do. I think you are projecting again.
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Response by needsadvice
almost 15 years ago
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@financeguy and beatyerputz: please link to any condo that is for sale that will rent for enough money to cover all of its costs. Mortgage, maintenance, taxes, etc. All of it's costs.
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Response by huntersburg
almost 15 years ago
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>What makes you think I am streeteasypost?
I don't know, 43/44 years old. Single. Virgin. Lives midtown east in a smallish $3200 1 br. Same style of writing. Same obsessions. Same ability to post throughout the day. "You" conveniently didn't post on that long thread. Both suddenly appeared ("you" on November 1) but already knew the personalities here well.
Maybe I'm wrong.
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Response by sjtmd
almost 15 years ago
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....ans one in four of your fellow city residents are on food stamps...at a cost of over 3 billion dollars...Count your blessings. You live here
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Response by LucilleIsSorry
almost 15 years ago
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hi guys!!!!
hope this doesn't hurt anyone's sensitive feelings, but there is something incredibly banal and desperate about that list. some would call that kind of thing a defense mechanism, the writing out of affirmative lists.
hi midtownereast!
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Response by hol4
almost 15 years ago
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as corny and cheesy as OP's post may come off....
..the quickest way to appreciate the City is to leave it..
..i don't mean the east LI/Denver/upstate extended wkend getaway...
..i mean go house hunting in San Diego/Seattle/etc, for 4-9 months for a 'bargain' to get a yard and driveway.
you'll love the open space, mild weather, and comparative 'light' traffic..
..then after 2 months of this 'enlightened' period, you realize something is missing.. something greater than you, something ideal, maybe unattainable (for now at least).. but something that once challenged you out of your comfort zone..
..something residing in that congested 13 mile island back east that brought the worst and best out of you, something propelled you to a place where you thought you couldn't go..
..then you realize the 'premium' one pays of having 7 f*ck buddies in one's building alone is truly a 'discount' when you account for gas/car maintenance/tolls one has to pay to get his variety of fixes..
viva la midtown lunchtime bukkake.. cheaper than therapy and more effective, who said this town was all expensive?
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Response by LucilleIsSorry
almost 15 years ago
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why is he allowed to say bukkake!!!???
MOOOOOMMM!!!!
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Response by hol4
almost 15 years ago
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mom left ever since dad moved in with his new 'roomate'..
plus i don't mean b*kkake in just the literal sense.. one man's experience at the Met/Whitney is another man's exp in his weekly g*ngbang.. probly both with the same career
tomato, tomatoe
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Response by bob_d
almost 15 years ago
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"Another great thing about living in NYC is that you can rent a great place for a FRACTION of the cost of buying an apartment." My crappy studio is $2300/month, and the landlord is too cheap to buy me a new air conditioner. What's so great about this? I could have bought a much nicer house in the midwest with 4 years of rent.
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Response by Sunday
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bob_d, you can also rent a much nicer house in the midwest for a lot less than $2300/month.
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Response by alanhart
almost 15 years ago
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bob_d, you can also buy a much nicer house in parts of the midwest for $1 if you get there before the town tears it down.
Hate them or love them, the throngs of tourists are a daily reminder that the rest of the world wants to experience what you take for granted.
excellent...
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Steve,
your optimism know no bounds!
celebrate the good, the bad and, the ugly.
you are an inspiration to us all!
we're gonna party like it's 1999!
falco, I think (above brick) is something we can all agree on. Peace.
Your child's school auction brochure reads like a bucket list. There are a lot of cool people, cool jobs, and cool things to do here and, even if you are just an investment banker or a doctor, you can do them too for an opening bid of $50.00.
And even pay for your kidds books after the budget cuts.
You can spend $5 or $5,000 on a meal and they will both be delicious.
Especially in the 'C' rated places.
A disproportionate number of TV shows and movies take place here because New York City is where it's AT (and btw, Seinfeld and 30 Rock are reality shows, not sit-coms).
Too bad they are all filmed in Toronto.
We walk. Everywhere. And it is never boring or tiresome because every block is its own destination.
Because cabs are now too expensive.
Because it is all outside for the taking AND you can have it all delivered inside. Even on snow days.
By illegal aliens who use tax $ for their free medical care/food stamps/childrens education
Central. Park.
Falling branches killing people, closing restaurants, wildings and muggings
So many talented people congregate here that even if you are as far off-Broadway as a child's music class, chances are the performers will outperform a Chicago touring company.
And maybe even fall on you from a faulty wire.
The doormen - they're even faster and sometimes more effective than 911.
At getting you illegal drugs, but only if you tip them well.
The flowers in the bodegas are cheaper and more beautiful than anything you will grow in a suburban garden.
See deleviery comment above.
Hate them or love them, the throngs of tourists are a daily reminder that the rest of the world wants to experience what you take for granted.
The murder of journalists by their angry gay lovers.
So believe the hype. Forget the bed bugs. Count your blessings. You live here.
Or be priced out forever!!!
I think Apt_Boy needs to move to Detroit.....
Or the Bay Area for the climate.
Or midtown east for the fine real estate
Wow SteveF - I actually agree with your post!
I too love NYC! I don't want to live anywhere else!
Another great thing about living in NYC is that you can rent a great place for a FRACTION of the cost of buying an apartment.
Damn I love this place!
byp, I agree. I happen to think it would be even better if you could buy for a fraction of the cost of renting, but ultimately I just want more affordable housing to keep this city great.
Please give props to www.brickunderground.com's Veronica X for posting this list in the first place!!!
"Another great thing about living in NYC is that you can rent a great place for a FRACTION of the cost of buying an apartment."
Actually, that's true of pretty much everywhere. Very rarely can a renter buy for the same price as renting, unless they take a huge step down in quality. Landlords are basically in it for cash flow and eventual (usually 10-20 year) price appreciation.
Your rent barely covers the landlord's expenses, which is why he doesn't want to replace your fridge, replace your carpet or fix your radiator. Maybe in 10 years, when rents go up, he will feel like fixing it.
@STEVEF: Thank you, it's nice to read something positive about our city. I agree with you 99%.
The outstanding 1% is because I can't smoke in the park anymore, which is ridiculous.
AB -- I never said Midtown East is a fine place for real estate. I don't live there. But I do so pine for a Mediterranean clime.
"Oh Snap", that was a funny retort from the virgin: http://streeteasy.com/nyc/talk/discussion/24949-virgin-post-calling-all-finance-geniusestrolls
NeedsAdvice offers alternative reality -- facts and theory: "Actually, that's true of pretty much everywhere. Very rarely can a renter buy for the same price as renting, unless they take a huge step down in quality. Landlords are basically in it for cash flow and eventual (usually 10-20 year) price appreciation. ... Maybe in 10 years, when rents go up, he will feel like fixing it."
So bubble pricing is "everywhere" all the time, and landlords are a form of charity? And when they are profitable they give away their profits to tenants? Is this true of bankers and flippers too?
All these years I've been imagining we lived in a market system in which developers and landlords were seeking profit -- and instead it turns out that they are just in it to give it away.
financeguy, can we expect that your sarcasm will revert to the mean?
Needsadvice certainly does
Thank, Mr. Trollburg. What makes you think I am streeteasypost? That person invited troll comments, which I would never do. I think you are projecting again.
@financeguy and beatyerputz: please link to any condo that is for sale that will rent for enough money to cover all of its costs. Mortgage, maintenance, taxes, etc. All of it's costs.
>What makes you think I am streeteasypost?
I don't know, 43/44 years old. Single. Virgin. Lives midtown east in a smallish $3200 1 br. Same style of writing. Same obsessions. Same ability to post throughout the day. "You" conveniently didn't post on that long thread. Both suddenly appeared ("you" on November 1) but already knew the personalities here well.
Maybe I'm wrong.
....ans one in four of your fellow city residents are on food stamps...at a cost of over 3 billion dollars...Count your blessings. You live here
hi guys!!!!
hope this doesn't hurt anyone's sensitive feelings, but there is something incredibly banal and desperate about that list. some would call that kind of thing a defense mechanism, the writing out of affirmative lists.
hi midtownereast!
as corny and cheesy as OP's post may come off....
..the quickest way to appreciate the City is to leave it..
..i don't mean the east LI/Denver/upstate extended wkend getaway...
..i mean go house hunting in San Diego/Seattle/etc, for 4-9 months for a 'bargain' to get a yard and driveway.
you'll love the open space, mild weather, and comparative 'light' traffic..
..then after 2 months of this 'enlightened' period, you realize something is missing.. something greater than you, something ideal, maybe unattainable (for now at least).. but something that once challenged you out of your comfort zone..
..something residing in that congested 13 mile island back east that brought the worst and best out of you, something propelled you to a place where you thought you couldn't go..
..then you realize the 'premium' one pays of having 7 f*ck buddies in one's building alone is truly a 'discount' when you account for gas/car maintenance/tolls one has to pay to get his variety of fixes..
viva la midtown lunchtime bukkake.. cheaper than therapy and more effective, who said this town was all expensive?
why is he allowed to say bukkake!!!???
MOOOOOMMM!!!!
mom left ever since dad moved in with his new 'roomate'..
plus i don't mean b*kkake in just the literal sense.. one man's experience at the Met/Whitney is another man's exp in his weekly g*ngbang.. probly both with the same career
tomato, tomatoe
"Another great thing about living in NYC is that you can rent a great place for a FRACTION of the cost of buying an apartment." My crappy studio is $2300/month, and the landlord is too cheap to buy me a new air conditioner. What's so great about this? I could have bought a much nicer house in the midwest with 4 years of rent.
bob_d, you can also rent a much nicer house in the midwest for a lot less than $2300/month.
bob_d, you can also buy a much nicer house in parts of the midwest for $1 if you get there before the town tears it down.