Can't Cut It In Brooklyn? Try Buffalo.
Want a three-bedroom apartment on the park with front and back porches, an office and stained glass windows for $795? Try Buffalo. New York Magazine has the tale of a Brooklyn couple who decided to forsake their $1,300-a-month Sunset Park pad for bigger and better digs on New York State’s western frontier. Several ex-New Yorkers…
Want a three-bedroom apartment on the park with front and back porches, an office and stained glass windows for $795? Try Buffalo. New York Magazine has the tale of a Brooklyn couple who decided to forsake their $1,300-a-month Sunset Park pad for bigger and better digs on New York State’s western frontier. Several ex-New Yorkers wax philosophical about their post-NYC lives, too. I don’t miss my old life in New York,” one says. “I only miss the life in New York I know I never would have had.
Where the Urban Dream Life Is Going Cheap [NY Mag]
Buffalo Neighborhood. Photo by jeffk42.
I’m FROM Buffalo, and I was just there for a visit last weekend. I actually met with Newell, who showed me some amazing instances of civic action and enthusiasm and preservation. Indeed, there are some lovely downtown neighborhoods and houses — many remind me of the interesting mansions of Clinton Hill.
However, the article didn’t mention the disastrous East Side at all. Urban prairie, condemned homes, high crime. It’s like two different worlds between Elmwood Village and the East Side.
Plus, the ‘burbs are sprawling.
For a different look at Buffalo, I suggest http://www.fixbuffalo.blogspot.com.
You know what kills me DOW-twat? You think that after you come on here and threaten and abuse everyone that they are going to read anything you write with anything resembling thoughtfulness. We all know the economy is in the tank and the banking system is struggling. It doesn’t take an effing genius to figure out. It does however take some kind of genius to figure out why you think its a good idea to come to this board with your hate-agenda and your shitty writing and tell us what we already know.
DOWhat, as an Obama supporter, I implore you to please refrain from giving him your endorsement. No good can come from it.
For some, it’s not a matter of Brooklyn vs. Buffalo (or any other place for that matter). It’s about making the best choice for your family based upon finances/needs.
I am solidly middle class as well and have to stay connected to the city for my job. I rented in Brooklyn for most of my adult life because of my passion for historical brown/limestone & brick townhouses besides, it IS Brooklyn for god sakes (love it!).
However, my husband and I knew we’d never be able to buy a historical home there without becoming completely “house-poor” and condos were out of the question. We made what was, at the time, a gut-wrenching decision to buy in Jersey City. We’re very happy we did. We got the historical townhouse we always dreamed of, are a 13 minute train ride to NYC and best of all we can afford it!
We go back to Brooklyn all the time after work and on weekends to meet up with our friends and hit our once local haunts. We still have a strong connection to it. I’m sure many people who leave feel the same way. I don’t think I could ever detach from it completely.
All you pro-Buffalonians would have to find a job if you moved there, right? There are limited jobs up there even though the housing stock is abundant. Therein is one problem. Artists obviously would not have this worry since they can create pretty much anywhere, right? And they really only have 2 seasons: Winter and Summer. There is no Fall or Summer to speak of. If you don’t mind being a shut-in for about 3-4 months of the year, or getting stranded for 8 hours in a freak snowstorm that the forecasters failed to see (dumping 24″ of snow in 3 hours), then Buffalo’s your kind of town. Plus, if you’re single, the people are not all that attractive.
“But here’s the thing. I can’t really afford to eat out, or to buy the 40 kinds of fancy cheese, and honestly, sometimes it’s a struggle to pay the co-pays for the medical care my insurance covers. And I think that’s sort of what we’re talking about here — alternatives.”
Uhm, I got that part. I haz one toilet, I rent it, and I cook at home for me and my better half. I carry my coffee to work in a thermo cup. My co-pay for my sinus med was $60 a month last time I picked it up, so now I take half a pill instead of a whole. I get it. But once in awhile when I have company I like to get a nice piece of cheese for them, and sometimes I like to eat food that doesn’t come from ConAgra stocked supermarkets. And I like to eat out on special occasions at something other than bar/diner or chains. And I like to walk or take the subway to/from there.
Alternatives are good. Newburgh, The Oranges, places my friends have gone. Basically anything in a 2-3 hour radius of NY is alternative. How is Buffalo alternative to Brooklyn? Where would you work? Where is the culture? I left NYC after growing up here. I came back. No need to try to ‘recruit’ me. I appreciate the other views. I just disagree.
Oh by the way. You Asshats better pray for Obama! You better pray that he stays in good health! If ANYTHING happens to him, you kiss your “investment” GOOD FUCKING BYE. There will be murking season in the hood!
The What (I’m glad I’m not you)
Someday this war is gonna end…
“You know what kills me.” Obviously not or you would have been gone months ago.
tWhat – we’re not confusing tybur6 with your sock puppets because tybur6 writes grammatical English instead of your staccatto confused crap.