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post #16 of 28
4/23/08 at 12:08am
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You might want to look at apartments in the West 40s and 50s between 9th and 10th Avenue (between 8th and 9th is a possibility as well, but closer to Times Square/Tourist Hell). This would mean both you and your lady would have a simple, easy 10-minute walk to work/ school. Take it from me: You do NOT want to have to go into the Subway in a suit and tie when you start work in July and August if you can help it-while 90% of the cars are air-conditioned the stations are hot, sticky and disgusting and can run between 100 and 145 degrees.
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And in the winter time they'll have no easy sensible option for a train when it is snowing and raining.

I think about the winter commute more than I do the summer.
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post #17 of 28
4/23/08 at 12:33am
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And in the winter time they'll have no easy sensible option for a train when it is snowing and raining.

I think about the winter commute more than I do the summer.

Well, there's always GASP-THE BUS!!!!

(And they could get the A, E or C Train at 50th street)


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I would personally give the opposite recommendation. The extra 10-15 min per day spent in the subway are well worth the feeling of being far removed from work in the rare weekend and evening moments when you're not in the office. Pick a fun neighborhood, this in New York, please don't settle for midtown.

I think having Times Square there is a big enough barrier between work and home. And what if he's all decked out in a nice, new banker's three-piece pinstripe suit on his first day and some homeless guy throws up all over him on the Subway? Imagine the horrors we can spare the Young Banker by avoiding a Subway commute!

Welcome to New York kid...
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post #18 of 28
4/23/08 at 12:39am
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I think having Times Square is a big enough barrier between work and home. And what if he's all decked out in a nice, new banker's three-piece pinstripe suit on his first day and some homeless guy throws up all over him on the Subway? Imagine the horrors we can spare the Young Banker by avoiding a Subway commute!

Welcome to New York kid...
I've been a banker in NYC for several years now and don't see what the problem is about commuting to work - I mean everyone does it. If it's 100 degrees, then you won't get to the office in any better shape by walking 20 min in the sun across midtown than by sweating on the subway platform for 5 min...

I personally always chose to live in neighborhoods I loved (Soho, West Chelsea) and that were completely remote from work and midtown in every possible way - but I guess different people have different priorities.

I know that the analysts in my group who chose to live close to work have generally regretted it and hate their neighborhoods. Again, YMMV but I'd like to hear from some of the banking analysts on the board to get their perspective too
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post #19 of 28
4/23/08 at 1:15am
Look, let him learn now that if you ask a bunch of New Yorkers a question you will get wildly divergent and impassioned answers and opinions. And no matter where he winds up living there will be assets and debits.
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post #20 of 28
7/27/09 at 8:01pm
looking for a reputable broker for the west village
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post #21 of 28
7/27/09 at 8:06pm
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I've been a banker in NYC for several years now and don't see what the problem is about commuting to work - I mean everyone does it. If it's 100 degrees, then you won't get to the office in any better shape by walking 20 min in the sun across midtown than by sweating on the subway platform for 5 min...

I personally always chose to live in neighborhoods I loved (Soho, West Chelsea) and that were completely remote from work and midtown in every possible way - but I guess different people have different priorities.

I know that the analysts in my group who chose to live close to work have generally regretted it and hate their neighborhoods. Again, YMMV but I'd like to hear from some of the banking analysts on the board to get their perspective too

are you ghey? The reason Conne said that about the UES is that he's never been there. The only really nice parts are far from the 456 towards the East River. Too far for me from the subways IMO.
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post #22 of 28
7/27/09 at 8:08pm
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are you ghey? The reason Conne said that about the UES is that he's never been there. The only really nice parts are far from the 456 towards the East River. Too far for me from the subways IMO.

LOL que? Like... um... Yorkville?

You really show how little you know about NYC with your first question. When are you heading back to the potato farm?
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post #23 of 28
7/27/09 at 8:08pm
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LOL que? Like... um... Yorkville?

I mean by like 1st. I thought the area was pretty nice.
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post #24 of 28
7/27/09 at 8:16pm
Depends on what you mean by "nice." I think it is really dreary. East End is "nice" but remote and very expensive. All other things being equal, I would not want to live there.

Then again, I liked both Turtle Bay and Murray Hill, which apparently are by consensus the suckiest neighborhoods in Manhattan, so what do I know.
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post #25 of 28
7/27/09 at 9:25pm
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Depends on what you mean by "nice." I think it is really dreary. East End is "nice" but remote and very expensive. All other things being equal, I would not want to live there.

Then again, I liked both Turtle Bay and Murray Hill, which apparently are by consensus the suckiest neighborhoods in Manhattan, so what do I know.

I wanna live right under GDL.
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post #26 of 28
7/27/09 at 10:34pm
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I wanna live right under GDL.
That place is occupied by the half-we
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post #27 of 28
7/28/09 at 12:42am
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I mean by like 1st. I thought the area was pretty nice.

There are some attractive girls in that area, but they're all hoping to move in with a guy that lives somewhere better.
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post #28 of 28
7/28/09 at 1:56am
midtown east is very neighborhoody. Midtown sucks, it always will, but its convenient (for me at least), cheap, and quiet. Believe it or not there is some culture and history if you look hard enough.
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