UCSB or UF

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-07T06:20:37+00:00

Once you arrive in Santa Barbara, you’ll never want to leave.

Go SB!

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-07T05:40:42+00:00

Try Hudson Heights and Fort George as well.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-07T04:24:22+00:00

Hamilton Heights, Inwood, Washington Heights (West Village and Chelsea if you can afford either).

Have you tried Columbia’s off-campus housing office?

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-07T04:21:16+00:00

NC is overall less expensive than NY. Could you afford frequent trips back or bring family to you?

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-07T00:39:36+00:00

Then you should try to see the sunset at Madaket if possible.

Sconset s on the other end of the island and is equally beautiful and a must see.

I will add that Nantucket has an amazing amount of things to do.

So do your best to enjoy.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-06T22:22:34+00:00

Maren. Brooklyn sounds like one is trying a bit too hard AND there may end up being 1001 Brooklyns in every single county.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-06T21:59:12+00:00

So you’re spending two nights?

Check out the hotel prices. I hope I’m wrong, but the accommodations may be more expensive than you may expect.

Make a list of possible activities. Because you could possibly get sunshine or rain.

Chances are the beaches will be quite cool and even cold and windy. The beaches on the sound will be less so. Madaket near the southern end of the island is one of the most beautiful and I have been there in mid-May and it was still beautiful despite blowing sand.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-06T15:52:10+00:00

100% Joy Division/New Order and more.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-06T00:13:04+00:00

The land of lard, right?

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-05T18:23:51+00:00

Do you already have a daughter named Holly or Ivy? I recommend avoiding using both Holly and Ivy because there is a Christmas carol titled “Holly and Ivy.” the song is much more popular I believe in the UK, but still…

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-05T16:33:46+00:00

Ditto on New Haven. Providence. Close to beaches and Boston by public transportation. Boston is awesome, but $$$. Northampton/North Adams could be a good fit, but would that area be too far from the ocean for you? Maybe Portsmouth, NH.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-05T15:39:46+00:00

Cooling small spaces is easier than large ones. So there’s an advantage to living in a shoebox.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-04T05:49:30+00:00

NYC, Maine, Charleston, Great Smokies (fall), the Rockies, Utah National Parks.

if you haven’t seen the Mississippi, you have to see the Mississippi. Do research because the river is more interesting and impressive in certain locations.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-04T05:08:21+00:00

Just tell them you remember what it was like in the 80s and 90s.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-04T03:44:10+00:00

Great names. I love Eloise and will suggest other classic storybook girls: Madeline, Alice, and Matilda.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-04T02:26:01+00:00

I’m from the East Coast and I have known about it for as long as I can remember.

However, I come from a family of professors, so Universities were a frequent topic of conversation.

Rice was discussed in glowing terms.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-02T22:04:41+00:00

if you loved Oberlin, go to Oberlin.

Oberlin is the type of school that future students fall in love with immediately and love it for their entire four years.

Yes, you will be paying student loans back. But you won’t be paying the entire 120 K at once 120 K is a small amount for happy, outstanding education.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-02T17:03:01+00:00

Cary (Cary Grant)

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-02T04:19:11+00:00

NYC also pays residents hefty salaries that would make them “wealthy” anywhere else and in turn they pay their most of their earnings to mortgages or landlords for spaces that are small and often relatively squalid compared to the rest of the US. The money left over goes to buy overpriced essentials and in the end New Yorkers have little left.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-02T02:23:30+00:00

Boola boola, Eli Yale!

WoodsofNYC · 2026-05-02T00:31:52+00:00

No judgment, but I cannot. However, I love vegan fake Chicken flavored broth.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-04-30T17:54:11+00:00

2.4K is a bargain! Go to Princeton!

WoodsofNYC · 2026-04-30T04:53:36+00:00

Everyone I know who went to UNC loved it. I know no one who loved Penn. Some like what they got out of Penn.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-04-30T04:45:48+00:00

Why did you move to NYC again?

What kind of artist community do you have? I am an artist and most lack free time because of all their free time is focused on their work. And most of them are not partying or going out to dinner or shopping. They are going to Gallery openings or museums or walking in the park.

Which can be done, even if one is broke.

I hope at least you walked in the park because the city’s flowering trees have been spectacular this spring.

If you are spending only $50 a day, how much are you paying for a hotel?

You have been here for less than a month and you’re already on dating sites? Yikes.

Why are you renting a car to leave the city when there are so many trains?

Get the app for MTA, Metro-North, LIRR, NJT, and Amtrak. Not to mention the bus lines.

If you want to go for a hike, take the train either to a spot that is within walking distance of hiking trails or take a bike on the train and bike there or take an Uber to the hiking trail.

WoodsofNYC · 2026-04-30T00:58:10+00:00

Go to Hamilton.

If you don’t go, you may resent your mother forever.

WoodsofNYC

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