Can actuaries afford to live in upper east side?

[ao fan]

Originally Posted by matamagato

why is that not a good spot?

does he live in herald towers on 34th street?

the area is mostly businesses and not all that neighborhoody. not that most sections of manhattan are neighborhoody, but that section is even less so.

i looked up herald towers on streeteasy.com and it's damn expensive though just like the rest of the city, so maybe not.

[ao fan]

Originally Posted by matamagato

he also has like a 5 minute WALK to work

yeah, not sure that really makes the prices go up once you're in manhattan and below certain streets.

[ao fan]

Originally Posted by Dismal Science

Because it didn't feature prominently in "Sex in the City"

that area would never be featured on that show.

[redprinceton]

Originally Posted by Maine-iac

Honestly, I don't see what the great urge is to label the urban vs. suburban vs. rural folks such that those who make a different choice are somehow inferior because they don't have the same tastes. Geez, I love to visit NYC. It has a lot to offer. I'd be miserable living there, but that doesn't make everybody who does live there a pretentious snob, or a fiscal wreck.

Stricly an anecdote, but I live rural. Our house probably qualifies as a Mc Mansion. It's not underwater, and we have quite a bit of equity in it. My town has no Applebees. It pretty much shuns chain restaurants with table service. (Fast food chains are not hindered.) We have some really excellent Basque style restaurants. Some very good general restaurants and some really crappy ones. You'd think with the substantial hispanic population here, the Mexican restaurants would be better, but they aren't.

Yeah, I was parodying things that I often hear, don't know if I made that clear or not.

In my experience, you get a very vocal minority who likes to bag on the alternative. If I had to guess, I would assume it would be a way to justify their choice. You see this a LOT in the PC vs Mac, and iPhone vs Android arena too. While it is kind of childish, I find it very entertaining.

[ao fan]

Originally Posted by Dismal Science

Here is something to note: the most pro-NYC people in this thread don't even live in the city. That should tell you something...

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Originally Posted by ao fan

does he live in herald towers on 34th street?

the area is mostly businesses and not all that neighborhoody. not that most sections of manhattan are neighborhoody, but that section is even less so.

i looked up herald towers on streeteasy.com and it's damn expensive though just like the rest of the city, so maybe not.

but i that post did make me check out herald towers cause i don't really care if the area is all that nice and my lease is up soon. it's too expensive though.

[ao fan]

Originally Posted by Devastator

I think he's in the geighborhood area.

i wasn't thinking that.

[Maine-iac]

Originally Posted by redprinceton

Yeah, I was parodying things that I often hear, don't know if I made that clear or not.

In my experience, you get a very vocal minority who likes to bag on the alternative. If I had to guess, I would assume it would be a way to justify their choice. You see this a LOT in the PC vs Mac, and iPhone vs Android arena too. While it is kind of childish, I find it very entertaining.

No offense, I realized your post was parody. I just get tired of the "po" snobbery, and the anti-city snobbery as well. It lost its entertainment value for me a long time ago.

[AAABBBCCC]

So for the peole living in NYC, do you cook? Or do you eat out all the time? Have a roommate is super annoying when you like cooking.

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Originally Posted by AAABBBCCC

So for the peole living in NYC, do you cook? Or do you eat out all the time? Have a roommate is super annoying when you like cooking.

i don't really cook. mostly frozen food or some type of take out or i go to grand central market and get prepared food and heat it up.