help77

One reason may be that Murray Hill has very little stock of 3 BR apartments, so people with 2 kids, who want more than a "convertible" 3 BR are forced to look elsewhere .
That being said, there are lots of families with kids in MH.
Maybe with the lower prices they can afford private schools :)
As one well known designer living in a beautiful apartment in Curry Hill (gasp!!) said, "It's not where you live, it's how you live that's important"

thanks for the reply PH41. has MH always been relatively cheaper (by always i mean over the past 20 years)? at any rate, imo, given the environment, if you can't catch a bid, youre in deep s%$!. would be a lot more open-minded if the lack of a bid was more systemic. sure neighborhoods have the potential to grow into favor, but it would likely take a huge development kick to jumpstart such a turnaround in this case.