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Topic: from boston to new york...maybe
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| elephantshoes | Posted – 4/30/2008 3:52:55 PM | show profile i've lived in boston for the past 9 years. i'm a born new englander (not from ma), and back when i was itching to leave my hometown, i came to boston since i had friends here. if i knew anyone in ny, i would have gone there. i'm now thinking of leaving and trying ny, maybe by the end of the year. i'm just drawn to it, always have been, like everyone is at some point in their lives...cultural diversity, excitement, opportunity. at times i'm excited thinking of the prospects. i've liked boston, but don't love it here. i find it difficult forming good friendships and the people just seem so conservative and cold (this come from a new englander). others i know say the same. sometimes it just seems too small. i work in publishing and am figuring that i'd be able to get a job in ny (and i'm not an editor or designer). i'm also scared of ny. maybe it will be too overwhelming. i just paid off my car after 6 years and really don't want to give that up. if i do go to ny, i'm not looking to live in the popular areas...but, maybe find a deal in nw brooklyn. i have a friend in inwood who claims it's the best kept secret that is moving towards gentrification. perhaps queens. i could at least try. i can always leave if i don't like it. anyway, why should i stay in boston? why should i move to ny? |
| rhino writer | Posted – 4/30/2008 5:03:52 PM | show profile Boston is cold and small, especially for publishing, and it is hard to make friends there (speaking as another New Englander). I lived there for a bunch of years and wasn't that crazy about it. Give New York a shot! You won't know if it's too overwhelming until you move there and see. If it is, at least you tried. Life's too short to wonder about things like this. |
| DQ102 | Posted – 4/30/2008 5:13:52 PM | show profile I went to school in Boston, knowing I would move to New York eventually. I made the move, and nearly twenty years later I am still here. I enjoyed Boston, but it was small, and not such an open-minded place back when I lived there. NYC was everything I hoped it would be and more. If you are interested in living here, then line up a job and move here. As you noted, you can always move back to Boston or somewhere else if you realize it isn't for you. Keep in mind that it will also take you time to make friends in New York, but you will if you make the effort. |
| caitlinkelly | Posted – 4/30/2008 5:24:03 PM | show profile Inwood is indeed a gem and you can still find nice housing for OK prices. Friends in Queens like it a lot as well. What do you have to lose by trying? If you're not loving Boston, and even if you don't love NY, at least you'll have tried. I like the fact in NY that so many people have come from so many places that almost everyone, at some point, has been a lonely newcomer as well. I don't find it fantastic for making friends (people are utterly consumed with job/ambition, commuting, their family or all 3.) But I do not live in the city and maybe it's much, much easier to make and keep friends if you do. |
| elephantshoes | Posted – 4/30/2008 5:24:10 PM | show profile i'm glad it's just not me about the perspective. i've been thinking about this for the past few years. boston really is a 'college town'. i'm in my 30's now so am sick of the kids, don't have a family to support, nor a boyfriend or family here, so what's stopping me? i am just used to being here (it has been my home) and of course, do have a friends that i'll miss. and in reading many posts through the forums about the tremendous competition for jobs, it's a bit disheartening. i work in project management, but would like to move into a more creative role in the industry, however i'm really not interested in investing another few years and money in getting a degree/certificate in anything else. i already investing time/money in a master's in a different field. i'm just thinking of taking some indesign/photoshop classes to get me some more knowledge. also, any suggestions of decent and affordable places to live in ny? i know most everyone would die to live in manhattan, but i'm fine with the outskirts. thanks! |
| DQ102 | Posted – 4/30/2008 6:29:05 PM | show profile There are a lot of great areas, but don't rule out Manhattan if you are willing to share or sublet an apartment. Check out the listings on Craigslist. Yes, there are weirdos, but there are plenty of normal people, too. That's how all of my friends either sublet their apartments or rent rooms in their apartments. If you really want a place of your own and can afford it, try Inwood or Washington Heights. I am sure people can also recommend neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn. But a few friends of mine have recently found decent deals in Washington Heights. |
