How does Manhattan/NYC compare to living in Boston?

[Anonymous]

If I like the South End in Boston, where will I like in Manhattan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I like the South End in Boston, where will I like in Manhattan?

You’d probably like Brooklyn more.

[Anonymous]

Boston is much smaller, sleepier and more provincial than even Brooklyn. I would try to spend some time in Brooklyn before deciding if you will like it.

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Anonymous wrote:Boston is much smaller, sleepier and more provincial than even Brooklyn. I would try to spend some time in Brooklyn before deciding if you will like it.

I agree. I’m from NYC and live in South End now. So different in pace and scale.
Do you have kids? If so, do you have to think about schools? If so, maybe the UWS?
If not, then I’d look more downtown depending on what’s important to you (proximity to work, shopping, eating, art/music, etc) - Greenwich Village, Union Square/Gramercy Park, Tribeca, Battery Park, etc. Most of my friends migrated to Brooklyn.

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Anonymous wrote:If I like the South End in Boston, where will I like in Manhattan?

One thing is not to let people think you have to be a genius martial arts expert to survive the fast-moving pace of life in New York.

I’ve never been in the South End, but I’ve lived in Central Square in Cambridge. Jersey City and Cobble Hill in Brooklyn are a lot like Cambridge.

I think the South End might be comparable to Hoboken, New Jersey. If you mean “South End” in terms of “grandchildren of Irish cops,” somewhere on the Jersey Shore. Maybe Toms River.

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Anonymous wrote:If I like the South End in Boston, where will I like in Manhattan?

One thing is not to let people think you have to be a genius martial arts expert to survive the fast-moving pace of life in New York.

I’ve never been in the South End, but I’ve lived in Central Square in Cambridge. Jersey City and Cobble Hill in Brooklyn are a lot like Cambridge.

I think the South End might be comparable to Hoboken, New Jersey. If you mean “South End” in terms of “grandchildren of Irish cops,” somewhere on the Jersey Shore. Maybe Toms River.

So true.

Even Brookline is more like Tenafly or Teaneck than it is like manhattan or Brooklyn.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I like the South End in Boston, where will I like in Manhattan?

One thing is not to let people think you have to be a genius martial arts expert to survive the fast-moving pace of life in New York.

I’ve never been in the South End, but I’ve lived in Central Square in Cambridge. Jersey City and Cobble Hill in Brooklyn are a lot like Cambridge.

I think the South End might be comparable to Hoboken, New Jersey. If you mean “South End” in terms of “grandchildren of Irish cops,” somewhere on the Jersey Shore. Maybe Toms River.

So true.

Even Brookline is more like Tenafly or Teaneck than it is like manhattan or Brooklyn.

Isn't Brookline like Montclair? I mean, Montclair is where people move when they can't do Brooklyn anymore. Tenafly and Teaneck are way more suburban, I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I like the South End in Boston, where will I like in Manhattan?

You’d probably like Brooklyn more.

Maybe you'd like Hoboken, New Jersey.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I like the South End in Boston, where will I like in Manhattan?

One thing is not to let people think you have to be a genius martial arts expert to survive the fast-moving pace of life in New York.

I’ve never been in the South End, but I’ve lived in Central Square in Cambridge. Jersey City and Cobble Hill in Brooklyn are a lot like Cambridge.

I think the South End might be comparable to Hoboken, New Jersey. If you mean “South End” in terms of “grandchildren of Irish cops,” somewhere on the Jersey Shore. Maybe Toms River.

So true.

Even Brookline is more like Tenafly or Teaneck than it is like manhattan or Brooklyn.

Isn't Brookline like Montclair? I mean, Montclair is where people move when they can't do Brooklyn anymore. Tenafly and Teaneck are way more suburban, I think.

I think Brookline might be more like Brooklyn Heights. I'm hazy about Boston commuter rail suburbs, but maybe Montclair is Boston's Waltham. Basically, a rich, green suburb where you can take the train to work but everyone has two nice cars.