Brooklynites Jumping Ship to Manhattan?
Could it be that many self-proclaimed Brooklyn loyalists are ready to trade it all in at the first sign of a recession? Was the borough’s surging popularity in recent years merely a function of Manhattan becoming unaffordable? Or is Brooklyn still a first choice for many? The Real Estate section cover story from yesterday’s New…
Could it be that many self-proclaimed Brooklyn loyalists are ready to trade it all in at the first sign of a recession? Was the borough’s surging popularity in recent years merely a function of Manhattan becoming unaffordable? Or is Brooklyn still a first choice for many? The Real Estate section cover story from yesterday’s New York Times certainly tries to create the impression that, given the chance, a number of folks who professed to like Brooklyn in recent years are finding the lure of affordable rents and proximity to work just too much to resists. Take Andrew Baisley, who describes himself as a “cheerleader for Brooklyn.” The Bushwick resident, though, just last month jumped at the chance to rent a $2,100-a-month one-bedroom in Chelsea. When you go to Manhattan, there’s an air of selling out, he says. I’ve accepted that. Let’s try to get a sense of how many fair-weather Brooklynites there really are out there:
Manhattan Calling [NY Times]
if i could move back to manhattan i would. i think. i mean hells i paid a ton less money in manhattan for rent than i do in brooklyn. i sorta like that there are less people around and no constant noise outside my window. i must say tho that i do hate that i have to write brooklyn, ny instead of new york city, ny, on letters tho. brooklyn actually is kinda lame when you think about it, always has been really, but you have to live somewhere i guess. if i had the balls id so live in the bronx.
*rob*
I’ll believe it, What, when I see streets available for parking instead of being lined with dumpsters.
it seems kinda disingenuous to trumpet one boro, only to jump ship when the price is right elsewhere, but ultimately I’m glad if people can move where they want to. it’s no secret that people champion their neighborhood as a way of mitigating their insecurity over it, so at least this exodus (if there really is one) will shake out some people who apparently never really wanted to live here (brooklyn) in the first place. bon voyage! i don’t know why people go to manhattan at all (except to work!)
But you live in NJ. How lame is that???
why someone moving from one apt to another within same city generates so much interest and debate and comment is beyond me. who cares if apt in is queens manhatan or the bronx
“Why don’t you move to Manhatttan, What????”
Brooklyn is my home! Dave today “Brownstoner Brooklyn” is toast! The Asshat community is packing up and moving to Manhattan, trust me. This is to most talked about article this morning! This is a big blow to the Mutant Asset Bubble Dumbass and the Bond yields are going up higher Mortgage rates coming!
The What (But… but… but… they said Brooklyn was different)
Someday this war is gonna end…
As an old school Brooklynite, this makes me happy. As a landlord, it makes me worried.
Wow, that was a long post What. Do you have a job? Wow! Where do you get the time?
“”But the flow of Manhattanites into Kings County has apparently slowed. In the first three months of 2008, nearly a quarter of renters moving to Brooklyn hailed from Manhattan. A year later, only 9 percent of renters came from across the river, according to data from Ideal.”
That means 91% came from somewhere else. Brooklyn has broadened its appeal.
Get yourself a roomate What and you too can live in Manhattan on your Lodi rent.