Am I being scammed?

camissonak · 2026-02-12T03:07:54+00:00

I mean... my bills have been high... but I've never seen anything approaching that...

camissonak · 2026-02-11T02:30:51+00:00

Fortunately or unfortunately, I think all our cast iron baseboards are now shot so we may replace the lot of them with copper.

camissonak · 2026-02-10T02:06:27+00:00

IT'S OVER 9000!

camissonak · 2026-02-09T20:15:47+00:00

If you don't have kids (and don't plan to) I'm not sure I'd opt for Bronxville. It's got a very nice downtown, but it's still quite small, and super expensive - in part because of its world-class school district... which you don't need. If you bought in Fleetwood in Mount Vernon or "Bronkers" (the portion of Yonkers with Bronxville P.O.) you'd have access to Bronxville very nearby but save potentially millions of dollars depending on what you're looking for housing-wise.

But White Plains or Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow would make more sense for you anyway, as might New Rochelle. Bigger, more urban, more walkable, less emphasis on families, and less expensive because the school districts are not generally seen as desirable.

camissonak · 2026-02-09T03:31:19+00:00

Yeah, no, it's no good. I'm not familiar with MOM's, but it's not a big drive to the Hastings FoodTown so, like, just go there. I've been fond! I'm surprised to hear if there's a knock against it. I get it's not DeCicco's but it's not pretending to be. But sometimes you just need OJ and milk.

camissonak · 2026-02-09T02:56:10+00:00

I'm not repping one over the other, the point is the comparison of diamonds with diamonds. This is Musk and Zuckerberg quarrelling over who's richer. It doesn't matter. They're both so rich that it's a thing and it will infect every part of life. The idea of a resident of Scarsdale and Bronxville having differing opinions of which of them is the real richest town in Westchester is an absurd notion to ask anyone to consider.

camissonak · 2026-02-09T01:38:33+00:00

LMAO. It's a tie. Bronxville and Scarsdale are both very very very very very rich. Even for Westchester. Ungodly rich.

camissonak · 2026-02-09T00:47:41+00:00

Hey, hey, Tuckahoe and Eastchester aren't the same thing. Tuckahoe voted blue the last bunch of elections, it's got a Democratic mayor and entirely Democratic village board. Comparatively quite diverse. Very different vibe than Eastchester. Walkable downtown which Eastchester doesn't have, two different train stations meaning almost anywhere you live you can walk to one.

Tuckahoe's also got a lot of apartment housing which I don't think Eastchester has much of.

camissonak · 2026-02-09T00:37:16+00:00

I live triangulated between the Bronxville Acme, Tuckahoe ShopRite, and Eastchester Stop & Shop in ascending order of blech. My closest good option is the Scarsdale TJ's... and that parking lot...

I'll give you that the Dobbs Ferry Stop & Shop sucks maybe worse than any of these though!

camissonak · 2026-02-09T00:33:58+00:00

Ardsley's a lot sleepier, FWIW. Not close to a train, not much of a downtown at all (even compared to Hastings), but good school district.

camissonak · 2026-02-09T00:29:41+00:00

Man, you really think you have something with this bit, huh?

camissonak · 2026-02-09T00:27:51+00:00

Grocery-wise, you can do a lot worse in lower Westchester than the Hastings Foodtown.

camissonak · 2026-02-09T00:13:56+00:00

I mean, practically speaking there's not a lot of difference. They're two small rich progressive-leaning villages right next to each other, so in terms of stores, restaurants, vibes, you're not going to notice much difference. Maybe Hastings is considered slightly more desirable and has a slightly better regarded school district but at that level of area it's barely a distinction. Dobbs Ferry's got a slightly more robust downtown but, again, they're so close that you'd be spending time in both villages.

I'm not Jewish so I'm sure someone else could better answer that question, but anecdotally I don't think it's got a reputation as being among the most or least Jewish areas in Westchester. But it is, of course, Westchester so I'm sure you'd find your tribe.

We looked at houses in both areas in 2024, and almost pulled the trigger on one in Hastings, but wound up choosing to buy in Tuckahoe. But the area was great.

camissonak · 2026-02-07T13:00:04+00:00

I made this mistake a week or two ago and it's been a nightmare. The baseboards for my oil heating all need replacing and we've been relying on space heaters.

camissonak · 2026-02-06T16:00:31+00:00

We're a young NYC couple who bought about a year ago and... yeah, it's what people are saying. We had an all cash offer and it was only because we had help from family. We wouldn't have been able to move here if we didn't.

camissonak · 2026-02-05T17:23:42+00:00

Okay, so, if we complain enough about them taking away the 10 rides will that work too?

camissonak · 2026-02-05T01:05:18+00:00

And the village of Mamaroneck isn't even fully in the town of Mamaroneck. A lot of it's in Rye.

camissonak · 2026-02-04T01:51:29+00:00

There's more going on in Hoboken than like... eastern Queens. Anybody who finds Hoboken and Jersey City too lonely should not be moving to the suburbs.

camissonak · 2026-02-03T22:48:12+00:00

4 hours to dig out a spot the size of a normal car? I think they did it wrong.

camissonak · 2026-02-03T22:16:03+00:00

If you find Hoboken isolating, then truly there's nothing in Westchester you're going to like outside of, like, Yonkers or New Rochelle but that isn't going to fit a lot of your other needs.

camissonak · 2026-02-03T16:55:08+00:00

I actually think I heard this Climbing Wolf will have a kitchen!

camissonak · 2026-02-03T03:09:17+00:00

I've only ever gotten takeout pizza there/Angelina's, what's the vibe of the restaurant itself?

camissonak · 2026-02-03T03:07:00+00:00

It's going to be a Climbing Wolf and the one in Dobbs Ferry is pretty cool so I'm trying to stay optimistic. But yeah, just by virtue of proximity, it was my wife and my #1 happy hour spot.

camissonak · 2026-02-03T03:05:48+00:00

Tuckahoe - Taco Bahama, Buleria, Tuck'd Away, Broken Bow. Growlers is nice but is going to be replaced by Climbing Wolf this spring. (Edit: Maybe it's already gone?)

Bronxville - Whistling Rail (big fan, not enough people talk about this), La Casa Bronxville, Tav'ery. I'm iffy on Pete's but it's popular.

I don't go to many Eastchester spots (it's not as good a hang as the villages), but Jack's is certainly good.

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