PArk SlOpe VS. Williamsburg
soulrez
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soulrez
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But if this is discussing that you might be relocating this way soon, it really all depends on what you're looking for. But there are other viable options than these 2 for sure.
vs.
Corny Hipsters who make their lame ass fashion job sound 10x as important as it actually is
(is the discussion getting serious?)
... discussing your children v. discussing your amazing new projects...
What if your children are your amazing new project???
the wifey got a job out in nyc, her friend has her convinced that those are the spots to live, but, i have my doubts due to the hipster factor...
lemme know some spots, we have to come out in a few weeks to apt hunt...
many thanks
great so basically it's like LA
East New York vs. Brownsville
Discuss..........
PS... question should be...
The Bronx vs. th-th-tha bridge
Plaese to see comment about adopted Asian babys.
ha, fresh... decision is still up in the air, i wanna weigh some options, see if i really feel like risking my marriage by being hard headed about an east coast move... i mean i'm a sucker for some carne asada & whittier blvd...
i will know for sure by june 1st, but im prolly movin im just kiddin myself
peace homie
...verily, verily, verily, life is but a dream...
(that said, we're moving.)
where to? & thanks for the advice, i think we will be out there in like 2wks or so, we must connect for dinner & plot world domination re: Van***** Sq*** 45's ...
peace
my wonderful loveliness has a laundry list of what she would like, which is dwindling our possibilities. as of now, nowhere. park slopper/prospect heights is where the current leads are. you two should come out, we'll show you around, discuss some amazing projects, and check out the latest in high end strollers...
This is the '06 model, actually... It was only $799.
This one's better...
1) they went on and on about how cool it was without going there.
2) they went on and on about how "over" it is without going there.
Facts:
1) Hipsters are twats, but they are all over NYC.
2) Bushwick has just as many trustafarians as Wburg. It's the artist/loft factor that keeps them shelling out for silly rent in rather desolate areas.
3) Williamsburg in general is NOT jumping. Bedford Ave shuts down at about 1am, in this respect it is pretty much like Park Slope.
4) Park Slope is much further away from Manhattan, and feels more like some North London neighborhood. It has more trees than Wburg.
5) Parkslope and Wburg both have great restaurants, Wburg slightly cheaper. Bushwick has not much.
6) If I see another hipster smacking his cigarette packet, I'm going to smack him. Just coz you saw it in a Jean-Paul Belmondo film, doesn't mean you need to do it to today's filter-tipped cigs. Twat.
7) Wburg Southside is where it's at. We party later and you might even meet a real artist.
Move to Greenpoint if you don't have to get into the city every day. It's just as polluted as Williamsburg but with much better bakeries and european chocolate selections.
Clinton Hill has always seemed incredibly cool to me. Looked at a bunch of places out there and would have moved had the trains been a bit easier for getting to/from work.
Crown Heights is cool. Prospect Heights is cool. Sunset Park is cool but a bit far out.
Park Slope is on some cookie-cutter shit and doesn't feel real half the time. Comfortable but too much so. Lived on the south end of it for my time in Brooklyn... dug my neighborhood but the center of "the slope" was kinda wack IMO... my ex lived there and it was just too picture perfect for me and yes... stroller jam all day long.
Williamsburg is was it is. Fucking mindblowing to see how that neighborhood has changed in the past 6 years. The hassidic jews are tired of y'all... they don't care 'bout raers.
real talk
Everyone thinks they have to live somewhere hip. That shit ends up just costing more $$$. And as for close proximity, I mean that's kind of not even an issue coming from LA, everything is at most 1 hr apart from one end of the city to the other and if you have a car you must consider parking. Park Slope (for comparison) is about 30 min into the city and you have access to more trains (ie arteries) than Williamsburg. WB only has the L train which is quick but only takes you along 14th St, if you have to get to LES or midtown you have to transfer and travel more. I've never seen the point.
Also, a lot of these hipster spots thrive off substandard and subcode warehouse/loft spaces, I wouldn't really fuck with it. Get you a standard apartment where you'll feel comfortable and not have to take out a bank loan. If you already live in the hood and are accustomed to it (read: not some shook herb from shookistan) then there are even more options for you. There are lots of hoods out here that aren't especially dangerous but have too many brown people for the hipster contingent to deal with (yet).
Holler if you want more info, def let's get up when you're in town!
Ouch, you said it.
My main problem with Williamsburg is that most of the recent arrivals (meaning everyone who got there after me
... Speaking as someone with a few splinters and much paint under fingernails as I type.
Also, in future Williamsburg will get dark about an hour earlier due to a wall of 46 storey condos that are going up along the waterfront. The ground floors will have commercial space with a minimum of 10k sq feet. This means Wholepaycheck Foods and Bed, Bath & Beyond, etc, etc. Yippee. See my other post about New York City.
There are a lot of good deals to be had in the Wall Street/Water Street area, right on the island of Manhattan. Or, you can come join us in the gentrification of Harlem!
This is pretty much the deal.
I've lived here for 4 years, on the southside of Williamsburg. I like it because I have easy walking-distance access to 2 subway lines (L and JMZ), plus I live a block away from the bridge, so I can get yellow cabs into the city.
Add to that a gym which is a mere $100/6 months (go Frenchie!) and a few other added bonuses... I got no reason to move.
Oh and not forgetting Peter Luger... the best steak in NYC.
just kidding. i know ive been to both but i couldnt tell you shit about them. youll have fun, but kiss the good mexican food goodbye.
I've been in Prospect Heights for four years and love it. We would stay in that neighborhood in a second, but the new place we just found was in (corny) Park Slope. That said, think twice about the new Nets arena that's going into P-Heights. That's gonna fuck up the whole spot... not so much when it's finished as during the five years they're building it. If opening my windows = Dust in my raers, I ain't havin' it.
We were looking in Sunset Park, P-heights, Windsor Terrace and Lefferts.
Park Slope? I'm from Indiana, so I'm used to corn. The move boiled down to wifey and I deciding what was important to us -- size/layout of the apartment, being by the park was important, the food co-op (no hippy) etc. than neighborhood. I'm mid-30s, and wifey and I are "lame" (no nightlife) so hip neighborhood is not a priority. I ain't looking forward to the critical mass of strollers, but it seems to me that BillyJuniorBurg is getting to be kinda the same way.
No, no trees in williamsburg. Box stores are on their way, too. see yesterday's NYTimes for more information.
Trains are tough in Clinton Hill, and it's pretty expensive. You could look in Red Hook, but that's tough on the trains as well.