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I am cut and pasting a question I left in the Open House thread at someone’s suggestion for more responses…. Here it goes: Not to spark a huge debate here, but I have been contemplating leaving the city (B’lyn/Manhattan) for Westchester for the reasons mentioned above – much cheaper housing; not a bad commute; etc… Please tell me why I should stay in Brookyln when a 3600 SF brownstone will cost over $1.7 million (and then will require $500K in renovations) when I could buy a huge, gorgeous house in Westchester in mint condition for under $1.6M. Plus, the commute is not really that much longer. I love living in B’lyn, but I finding it harder and harder to justify staying here… Please tell me why I should….