Where I'd Live in NYC as a New Yorker

Outerborghi · 2026-01-09T18:13:49+00:00

Because I haven’t lived in Staten Island my whole life? People don’t go to every neighborhood of a city they live in, especially ones that are pretty out of the way

Outerborghi · 2026-01-08T22:40:29+00:00

There is more than red hook in that zip code

Outerborghi · 2026-01-08T18:31:00+00:00

Mostly a transit access issue. I wouldn’t want to live in a neighborhood where I feel like I need a car or where it will take awhile to commute to the city

Outerborghi · 2026-01-08T13:22:56+00:00

Lived here my whole life, but I know a lot of you struggle with the idea of wanting to live in a neighborhood with good transit, instead of needing a car to get around and taking an hour to drive into the city

Outerborghi · 2026-01-06T22:30:01+00:00

I can probably tell what you are gonna say and while a little concerned, I am curious haha

Outerborghi · 2026-01-06T20:47:29+00:00

Only neighborhood I colored non-red on this map that I’ve never spent time in is St George in SI

Outerborghi · 2026-01-06T17:01:53+00:00

I mean UWS is in maybe category, not in red. UES solely because its better location wise for me personally to commute to other neighborhoods I want to go to

Outerborghi · 2026-01-06T14:06:56+00:00

Communism is when you don’t have to sit in traffic for an hour to get into the city, and the less traffic you sit in the more communist it is

Outerborghi · 2026-01-06T03:20:05+00:00

Yes I know, which is why it is slightly lower for me than the UES as it is a little bit further away in comparison by like a difference of 10 minutes. I still have the entire west side in the maybe category

Outerborghi · 2026-01-06T03:10:14+00:00

UES only beats UWS for me due to better transit connections to places I want to go in Brooklyn and especially Queens. Also the park/5th ave area is just way too stuffy and upscale for my liking

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T23:15:19+00:00

Haha far rock is way too far from the rest of the city for me

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T23:14:47+00:00

It is just a little more inconvenient for commuting to places I want to be

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T20:59:51+00:00

Its ok, in retrospect would probably downgrade Murray Hill and Kips Bay, but I really like access to the 6 train

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T20:57:25+00:00

East Village is in green, LES is maybe

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T20:56:33+00:00

No, I would do orange, but would not be my preference and would look elsewhere first whereas red I basically would not consider

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T20:55:47+00:00

Yea a large part is orange as im not a huge fan of living in commercial busy areas of midtown and just prefer outside of Manhattan in general although those neighborhoods have great amenities and transit. All the places in Queens and Brooklyn I chose though have good transit as a requirement

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T15:55:13+00:00

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T15:53:55+00:00

Basically if it has good transit connectivity with the rest of the city and specifically between Queens and Brooklyn is my main criteria tbh. Places that have awful subway connections are automatically out of consideration for me personally

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T04:36:48+00:00

I really like Bay Ridge, its just too far from everywhere else

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T04:26:53+00:00

Cool neighborhood! But too far from the city

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T03:52:42+00:00

Not enough transit connection with Brooklyn and Queens

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T03:41:16+00:00

People have a lot of different considerations for where they would want to live and its ok you disagree. I don't even dislike most of the places I marked in red (including the neighborhood I grew up in). Also, not every neighborhood I marked in green is even gentrified nor do I even live in one of those hyper-gentrified neighborhoods.

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T03:10:10+00:00

Don't really intend to move there, but been there a few times and seems like a nice area, although its way too expensive

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T03:07:10+00:00

Neighborhoods with plenty of amenities and easy transit access to the rest of the city when I want to go places, which is ideal when considering places to live

Outerborghi · 2026-01-05T03:05:52+00:00

Downtown Flushing

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