Reviews & Comments
New York, NY
re: NYC.. It has it all
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2/22/2020You are so right, I am a NY native & although I don't live there anymore that saying if you can make it there you can make it ANYWHERE is so true. NY has so much to offer that you don't necessarily find elsewhere. Even if you do it's still just not quite the same. For instance, where I live now you see signs everywhere advertising NY Pizza or NY Fried Chicken, ummmm that would be a resounding NO on both. I now know how people from Philly feel when they go somewhere & see signs advertising Philly cheese steak, again ummm NO. I don't know of anywhere else that has as many sports teams as we do either. Yeah NY is pricey and it always has been, but so are some other places. Where I live you find places that cost $8.5 gazillion dollars, and it offers no sights, no transportation (or at least not on NYC's level), and the city is closed between 12:00 & 2:00 am I mean dead as a door nail. While that part isn't as important to me anymore because I am no longer in my 20's, I still would like to know that if I needed to catch a bus or a train at that hour I could. Not to mention if you don't live in the City transportation is limited to owning a car, Lyft or Uber or not going at all. This limits your freedoms and movements which I didn't like being limited as a teenager (you know when your parents limit where and when you can go and when you need to be back) so you know I can't deal with being restricted in my adult years :). Anyway, I enjoyed your post.
New York, NY
NYC Both Good & Bad -
2/22/2020I was born & raised in NYC. During the time I grew up there is was a GREAT place to live & grow up. However, over the years it changed.
It is expensive to live, but so are a lot of other places with far less to offer. NYC has so much to do it is nearly impossible to be bored unless you are broke. There is seemingly nothing that you can't get there. Transportation is plentiful and affordable. If you don't think so, try living some place like NC or Baltimore. While Baltimore has a train & bus system it is not comprehensive at all.
NYC is quite crowded, but for some that is the attraction. People draw energy from other people so this is what makes NYC so electric!! If you are not a people person or you have a phobia of crowds then I suppose NYC is not for you.
The NYC public school system sucked out loud as I can recall which is why in 1997 my ex-husband and I decided to leave with our 3 kids. That was 23 years ago, so I am uncertain what it is like now, but I can't imagine that it is any better today.
So I guess what I am saying is that like any place else NYC has its good and bad. From what I am to understand there is a lot of gentrification that is going on there now. So certain areas that weren't the best back when I still lived there are now better. While some areas that I remember being pretty good are now considered bad. I still rate NYC a 3 because all in all NYC still has a lot more going for it than a lot of other places (and I am solely basing this off the other 2 places that I have lived). On the other side, what contributes to giving NYC a 3 is the fact that I would not move back there today. One of the reasons is because while some of the changes I mentioned above can be considered good, I am older now and having to start over learning the City that I once knew very well would be considered a set-back for me. OH and yes the prices for where I would want to live today is probably out of my price range, although if you think Maryland doesn't have $8.5 gazillion dollar homes without the view or land etc you would be wrong. Other states can be just as pricey or pricier without any reason or cause.
New York, NY
NYC Both Good & Bad -
2/22/2020I was born & raised in NYC. During the time I grew up there is was a GREAT place to live & grow up. However, over the years it changed.
It is expensive to live, but so are a lot of other places with far less to offer. NYC has so much to do it is nearly impossible to be bored unless you are broke. There is seemingly nothing that you can't get there. Transportation is plentiful and affordable. If you don't think so, try living some place like NC or Baltimore. While Baltimore has a train & bus system it is not comprehensive at all.
NYC is quite crowded, but for some that is the attraction. People draw energy from other people so this is what makes NYC so electric!! If you are not a people person or you have a phobia of crowds then I suppose NYC is not for you.
The NYC public school system sucked out loud as I can recall which is why in 1997 my ex-husband and I decided to leave with our 3 kids. That was 23 years ago, so I am uncertain what it is like now, but I can't imagine that it is any better today.
So I guess what I am saying is that like any place else NYC has its good and bad. From what I am to understand there is a lot of gentrification that is going on there now. So certain areas that weren't the best back when I still lived there are now better. While some areas that I remember being pretty good are now considered bad. I still rate NYC a 3 because all in all NYC still has a lot more going for it than a lot of other places (and I am solely basing this off the other 2 places that I have lived). On the other side, what contributes to giving NYC a 3 is the fact that I would not move back there today. One of the reasons is because while some of the changes I mentioned above can be considered good, I am older now and having to start over learning the City that I once knew very well would be considered a set-back for me. OH and yes the prices for where I would want to live today is probably out of my price range, although if you think Maryland doesn't have $8.5 gazillion dollar homes without the view or land etc you would be wrong. Other states can be just as pricey or pricier without any reason or cause.