oh I'm not buying America as an alternative... but we are now primarily where the helldwellers vacation and need their Applebee's.
cept the Pacific NW maybe
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
It's true. This is the view outside my office in Cleveland right now.
http://bluraymedia.ign.com/bluray/image/article/983/983290/terminator-2-judgment-day-skynet-edition-20090515002944819_640w.jpg
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
there's an applebees and a tgi fridays just out of view
― marcos, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:06 (nine years ago) link
few things stupider than nyc provincialism
― marcos, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
NYC is its own kind of hell if you've been living here long enough to remember enjoying/affording most of the culture while working a "get-by" job.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
and when so many fucking people didn't take the F in Brooklyn
there are things to recommend new york. i'm living here because i wouldn't want to live anywhere else.Well, Jersey honestly. But i got priced out!
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:13 (nine years ago) link
yes it is cheaper to live in Kensington than jersey city now.
haha so much for the ppl at the fmu fair telling me to move to JC yesterday
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
if you can find a place, go for it!
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
oh i've already basically surrendered mentally for another year in purgatory. Getting a broker next April I guess.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
omg all of this misery to avoid queens
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
yes Queens is one's way of admitting one really doesnt want to live in NY
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
i thought that was long island
― Mordy, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
The G is going to stop at Nassau Ave for 5 weeks this summer, avoiding Queens at this point requires no explanation.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link
knee-jerk anti-queens hate is the only thing keeping it cheap so I guess I shouldn't complain
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
basically ppl try to sell me on Queens now with "you'll be close to the Mets!" ie i'm a celibate neo-retiree who only cares about baseball.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
there are nice neighborhoods in queens w/ cheaper rents that are like 20 mins from manhattan, the mets are really not queens selling point for most people
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
no, it is a tailored pitch.
also FOOD is a big selling point, and i am the least foodie person on earth
i will not see anyone i know now in those nice neighborhoods
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
― iatee, Monday, June 2, 2014 11:23 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
A year ago I would have said "OTM and SHHHHH" but now I'm an owner so everyone come on down to Queens!
― ₴HABΔZZ ¶IZZΔ (Hurting 2), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
well you probably hate them anyone xp
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
anyway
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link
yes i hate everyone and everything
christ christ why am i on this board
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
i like queens! my first paying-my-rent apartment was in long island city and there are tons of great neighborhoods! i'm in bk solely because of my gal having a place here where i pay under 1k for my share of the rent.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:31 (nine years ago) link
there are also lots of nice parts of the bronx, I would probably move to the bronx over brooklyn at this point
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
Everyone I know who in recent years has moved to New York from Cleveland lives in Queens or the Bronx.
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
i have never been a fan of brooklyn but i have discovered that large swaths of it are still undiscovered unhipsterized portions. so of course i'm helping gentrify them now.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
tbf tho the best borough is philly
― Mordy, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
i would move to harlem. one bedroom for 1800. looks nice!
http://www.riverton-square.com/riverton-square/
― scott seward, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
A 1BR for almost $2000 is way out of my league! Even if I had a partner, half of that would still be considerably more than I pay now!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
But I'm cheap and willing to strike certain bargains to keep my rent under $800. Like my soul, possibly.
itt people who will sell their soul over moving to queens
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
i live in an awesome 3BR w/ tons of windows in a lovely, tree-lined neighborhood in boston for $1600, nyc is absurd.
― marcos, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
feel weird typing that knowing that my relatives in cleveland are looking at the $1600 price tag thinking it's also fucking absurd
all ppl living in cheaper, nicer accommodations than me are otm
― Mordy, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
that seems way under market for boston
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
xxxp Can they have Indian food delivered at midnight? That's my not-entirely-serious standard for life.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
xp yea you're right, it is
― marcos, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:57 (nine years ago) link
no one outside ny can have indian food delivered at midnight. stuff closes earlier in the diaspora.
― Mordy, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
xp so my shot is not entirely fair
― marcos, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
nyc rents are absurd yes. there's a lotta culture (and jobs to support that culture) that are more accessible and pay better than in most other cities tho. And my areas of expertise, such as they are, may not travel that well.
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 June 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
like boston is roughly as expensive as the outer boroughs and does not have the benefit of being nyc so if anything boston rent is harder to justify than ny
― iatee, Monday, 2 June 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
Tbf our rent for what is arguably a 2.5-BR is like $600 under market rate too. It has serious drawbacks tho that we are just willing to live with for the space and the neighborhood. Like maintenance, which is nonexistent.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
boston is 100x more attractive than outer boroughs though. outer boroughs are ugly as shit
― marcos, Monday, 2 June 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
The outer--what? Are you even talking about?
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
apparently has only seen Times Square
elderly female tenant was standing outside my bldg this weekend, shouting at a friend "I PAY $1350 AND THEY WON'T FIX ANYTHING!"
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
I PAY $1350 AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 June 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
rent for my store + mortgage on my huge house is roughly the same as that one bedroom in harlem. western mass, bitches!!
― scott seward, Monday, 2 June 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
location, location, location
― Mordy, Monday, 2 June 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
that's why they say it 3 times