Open House Picks
Carroll Gardens 391 Union Street Halstead Sunday 1-3 $2,200,000 GMAP P*Shark Prospect Lefferts Gardens 66 Midwood Street Corcoran Sunday 12-1:30 $1,400,000 GMAP P*Shark Windsor Terrace 619 Greenwood Avenue Warren Lewis Sunday 12-2 $985,000 GMAP P*Shark Bedford Stuyvesant 305 Stuyvesant Avenue Corcoran Sunday 2-3 $695,000 GMAP P*Shark
Carroll Gardens
391 Union Street
Halstead
Sunday 1-3
$2,200,000
GMAP P*Shark
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
66 Midwood Street
Corcoran
Sunday 12-1:30
$1,400,000
GMAP P*Shark
Windsor Terrace
619 Greenwood Avenue
Warren Lewis
Sunday 12-2
$985,000
GMAP P*Shark
Bedford Stuyvesant
305 Stuyvesant Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 2-3
$695,000
GMAP P*Shark
i think it’s safe to say that the quality of life in new york city has far outpaced the majority of its suburbs over the last 10 years.
suburbs exist to service the city, whereas the actual cities strive to be better.
the suburbs would not exist without the city, but the city would exist no matter what.
that says something to me.
I think that it depends largely on the quality of life in the suburb/exurb. Since we are talking anecdotes here, I have several friends and former colleagues that live in a decent sized space outside of the city (2000 to 3000 sf) and hire and au pair to make the dual working person situation manageable. Also, more working from home and industriousness in that regard. Reporters, system administrators… jobs that can be done easily from home with visits to home or client office periodically.
Not saying the city is doomed – that would be a sad state of affairs but the burbs will not be vast wastelands – depends on the quality of the town
btw….walked by that mandala tibetan store on 7th and lincoln that people were talking about on friday and heard the sound of workmen and a powersaw inside.
so sounds like something new is on the way….
no more for rent sign up.
thanks 9:14….
the commute, mixed with the isolation, mixed with the rapidly falling house prices in the burbs would make me VERY nervous to consider a move there. and let’s not forget the OUTRAGEOUS taxes.
people were much more willing to sacrifice on the commute and isolation when they were making bank on their homes, but now that this is no longer the case, i really don’t see too much benefit to the suburbs over city life.
i see it simply as a place where people go who can’t afford the city.
and that isn’t going to make for a fun community in the long run. a community made up of people who settled for second best.
not saying some people don’t love the burbs, but i think the numbers are falling as opposed to a few decades ago.
To the guest commenting about creative types moving to the burbs and commuting to the city: think very hard before you buy. In fact, rent first.
We made a similar move a few years ago (we are both in creative fields) and we ended up feeling quite isolated. However, that wasn’t the primary reason we moved back to Brooklyn 2 years later. It was the commute. Ours was roughly an hour, but the timed trains, the delays, the difficulty in getting to/from the city on weekends (with car or without) made for a lifestyle we just didn’t enjoy. It got worse when we had our daughter and needed to coordinate daycare into that mix. We sold our big house and live in a small co-op now. But, we’re much, much happier.
Of course, not everyone has this experience. Many people are happy in the burbs and doing the commute thing. But those people tend to have the flexibility of living off of one income when the kids come, which makes a huge difference. So, just think about trying it out before committing to buy.
No more, no more. Pass the cheetos.
8:41– so true. There are lots of trends, many the polar of opposite of each other, all happening at the same time.
That is a perfect summary statement to the topics discussed here. In fact, one probably couldn’t be universally true because if all people shifted in one direction there wouldn’t be enough resources. It’s also highly unlikely that all people want the same things.
what’s that saying — that the sign of an intelligent mind is someone who can hold onto two opposing truths at the same time?
the truth: demographic trends show that the ex-urbs are growing the fastest. That new york city would lose population if it weren’t for the immigrant population. that manhattan and certain parts of brooklyn are getting richer, whiter and more educated.
these things can all be true at the same time. That’s why you can all tell anecdotal stories illustrating different trends, and still find some sort of truth in them.