Re: Places to live in NYC
anywhere in manhattan is very safe.
my two favorite neighborhoods in brooklyn are williamsburg/greenpoint and brooklyn heights. prospect park is also nice.
important things for her to consider:
- pick an apartment that is near a subway line. she doesn't want to have to walk 20 blocks home at 3am after getting off the subway
- make sure she visits the place in the evening and that she feels safe there at night. some places are fine during the day but sketchy at night
- odds are she will have to have a roommate. everyone has a roommate in the city, it's just too expensive otherwise. people in other places think the random roommate thing is weird, but here it's normal.
the outer boroughs (not manhattan) are generally cheaper. I am obviously biased towards brooklyn, but queens is nice too (a little farther on the train though). astoria (queens) is pretty cool.
--turnipmonster
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