House of the Day: 439 East 19th Street
We’re liking the look of this single-family house at 439 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park—the original built-ins and coffered ceilings are stunning. The 2,800-square-foot house changed hands in 2002 for $775,000 and just hit the market now for $1,249,000. That comes out to about $450 per square foot, less than what this house a…
We’re liking the look of this single-family house at 439 East 19th Street in Ditmas Park—the original built-ins and coffered ceilings are stunning. The 2,800-square-foot house changed hands in 2002 for $775,000 and just hit the market now for $1,249,000. That comes out to about $450 per square foot, less than what this house a couple of blocks away recently sold for.
[Brooklyn Hearth] GMAP P*Shark
“it’s really quite lovely … a much more palatable choice than, say, Maplewood!”
can you say prejudice. unfortunately moving to PS means you have to deal with such people. another minus for brooklyn.
Sorry Sloper – our posts crossed!
What’s elitist about what I said, rob? I was just responding to those who seem to think it’s impossible to do what I’ve done without being a millionaire. My family is living proof that it is.
I grew up in the country, and then lived the rest of my life in various cities…. I actually think I’m more worldly than most city folk. I’m not scared of a cow and I know where eggs come from (the hind end of a chicken, if you didn’t know… and they’re very warm when they come out.)
Sloper sounds like you played the game and won – bought in a prime location when it was way cheaper, limited yourself to one child, could afford the private school option… If I had been inclined to stop at just one child, I would have done exactly as you did.
I think Maplewood’s point is, however, that once you have more than one child, things become much more complicated when you try to raise then in an urban environment, at least if you’re not seriously well-off. I was committed to raising a large brood in the city – only when I was forced to go over to the other side was I forced to confront the upside to raising a larger family outside of the city.
this thread is giving me heartburn
*rob*
Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 5, 2009 4:36 PM
So don’t read it!
quote:
Rob: puh-lease yourself. My child IS much more worldly and sophisticated because she grew up in NYC
im no, she AINT!
*rob*
you do realize that people who “have boring childhoods” are basically boring people, right? it would be like complaining omg my childhood was SO smelly. newsflash, you smelled! this thread is giving me heartburn
*rob*
Antiterrorist: yes, I just have one child. That’s definitely a part of the calculation. $25k per year for private school versus $25k in property taxes is a fair trade-off to gain all the other benefits of giving my child the advantages of a city upbringing. There’s no question that the mathematics change if you have more children. And I’ve been lucky in the recession — am making less than in previous years, but still enough to sustain the lifestyle. Your earlier posting about being forced to leave the city for economic reasons was quite poignant. I can definitely relate, and am just grateful that I wasn’t forced to make a similar choice. Although I must say, I know people that live in northern Westchester and it’s really quite lovely … a much more palatable choice than, say, Maplewood!
Rob: puh-lease yourself. My child IS much more worldly and sophisticated because she grew up in NYC. There’s simply no question about it. You would be, too, if you’d had her advantages when you were growing up.