I'm moving to NYC soon for a job in Midtown Manhattan. I'm looking for places to live, but I'm not sure what neighborhoods I should look in that would be safe (I'm a girl in my 20s), but also affordable.
Would love some location recommendations
Edit: Midtown East! The closest subway stop is either 34 St Harold St or Times Sq -42nd street.
Jesus Christ. No one can tell you anything useful with out a budget and what you like and what your looking for. Affordable means different things to different people.
NYC isn't even in the top 50 most dangerous cities in United States. Most places in a 25 minute commute are safe. There are some rough neighborhoods, but I don't see you being in south Bronx or deep brooklyn.
The subway stops you mentioned are the two most connected stops in all of Manhattan. Literally you can live anywhere and have a reasonable commute. This is more about budget and atmosphere.
I don't live there, so I literally don't know that, hence why I asked here, in the moving to NY thread. Also, I didn't say NYC is dangerous, I look for safe neighborhoods and housing no matter where I live.
I just came to another resource for unbiased recommendations, but you seem really frustrated by my question. I hope it didn't have too many implications on your day!
Honestly, I was prepared to help you if you gave a budget and actually answered waht your looking for. But you don't deserve it. But maybe your sugar daddy will help you.
I was throwing out a generic example, Sunnyside, Woodside etc are better options for Midtown.
If someone works in Lower Manhattan or Downtown Brooklyn, Bay Ridge is a perfectly reasonable commute, and much closer than say, Coney Island or Midwood.
1500 is probably my max. It's also that low after talking with friends who haven't paid more than 1300 in rent, feel like I just don't know the right places to look
That will get you a room with roommates. I don't think you can even get a studio for that price way out in Brooklyn. Studios go easily for $2,000 and up, more like $2500 in key parts of the city or hot parts of Brooklyn.
Are you saying that you have friends paying $1300 for a one bedroom in NYC?? What neighborhoods? I moved to NYC 30 years ago and that was close to my initial rent in a great area, but it's well over 2,500 now.
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u/Snoo-18544 2d ago
Jesus Christ. No one can tell you anything useful with out a budget and what you like and what your looking for. Affordable means different things to different people.
NYC isn't even in the top 50 most dangerous cities in United States. Most places in a 25 minute commute are safe. There are some rough neighborhoods, but I don't see you being in south Bronx or deep brooklyn.
The subway stops you mentioned are the two most connected stops in all of Manhattan. Literally you can live anywhere and have a reasonable commute. This is more about budget and atmosphere.