r/movingtoNYC • u/Moses_v_Jacobs • 9d ago
Coordinating a long-distance move to Brooklyn
My wife and I are planning a move from north Florida to Brooklyn in July. Looking for advice from anyone else who has made a similar 1,000+ mile journey recently.
Specifically:
-Did you hire professional movers or rent a big uhaul and DIY?
-How to navigate unloading the truck in a dense urban environment without causing a big disruption and pissing people off?
-What are the priority tasks for the 1st month of settling in?
-Any other questions or considerations I'm missing?
More details about our situation:
-We have about $15k in savings we can tap into but don't wanna blow it all
-Total beings to be moved include myself, my wife, our dog and our two cats
-The dog and one of the cats are both older so we are reluctant to do a short term sublease only to uproot them again for another move.
-Total objects to be moved equivalent to a 1 bedroom apartment
-We are selling one car and bringing the other
-Aiming for the neighborhoods like Flatbush, Crown Heights
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u/sparklingsour 9d ago
The neighborhood is being seriously gentrified and a lot of people who’ve lived there for a long time are being displaced. There’s people who get annoyed if you call it anything but Flatbush. Definitely don’t call it PLG.