Park Slope Versus The Burbs
New York has a reputation for being an expensive town, which of course it is. But the high housing prices and rents don’t tell the whole story. You see, New Yorkers don’t necessarily need cars. And our property taxes are pretty low. Which is why a Times story this weekend comparing the cost of living…
New York has a reputation for being an expensive town, which of course it is. But the high housing prices and rents don’t tell the whole story. You see, New Yorkers don’t necessarily need cars. And our property taxes are pretty low. Which is why a Times story this weekend comparing the cost of living in Park Slope versus Orange, NJ found that a family of four with a household income of $170,000 could actually live more inexpensively in Brooklyn than Jersey. In fact, monthly expenses were $1,285 cheaper in the County of Kings. “Specifically, each month, the suburban family needs to lay out about $5,668 to run their home and commute to work in Manhattan, compared with $3,852 for the urban family,” said The Times. “That includes most relatively static expenses — from the mortgage, property taxes and homeowner’s insurance, to transportation, utility bills and, for the house, landscaping. ” The major caveat: If you want to send your kids to private school, fuhgettaboutit. You’re better off moving to the burbs.
High-Rise, or House With Yard? [NY Times]
Photo by Betty Blade
If you read all the posts as if everyone is yelling at each other it makes this thread more interesting.
Why would anyone want to live anywhere but Park Slope?
Palermo…
Or I should say what neighborhood, i.e. San Telmo, Recoleta, Palermo etc?
By 11217 on July 6, 2010 3:21 PM
Rewrite: reBUTTal
haha,…
What town is your apt in, in BA?
By Butterfly on July 6, 2010 1:37 PM
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I guess I live in a different world than you, Rob.
yes. i believe in tolerance.
*rob*
“There’s only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people’s cultures and the Dutch.” — Austin Powers
GO URUGUAY!!!
Sparafucile – I think there is a psychic benefit to being close to both – my point was that many/most suburbs are equally far from the “great outdoors” as Brooklyn (unlike Tybur6 – I can make it to the Shawangunk Mountains in well under 2hrs unless I purposely leave at the worst time.
And while I agree with your point that there are many ‘liveable/walkable’ suburban towns – I think to be fair to the discussion, you kinda have to limit yourself to the suburbs that people here (and virtually everywhere) are talking about – subdivisions of solely residential housing relatively far from any downtown/urban-like core.
The question brooklyn or suburb is irrelevant. Neither brooklyn nor suburbs as both are OVERPRICED. You should revisit this question in 3-4 years.
Ditmas- thank you for that 2:58 comment. I couldn’t stop laughing. Of course, now my assistant thinks I’m coming unglued, but it was worth it. Well done!
Oh brother. These suburbanites who feel so insecure and unsophisticated because they didn’t grow up in in the city make me sick. They treat living in NY like they do everything else- as a commodity to be consumed, bought. I often get the impression that these people go home at night and write in their diaries about the oh-so-urban experience they had today. For example, when returning home on Sunday night at around 12:30 am, there was a fire plug on in Williamsburg. There were crowds of hipsters standing around watching the Puerto Rican guys working the hydrant, many of them taking pictures. Jesus Christ- get an f’ing life. It’s just too pathetic. And then I hear the voice in my head, Dear Diary, tonight was so cool. We were walking home and there was a fire hydrant on. We jumped under it to cool off. It was just like those pictures we used to see in Highlights magazine. Gee, I love this city; my friends in the suburbs don’t get to experience this (tip to 11217). I suppose this is the superior experience that RF and others want to give their children. Well, you can’t buy those experiences. Either you had them or you didn’t. Get over it and grow up.