Moving to NY

[WichitaStateGuy]

I got a new role with the firm I work with up in NY. Being from the Midwest, I don't know a lot about the city, so am looking for advice.

My office is in Midtown, close to GCS. I'm keen on keeping my commute as short / simple as possible. I've heard the Metro-North is nice and reliable. Westchester is more appealing to my family than Long Island, but home prices are more reasonable in Long Island.

Any / all advice would be appreciated (good locations, transportation tips, cool things for wife and kids to do, etc)

[ShockTalk]

I got a new role with the firm I work with up in NY. Being from the Midwest, I don't know a lot about the city, so am looking for advice.

My office is in Midtown, close to GCS. I'm keen on keeping my commute as short / simple as possible. I've heard the Metro-North is nice and reliable. Westchester is more appealing to my family than Long Island, but home prices are more reasonable in Long Island.

Any / all advice would be appreciated (good locations, transportation tips, cool things for wife and kids to do, etc)

My advice: GET A NEW JOB!




Just kidding. I know nothing about NY. Congratulations on your new role. Wish you and your family the very best.

[abdullah_sharif]

pretty jeaous WichitaStateGuy ... rents on manhattan close to where you'll be working are pretty expensive compared to what we're used to. you could take the green line to the bronx or the yellow towards queens. its a little farther, but the path that connects to madison square garden will take you to hoboken. my buddy lived there for years before he passed.

i'm not sure how corona has affected service, but there aren't many people taking them during the days now.

[WichitaStateGuy]

pretty jeaous WichitaStateGuy ... rents on manhattan close to where you'll be working are pretty expensive compared to what we're used to. you could take the green line to the bronx or the yellow towards queens. its a little farther, but the path that connects to madison square garden will take you to hoboken. my buddy lived there for years before he passed.

i'm not sure how corona has affected service, but there aren't many people taking them during the days now.

Awesome advice -- NJ wasn't even on our list. Checking out the area / commutes now.

[abdullah_sharif]

Awesome advice -- NJ wasn't even on our list. Checking out the area / commutes now.

not sure if you have kids/wife.. but if you have kids jersey or staten island are probably hot spots. the more urban environment is conducive for single and dinks.

[revenge_of_shocka_khan]

I would probably rule Newark out from jump street, but it's been a few years since I've been there. When I was there, I was also told there were some sketchy areas in Hoboken (Birthplace of Frank Sinatra). Immediately across the river (I think it's close to Princeton, but I may be wrong) the rents are expensive, Goldman had a large office there, those people make big bucks. It's probably cheaper than NYC. PATH train can take you to the World Trade Center (PATH stands for Port Authority of New York/New Jersey). I think you can get all the way to GCS from that station, perhaps no more than one transfer.

There is also a ferry at the same location.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4917184,-74.2836768,17z

I'm not sure it is the right place, but where I'm talking about is right next to (I believe) the Golden State Parkway.

I liked the area, the apartments around there were really nice and were new at the time, but this was 10 years ago.

Also wanted to let you know that with everyone WFH, my associates are telling me that there are a lot of people leaving Manhattan right now, so you might be able to more reasonably (if that's possible) live in the city.....it seems as if it is kind of emptying out.

As far as things to do, in NYC, the world is your oyster, and you can get almost anywhere you want to go on rapid transit. I've been pretty much all over the city, last time I was there, I believe I went up to Madison Avenue to visit the Brooks Brothers flagship store. But you can go to Wall Street, the Statue of Liberty, they have a lot of museums (modern art for one).

Long Island is nice, I have a friend from my old days at AIG who had a place there. It would seem as if it is a laid back place with a lot going on (or at least it had a lot going on). New Jersey (Atlantic City) and Connecticut have casinos. If you go to Yankee Stadium (and it's still in the Bronx) get in and out as quickly as you can - the ballpark is in the Fort Apache section (for reference see Fort Apache the Bronx movie that Paul Newman starred in).

[WichitaStateGuy]

I would probably rule Newark out from jump street, but it's been a few years since I've been there. When I was there, I was also told there were some sketchy areas in Hoboken (Birthplace of Frank Sinatra). Immediately across the river (I think it's close to Princeton, but I may be wrong) the rents are expensive, Goldman had a large office there, those people make big bucks. It's probably cheaper than NYC. PATH train can take you to the World Trade Center (PATH stands for Port Authority of New York/New Jersey). I think you can get all the way to GCS from that station, perhaps no more than one transfer.

There is also a ferry at the same location.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4917184,-74.2836768,17z

I'm not sure it is the right place, but where I'm talking about is right next to (I believe) the Golden State Parkway.

I liked the area, the apartments around there were really nice and were new at the time, but this was 10 years ago.

Also wanted to let you know that with everyone WFH, my associates are telling me that there are a lot of people leaving Manhattan right now, so you might be able to more reasonably (if that's possible) live in the city.....it seems as if it is kind of emptying out.

As far as things to do, in NYC, the world is your oyster, and you can get almost anywhere you want to go on rapid transit. I've been pretty much all over the city, last time I was there, I believe I went up to Madison Avenue to visit the Brooks Brothers flagship store. But you can go to Wall Street, the Statue of Liberty, they have a lot of museums (modern art for one).

Long Island is nice, I have a friend from my old days at AIG who had a place there. It would seem as if it is a laid back place with a lot going on (or at least it had a lot going on). New Jersey (Atlantic City) and Connecticut have casinos. If you go to Yankee Stadium (and it's still in the Bronx) get in and out as quickly as you can - the ballpark is in the Fort Apache section (for reference see Fort Apache the Bronx movie that Paul Newman starred in).

This was phenomenal advice. I can't overstate the commute enough. I'm going to be working some insane hours, so I'd like to get off work and have an easy, relaxing commute home in less than an hour. Long Island - from what I've read - is very nice and affordable, but the LIRR is not as reliable nor clean as the Metro North. Along those same lines, LIRR goes into Penn Station, whereas I need to be at GCS, so I'd have to catch a connection / transfer, which- again, from what I'm reading- sucks. Are you of the opinion that it's not as bad as people are making it out to be? If you're saying connections aren't that bad and I can be from my front door to my office chair in less than an hour, then we will seriously consider more areas in Long Island.

You mentioned Another poster pointed out Staten Island, which is interesting to me. I read that the ferry is a VERY nice, relaxing commute, however, it ports nowhere near midtown, so I'd have to take the subway to work.

It looks like the stars are aligning for Westchester, but good lord the home prices and taxes are insane...