New York City is a Great Place for Culture & Recre - 12/1/2011

owning property has sky-rocketed!

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NYC Climate... - 10/29/2011

The summers are too humid and the winters are too cold.

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From a Native New Yorker - 5/17/2011

I'm a native NY'ker and have been here during the the 80's..most of the 90s (college was in upstate NY, so I was still around), and most of this century, with 1 year in NC and 2 years in PA. I am NOW back in Manhattan in the East Village. Expensive. You betcha. But it's worth it if you are young, making decent money (60K BARE MINIMUM), and looking for your mate, and also looking to start your career or REALLY enhance it. Bike lanes are now EVERYWHERE, so I really have no transportation costs as I bike to work, then this is the place for you. There's so much to do, I've been here most my life and I'm still not bored, and still have tons of options probably for the rest of my entire life. I can walk outside my apartment and there's tons of stuff going on. A theatre on my block, historic bar, art gallery, and this is a side street. I love it to DEATH really. Only thing that would make me move is the weather. I'm pretty sure I'll find my soul mate here for sure, as you'll find hip, brilliant, and well connected people here who are into their careers and whatnot. Here's the thing. If you are NOT career-oriented, don't have a lot of money or the potential to get that, got connections, you will probably be miserable here. People aren't nice, very stuck up, your neighbor definitely does NOT want to know you. however, I grew up here so I have a strong friend-base which helps. There's a reason NYU, which I live by, has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. There's competition for EVERYTHING. Even who is the most non-generically fashionable. A lot of people have a hard time walking around a campus where all the girls looks like smart models. It could make an above-average looking person, looks just average in comparison, so if you're young, you have to keep up. It will also make you look at things very differently. I now run everyday and lift weights as most people here are fit and I'm on the dating scene, so if you are NOT, you SURE will stand out as the people here have become quite pretentios, and most likely won't turn many heads. I've seen people move here and experience defeaning isolation in a sea full of people due to these very facts. Most people come here with BIG aspirations, only for reality to hit a couple years later. It's HARD to make it here. Honestly, I wish I made around 90K a year so I could really be comfortable, but hopefully I will be soon. Also taking into account this place is a terrorist target, this may not be the place for the feint of heart. Someone I work with just had a kid, and as soon as he popped out, well he's relocating. Not much of a place for a family as we have the least kids per capita; I think San Fran is second; so it's not really a family place. Your kids will be lucky to have their own room much less a yard to play in. It's also filled with transplants as most people have moved there from elsewhere, as you'll probably never buy a place in Manhattan unless you are a millionaire or close. Here's the thing about NYC. You have to have the ability to get a nice sum of money and the ability to get more, or you probably won't like it. Having tons of things to do is worthless if you don't have money to do them.

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Big Apple - 5/6/2011

New York City is a Dickensian parable: the best and the worst. Museums proliferate as readily as blossom sin spring; restaurants of every imaginable cuisine abound. Yet there are potholes everywhere. Manhattan is favored over the rest of the City. It is time to leave, finally.

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New York - 4/15/2011

There is always something to do or see.

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Considering moving to phoenix, az - 3/22/2011

I'm from then Bronx, NY and have been considering moving to the phoenix area. Granted I hear the people are slow, but in nyc the people are insane!! So which should I choose the educationally challenged or sociopaths??

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Planetary Capital - 3/3/2011

The most vibrant, exciting, stimulating place on the surface of the orb known as Earth. Paris a close second, London an imitator of both. Come, enjoy, and forget and forgive the small burgh you were spawned in for not being this Gotham!

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New York - 2/22/2011

Brooklyn is a lovely place to live. Expensive as Manhattan in certain areas, but lovely and eclectic nonetheless.

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MTA - 2/21/2011

The system has it's faults but you can get anywhere in the city without a car which is very important to me.

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Bronx - 2/14/2011

I like the ara

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Not a place to raise children - 1/21/2011

I was born and raised in New York. I left here in 2003 and came back in 2008 to help my daughter with her children. My husband and 2 younger kids came with me. That was the wrong thing to do. New York seem to have changed. It is not the place if you have children and want to bring them up with fresh air, trees, decent living conditions, decent schooling. My babies are asking to leave New York. We just are not happy here. New York is all about who can get the most money out of you. You can have a decent paying job and still not be able to live in a good neighborhood to raise your family. Your children can only get into good schools if you have the money for private schools. Childcare is very expensive. Rents are sky high. It just is not a good place.

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nice - 1/2/2011

nyc is nice for tourist, the proyectos is very bad, section 8, is for all parts, if you wanna living here, look place where dont there section 8

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Student/Teacher ratio - 12/12/2010

Sperling states that the teacher student ratio in NY, NY is 17/1 I say its more like 26/1. You're not even including the boroughs of brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx where the ratios are more like 28/1. Where are you getting these stats and are all of them as inaccurate as this one ?

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First Class Entertainment - 11/21/2010

Without question NY City has the best in entertainment. We have: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, multiple Opera companies, Ballet, Theater, and Carnegie Hall. These are the shining stars of New York. On the flip side the noise pollution is intolerable. Jackhammers are everywhere, the government is corrupt, and the infrastructure is falling apart. If it was not the case that the original construction from the 1930's was so well done this city would have already collapsed. If you move here be prepared for major exploitation. NY is no longer attracting jobs as it has in the past because the taxes are just insane causing an exodus of white collar jobs leaving behind those who cannot escape. Come for a visit but do not stay. You have been warned.

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Where to in Austin, Texas - 11/17/2010

I currently live in Brooklyn, New York with my husband and 2 boys, ages 11 & 7. We're researching Austin, Texas as a place to move to in order to raise our boys in a safe and fun environment where the education opportunities are excellent and life is enjoyable with less stress than living in New York. I would love some suggestions

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cost of living - 10/30/2010

very high

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CALVARY GREETINGS - 10/29/2010

Hi there I AM A LIGHT HEARTED MAN LIKE TO MEET PEOPLE, I AM ONLY SERIOUS WHEN THE NEEDS ARISES,I KEEP MYSELF ACTIVE AND BUSY MEDIUM STATURE AND ENJOY LIFE WITH GOD GUIDES OF GOD ALMIGHTY I LIKE THE COUNTRY AND I TRAVEL OFTEN.ALWAY INVOLVE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.E.T.C

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Diversity - 9/29/2010

The thing that alwasys strikes me about Manhattan is its diversity. It is truly a "world" city on par with London, Paris etc interms of the different cultures and people commonplace here. No other city in the US seems to have such a diverse population.

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Housing - 9/28/2010

Housing can be expensive--but it is the best city in the world.

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Woodside, New York - 9/3/2010

20 minutes away by subway from Midtown Manhattan! Moderate rents!

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