I would love to live in NYC one day

I started thinking about this a minute ago with Lioness's thread. Last night I saw a girl I knew years ago who moved to Manhattan and now lives on the Upper East Side. She was in Baltimore, visiting. Her stories were so interesting and NYC seems so exciting. Her only complaint was her apartment is too small and the noise.

I just think living in NYC is something that everyone needs to do. Too bad it is so damn expensive. :( For what I pay for my apartment in Annapolis, I could probably rent a small hobo style hovel made of lumber and sheet metal in a burned out lot in the South bronx. That is if I save up, and Annapolis isn't cheap.

i am not the biggest fan of this city

I don't miss it at all. If you haven't been, however.. you should at least go and see it. It really is the ultimate expression of an American city, once you've spent time there most of the rest of urban America seems quaint.

NYC dwarfs any American city. It is more than twice the population of Los Angeles, the #2 city. With over 8 million people, it is larger than most states. I think it would be like the #12 largest state in the union if independant from New York State

My first city was NYC, and after that all the other American ones are kind of....eh. They're nice *towns*, but in my mind none of them is as much a *city* as NYC.

I don't know if I'd want to live there with a child unless I lived in the area of Central Park West and had access to a helicopter if I had to evacuate....

but I love NYC as if it were a person.

I understand even parts of Brooklyn is pricey. Manhattan would be completely out of reach for me.

I agree with you, Zuni. I think that living in NYC is something that everyone needs to do at one time in their lives. New York is so different, so unique than any other city (at least in the United States).

I've been to New York only once...4 years ago. It was for a small theater festival...my boyfriend had a musical being staged in that festival. The festival was at a theater on 42nd St (how appropriate. :-)). My b/f and I stayed at a HoJo's within walking distance. I was in New York for 5 days and absolutely loved it. I kept thinking to myself as we toured Manhattan...."I could live here. I could indeed live here".

It probably has the most diverse population, and more imported culture than anywhere I can think of.

There are parts of every borough that are pricey. The only borough I would rather not live in is Staten Island, which is basically like New Jersey, except you pay NYC taxes

I would prefer to live in a nice Manhattan Apartment or a brownstone in Brooklyn. The rows and rows of well kept brownstones in parts of Brooklyn like Park Slope are absolutely gorgeous

I could probably stand a month or two - it would be fun to go exploring.

But it would drive me crazy over time, Boston was bad enough, and there are some really great things in and about Boston.

I say.... go for it! ;)

I hate big cities, though I have always lived in or near them. I have lived in Miami, West New York just across the Hudson from NYC, Birmingham, Alabama, Los Angeles and now just north of Atlanta in Woodstock, GA. I have visited NYC many times. All I can say is that it is great to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. But one thing in its favor in my opinion is that there are some great restaurants in the city.

There is a lot to be said for the single life in a big city!

I was never at a loss for something to do as I am now that I'm out in the boonies of up-state NY.

I love that city.

it is wonderful here :hi:

The world would be a much better place.

I highly recommend it! Recommend it to the extent of my ability to recommend anything. As highly as I possibly can!

YES!!!!!!!

After you've lived in New York, everywhere else seems too quiet. It makes me nervous. :D

Once you've survived NYC, you can survive anything.

In my life, that's been true.

Enjoyed it for a while, but was really relieved to move out. Have enjoyed visits since, but would never live there again, even if it were as affordable as it was when I was there.

But everyone should have that experience once in their lives, if possible - when they're *young*.

right through to my late thirties in Manhattan, and left the city when I was 38, 16 years ago. I don't miss the dirt, the noise, the lack of control over heat and hot water, schlepping groceries through the streets after work, the double parking and the tickets, the guy climbing up my fire escape when my husband was in L.A., and the crazy neighbor that used to live in the apartment over me who flooded my closet one morning.

I still worked in NYC until two years ago, and I don't miss the two-hour each way commute, either.

I only visit it now for social events, like the St. Patrick's Day parade or to see the theater. Every once in a while, a friend from across the country will come in for a NY 'fix' and I'll run amok with them.

Past that, it's nice out here 35 miles west of NY. :) I like having nobody living under, above or directly aside of me. But if circumstances and the money allowed, I'd move back to The Bronx in a heartbeat. It's home.

NYC has THE Best Pizza and THE Best Bagels, and THE Best Kosher Deli, and The Most Diverse Restaurant scene imaginable. The museums, theater, and arts scene is truly awesome, and you can pretty much do and be whatever and whoever you are in NYC and nobody will really care.

If I sound schizophrenic, it's because I'm a New Yorker-in-exile, as most folks brought up there who've left will know.

It's a must-experience to understand it kind of place.