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1000% rather live in the city. That 1 hour commute will almost surely be AT LEAST 1.5 hours on a good day.
Door to door on a good day can be less than an hour, but mostly about an hour and fifteen minutes. Does that change anything? Just curious.
If you are single and dating, living in Manhattan is a lot more fun.
Yeah, I agree. But I am married with kids lol
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If I’m gonna have an hour or more commute there’s no way I’m staying in NYC and paying the extra 5% in taxes.
Totally/ New Jersey has some very nice communities with excellent small businesses and recreation opportunities if you just accept a one hour commute
If you’re in your early 30s, unless you already have 3 kids, you probably don’t need a 4 bedroom either.
True, just nice to have the extra space for guests and stuff.
I’d rather not live in either places
I hear you, it’s just a very non-Manhattan approach.
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No because the cost of furnishing that many rooms would be comparable to more expensive rent in a closer-to-city location. I also would not want to spend the money to clean that many rooms as a single person.
You’re looking at 12+ hours a week commuting and another day of your life (or comparable $$$ on a cleaning service) just to maintain a place you don’t even own.
As an early 30 year old I’d want to live at least closer, if not in the city. I don’t drink much either but still enjoy going out, easier to get to work, shows, museums, all the things that are mostly in Manhattan and people attribute to the “NYC experience”.
You can always move out further later. But I’d enjoy all that there is to offer, easier, for a year or two by living closer.
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Agreed, just offering some other perspective!
If you're willing to give up the washer dryer there are plenty of nice spots in Sunnyside/Woodside that would help cut that commute time but still have plenty of things around.
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Of course this will vary depending on a person’s finances, phase in life and preferences. I personally would rather live in the city and pay 5k for a one bedroom because I like the city life and everything it has to offer (I wouldn’t want to endure a 2 hr commute to come in for work or dinner on the wknd). If I had a family or $ was tight, I would consider it. I’d rather commute 1 hr to Stamford and skip the city tax.
At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself, do you want to hang and base your life around that neighborhood?
Great point!
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I’m guessing if you are looking at something with four bedrooms there are probably kids in the picture. Why not buy a home instead of spending such a large amount of money on rent?
Do you have a family? What type of job do you have? How old are you? What’s your social life like?
Not going to get this $ deal in Brooklyn anywhere near direct subway lines to Manhattan though. If you can deal with commute I would go for it re value
I came to nyc to live in nyc
Queens is NYC. You mean Manhattan.
Where in Queens exactly?
Thank you so much! This is very helpful!
LIC 1000% worth it, but you aint getting those prices. Flushing/Astoria eh..
Yeah, not too interested in Flushing either, but LIC is a little too pricey 😂
I love the washer/dryer convenience since I have small children, but will explore more areas for sure, thank you!
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I originally read this as though you were the landlord proposing to offer this. Now that I see from the comments that you’re the prospective tenant, only you can make this decision based on your own circumstances and desires.
For me, as a single person with no kids who likes going to theater and generally prefers to use walking as my main form of transportation, this would be ludicrous. I literally wouldn’t know what to do with a second bedroom, let alone a third and fourth, two offices, and a second living room. I don’t have and don’t want a car so the parking space is meaningless, and I have no idea what I would do with a shed on a property that I don’t own and therefore can’t convert it to a recording studio or Airbnb. Rather than try to furnish all these rooms, or have a lot of weird empty space that I don’t use, while having a long commute, I would just take the same money and find a small place in Manhattan.
But I see from other comments that you are married with small children, so that wouldn’t work for you. This setup sounds like a potentially good deal for you and is a low price for what’s being offered, but I don’t know the neighborhood or community. And as others have pointed out, if you’re going to deal with an hour commute, why do it on the subway instead of LIRR or NJ Transit?
Thank you! Yes I am exploring, LI and NJ can definitely be an option as well!