A rob appropriate hood would be one with at least three of the following: cheap and delicious food that Rob likes (probably hard to obtain in the slope, cheap and plentiful alcohol, preferably served in a gay-friendly environment, lack of pretentious parents with snooty kids, cheap enough rent to so that Rob can live by himself, reasonable subway access so that rob can remain employed.
As you yourself said, you are not really enjoying the slope and you could certainly find cheaper rent. My bets would be on: Greenpoint, Astoria, Jackson Heights, there must be others…neighborhoods with reasonably chilled out, diverse people and enough “amenities” to make you feel like you are not living in the boonies.
dipster my best friend kristy lives in sunnyside. it blows chunks. and the commute from the 7 is terrible to anywhere. no one visits her and she barely leaves her apt.
Rob,
Do you drive? You would need a car if you move to the middle of nowhere. You could probably make do without one in a small city. Perhaps a college town in a smaller state would work (but if you do move, please keep posting on Brownstoner!)
Sometimes I find renting a car and just driving out to the middle of nowhere can be quite therapeutic, relaxing, and makes me appreciate the city more when I return rather then being so jaded!
i don’t know how to drive. (i know! shut up). it just never was something i needed to learn to do. plus i had nightmares as a kid being in the backseat of a car (a grey cadillac) that had no driver but it was running fast around the streets and i was terrified. hahaha. when i was like 20 it felt weird to not have a license but now that im in my 30s it just feels like ah whatever. that’s why it might make it hard for me to move to a place other than nyc or another big city.
i keep reading articles about people buying houses in cleveland and detroit for 2000 bux. i would love to get a bunch of people together and do something like that but would it be like living ina sci fi movie or something?
Rob – used to live on the LES as well and I share your sentiment that it was like Mardis Gras 24/7
I’m not sure why everyone is so damn quick to write off Queens. If I was ever to the point that I couldn’t afford a neighborhood I liked in Brooklyn anymore, I would move to Jackson Heights in a heartbeat. Great transport to Manhattan, reasonable rent (1,000-1,200 would get you a palacial one bedroom apt) and fantastic ethnic cuisine. Sunnyside and the Eastern sections of Astoria are also quite neighborhoody and nice.
Hell, I don’t drive either. It was never a necessity in the places I’ve lived.
wasder, what would be a “rob appropriate hood?”
A rob appropriate hood would be one with at least three of the following: cheap and delicious food that Rob likes (probably hard to obtain in the slope, cheap and plentiful alcohol, preferably served in a gay-friendly environment, lack of pretentious parents with snooty kids, cheap enough rent to so that Rob can live by himself, reasonable subway access so that rob can remain employed.
As you yourself said, you are not really enjoying the slope and you could certainly find cheaper rent. My bets would be on: Greenpoint, Astoria, Jackson Heights, there must be others…neighborhoods with reasonably chilled out, diverse people and enough “amenities” to make you feel like you are not living in the boonies.
dipster my best friend kristy lives in sunnyside. it blows chunks. and the commute from the 7 is terrible to anywhere. no one visits her and she barely leaves her apt.
*rob*
Rob,
Do you drive? You would need a car if you move to the middle of nowhere. You could probably make do without one in a small city. Perhaps a college town in a smaller state would work (but if you do move, please keep posting on Brownstoner!)
quote:
Sometimes I find renting a car and just driving out to the middle of nowhere can be quite therapeutic, relaxing, and makes me appreciate the city more when I return rather then being so jaded!
i don’t know how to drive. (i know! shut up). it just never was something i needed to learn to do. plus i had nightmares as a kid being in the backseat of a car (a grey cadillac) that had no driver but it was running fast around the streets and i was terrified. hahaha. when i was like 20 it felt weird to not have a license but now that im in my 30s it just feels like ah whatever. that’s why it might make it hard for me to move to a place other than nyc or another big city.
i keep reading articles about people buying houses in cleveland and detroit for 2000 bux. i would love to get a bunch of people together and do something like that but would it be like living ina sci fi movie or something?
*rob*
thanks for all your resounding votes of confidence!
bxgirl, Royal London Hospital will be pretty close by if I do go ahead.
Rob, don’t spend what you don’t have. Plenty of ways to have a nice vacation on next to no money.
Why so down today, rob? Something happen over the weekend? Or is this an ongoing thing, because you are sounding more than just a case of the blues.
“everyone that lives in park slope are a bunch of out of state newby transplant snobs…”
…said the harshly judgmental guy from New Jersey who moved to the neighborhood a few months ago.
“wasder, what would be a “rob appropriate hood?”
Rob – used to live on the LES as well and I share your sentiment that it was like Mardis Gras 24/7
I’m not sure why everyone is so damn quick to write off Queens. If I was ever to the point that I couldn’t afford a neighborhood I liked in Brooklyn anymore, I would move to Jackson Heights in a heartbeat. Great transport to Manhattan, reasonable rent (1,000-1,200 would get you a palacial one bedroom apt) and fantastic ethnic cuisine. Sunnyside and the Eastern sections of Astoria are also quite neighborhoody and nice.