Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Does where you live really define who you are?

It's quite sad that when someone finds out which area of town you live in you are immediately judged based on the neighbourhood.

Some New Yorkers will say I live in Corporate Midtown, Lovely Beekman, or on the border of the expensive Sutton Place. I say, I live on 52nd & 2nd Avenue (353 East 52nd Street) in a renovated two bedroom apartment that the landlord took $100 off a month of and am very excited to move into.

It's an eight block walk to work and a four block walk to the subway over to LIC. Although the rent is $800 more a month than my mortgage in Toronto, I am only locked in to a one year lease and once I get a better idea of the hoods in New York, I can move next November if I so choose!

So excited to move in and will post better pictures when I am settled.

3 comments:

chrismendis said...

Congrats, Jolene! Thanks for getting that extra bedroom me and the rest of the CBOL crew to crash in. ;-D

chrismendis said...

By the way, I used to live across the East River from you, on Roosevelt Island. When you have the time, you should try the Roosevelt Island tram out: it's pretty fun! The tram departs Manhattan at 59th & 2nd.

Jolene said...

You and your gf are more than welcome to stay at Casa Jolene anytime!

I was actually looking at Roosevelt Island .. what was it like to live there?