Choosing the Suburbs Over Brooklyn
Are would-be Brooklynites flocking to the suburbs? The cover story in yesterday’s real estate section of the Times looks at how relatively cheap home prices in the suburbs are luring New Yorkers who find they can get way more bang for their buck in parts of Westchester, Connecticut and Jersey than in the city. While…
Are would-be Brooklynites flocking to the suburbs? The cover story in yesterday’s real estate section of the Times looks at how relatively cheap home prices in the suburbs are luring New Yorkers who find they can get way more bang for their buck in parts of Westchester, Connecticut and Jersey than in the city. While the article mostly focuses on the widening price gap between Manhattan and suburban properties, it notes that some people who would’ve bought in Brooklyn are also finding the suburbs cheaper:
Ludovic and Fabienne Ledein, who live and work as jewelry designers in Dumbo, visited nearly a dozen lofts in Dumbo, Red Hook and Williamsburg looking for something to buy for less than $600,000. They needed enough space to work at home and to put up friends and relatives from Europe. But what they wanted cost more than twice what they could afford…They found their answer in Westchester County, in New Rochelle. For about $600,000, they bought 1,350 square feet in the newly renovated Knickerbocker Lofts, a converted factory downtown that was built 117 years ago.
Any readers contemplating a similar move?
Cashing Out of New York City [NY Times]
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“You name me ONE good public school system in Nassau county,(Other than Garden City)???”
The district where Rockville Centre is located.
i love that someone who either lives in new york city (or lives in north carolina and reads brownstoner hates nyc so much that they live here despite that and pine for days in chapel hill but can’t quite get there.
sounds sad.
“everyone is just leaving the northeast”
I do wish they would hurry up so property prices would drop. C’mon everybody, shoo, shoo! NYC is over. Chapel Hill is where it’s at. Go on now, shoo!
It is true that a lot of people are buying down south in Carolina where it is rapidly growing. But to say it has more culture than NYC is ludicrous.
It is true that a lot of people are buying down south in Carolina where it is rapidly growing. But to say it has more culture than NYC is ludicrous.
“Shit Chapel Hill and Durham have more culture than NYC now.”
Sad, you actually think that dont you?
Try going to any other city in the world and tell them you are from Chapel Hill – I’m sure the bewildered stares will say it all.
who gives a shit about new york and new jersey.
Everyone is moving to the south and buying huge fuckin houses in Charlotte or gigantic apartments in atlanta. Shit Chapel Hill and Durham have more culture than NYC now.
you people dont understand that everyone is just leaving the northeast.
I sure dont have to worry about money 5:52.
Thanks for puting that into perspective for me.
Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today. I want to be a part of it. New York. New York. If I can make it there I’ll make it anywhere…. As soon as I graduate I am headed for New York. I did an internship and got hooked. I love Manhattan but prefer to live in Brooklyn. Yeah, I’ve heard that parts of Jersey are cool too, but I don’t want to be in a place that is like the city, I want to be in the city.