How does living in Brooklyn compare to living in NW dc?

[Anonymous]

I'm considering a job in Brooklyn. I do not like Manhattan, I do love living in NW DC - I've heard people say Brooklyn is more like a DC neighborhood and nothing like Manhattan but from the one little corner of it I was in it still felt like it to me (people everywhere, horns everywhere, high rises vs little row houses etc.

How is it similar or different from living in a row house in the Dupont area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm considering a job in Brooklyn. I do not like Manhattan, I do love living in NW DC - I've heard people say Brooklyn is more like a DC neighborhood and nothing like Manhattan but from the one little corner of it I was in it still felt like it to me (people everywhere, horns everywhere, high rises vs little row houses etc.

How is it similar or different from living in a row house in the Dupont area?

Parts of DC definitely has Brooklyn vibes. More Petworth and Brookland than Dupont, but that works too. Dupont is like Fort Greene maybe. Petworth is more like Williamsburg

[Anonymous]

Your experience is right-- it's much busier, noisier and more people. That said, NYC/Brooklyn is MUCH different when you live there than when you visit. You really tune most of it out. You also come to appreciate how accessible things are by foot.

[Anonymous]

How much more expensive is it than living in DC? Do you know your neighbors or is it too packed to have a neighborly feel? Are there lots of nice playgrounds and green spaces ?

I'll go visit of course before moving but don't want to continue the convo if there is no way I'd like it as it could leave the company feeling burned.

[Anonymous]

Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

Try cobble hill, Boerum Hill and Carroll gardens

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

Which bridge???? There are a few of them. Huge difference between Brooklyn heights and Ft Hamilton. Do your research!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

Which bridge???? There are a few of them. Huge difference between Brooklyn heights and Ft Hamilton. Do your research!!!!

+1- OP, unless you are going to give us a few more details, any info you're given here could lead you in the wrong direction. Look at a map, pin point your office neighborhood and then we can let you know what's close. Brooklyn is HUGE and has several bridges.

[Anonymous]

Much more expensive for everything from your morning cup of coffee to housing, except the subway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

I ... don't think you should move to Brooklyn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Much more expensive for everything from your morning cup of coffee to housing, except the subway.

Totally disagree! My morning coffee in lower Manhattan costs $1. How much does a cup in DC cost? I'd say housing is the only thing in NYC that might be more expensive than DC, having lived in both. And housing actually isn't more expensive, you just get less for the same amount of money. (I realize the implications there, but my point is that a studio apartment costs the same in both places, one in NYC is just a lot smaller).

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Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

I ... don't think you should move to Brooklyn.

I think OP was in downtown Brooklyn, which is like an OK downtown block in Baltimore.

I think someone who'd be happy in the Adams Morgan neighborhood would like Brooklyn Heights or Park Slope. Someone who liked the Mount Pleasant neighborhood might like Fort Greene. Williamsburg might map to Capitol Hill. Bed Stuy might be good for people who like pretty areas in D.C. that are just starting to get good lattes.

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Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

I ... don't think you should move to Brooklyn.

I think OP was in downtown Brooklyn, which is like an OK downtown block in Baltimore.

I think someone who'd be happy in the Adams Morgan neighborhood would like Brooklyn Heights or Park Slope. Someone who liked the Mount Pleasant neighborhood might like Fort Greene. Williamsburg might map to Capitol Hill. Bed Stuy might be good for people who like pretty areas in D.C. that are just starting to get good lattes.

Completely wrong!

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Anonymous wrote:Where in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is huge. It’s like one of the top ten largest cities in America just as a borough ... some parts are lovely and neighborhoody; others feel graffiti covered and hyper urban. Depends where you are.

I don't know where! The office is in Brooklyn near the water/bridge, I wouldn't want to have a super long commute but don't need to live right next it it either. The area the office was in was too urban for me.

I ... don't think you should move to Brooklyn.

I think OP was in downtown Brooklyn, which is like an OK downtown block in Baltimore.

I think someone who'd be happy in the Adams Morgan neighborhood would like Brooklyn Heights or Park Slope. Someone who liked the Mount Pleasant neighborhood might like Fort Greene. Williamsburg might map to Capitol Hill. Bed Stuy might be good for people who like pretty areas in D.C. that are just starting to get good lattes.

Completely wrong!

Then could you translate Brooklyn neighborhoods into D.C. neighborhoods?

Example: To me, Capitol Hill was rough, is now fancy, is hard to park in, and is close to work for a lot of people. For me, the Brooklyn equivalent might be DUMBO, or Park Slope. But how would you translate that?