postwar in village vs prewar on UWS

Simple, depends on how much you care about proximity to the central park and school district. If you do not care about central park, why would you live on the UWS? This coming from someone who loves pre-wars.

Nope, don't care about central park, schools, or playgrounds. On the plus side, lots of our friends live up there. But the Village it ain't.The reason to move up there is a beautiful apartment that would be way over our budget down here. We're priced out for nice downtown apartments that are big enough.

UWS is very family oriented (boring) and if you enjoy small eclectic restaurants with excellent food with reasonable price, USW gets a B- at best. Also, UWS seems to have too many stressed out people vs downtown relaxed vibe. Some one will have to pay me to go to Zabar's due to all its employee created noise and craziness. That said I like space and high ceilings of the pre-war you describe and dislike the Brevoort east type of buildings in the village. It is a hard choice.

Village.

Though many of my clients wouldn't live anywhere but the village, I've already voted with my feet on this one. UWS.

Mercer's right about the restaurants though.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

Both are good neighborhoods. So the question to answer might be which apartment you'd be happier walking into each time you come home

both great nhoods,...agreed w ph41..nobody knows the feelings you get when u walk in both nhoods, but Im sure one feels better than the other to you... so pick that one!

Having lived in both I can say hands-down UWS. And if you're choosing between a gorgeous prewar and a cookie-cutter post-war, there is absolutely no question. Get the prewar!!

It doesn't sound like you're speaking hypothetically.

I would never choose between those two. I'd wait it out a few weeks and see what comes on the market. There's no reason to give up your desired neighborhood. And certainly there's never a reason to buy a grandma apartment if your heart is set on pre-war.

you should choose your preferred location. i suspect that is your gut feeling as well, but like that you can get more for your money elsewhere (don't we all).

You should choose the apartment that would most greatly affect your QUALITY OF LIFE in a positive manner. From my experience working as a Real Estate professional, I have had many customers who were choosing between The Upper West Side and The Village, and it's always the same reasoning...they want Pre War, but they want The Village. In the end, The Village nearly always wins out even if it means they patiently wait a bit longer and ready themselves to make that offer, or sometimes settle for something a bit different in size or style than what they had imagined.