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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is DCUM so people are going to say that you need $300k+ HHI to raise a family in NYC and that you need to send your kids to private. Neither are true. If you really want to live in NYC it’s completely possible to live in a 2BR rental & send your kids to the local public[/quote]

Do you live in there on under a 300k HHI?  Please share your expenses then. [/quote]

Not PP but the median HHI there is only $127k.[/quote]

A lot of people here are young and just starting out, bunking with four roommates and taking advantage of free lunches at work. A lot of people (including almost everyone I know) move to the suburbs once they have kids. It’s just so expensive to raise children here, and honestly gets tiring after a while. I’m a big law partner and even at that income a majority of people move to the suburbs.  [/quote]

I lived there with my parents in the early 2000s and their HHI was 5 figures. It was not difficult to make ends meet and we did not feel poor. I am also in biglaw and not surprised you cannot fully understand the lives of the poorer people who serve you.[/quote]

Have you moved back since? Things have changed a lot since the early 2000s. Neighborhoods where you used to be able to find a deal have been gentrified and built up with luxury condos. The mom and pop shops have closed down, with high end stores replacing them. The whole country has gotten more expensive, but NYC has done so on steroids.

A lot of people are mentioning to the other boroughs, but you have to keep in mind that once you get far put into the boroughs, it’s not going to really feel like “the city” anymore, so it depends on what you’re looking for. OP seems to want a reasonable commute into the city and to feel like she’s living in NYC, which is why everyone is focusing on the more expensive parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Sure, you can live much more cheaply in Kensington or Forest Hills, but you may have to walk to a bus to take to the subway stop to travel an hour into the city on a train that only runs every 30 minutes and it’s going to feel like a suburb. It’s like, I dunno, moving to Baltimore and saying that you live in DC. [/quote]
This is an interesting take. I'm a lifelong New Yorker. I've lived in each borough except The Bronx. Each neighborhood has itsown unique character and they all feel like NYC to me. I would venture that if OP wants a genuine NYC experience,  they should definitely live in ine of the outer boroughs - they can find something 45 minutes or less by subway in all of the boroughs. Many office jobs now are either hybrid or WFH, so that takes some of the commuting pressure off. [/quote]

The great thing about NYC is that there are many “real New York” subcultures. There are the Brooklyn hipsters, the Bronx Dominicans, the queer scene in Chelsea and the villages, the Russian immigrants in Brighton Beach, the high society UES, the fashion scene, etc. Based mostly on stereotyping DCUM, I’m assuming OP is looking for the “upper middle class professional family looking for great walkable restaurants and activities, a short commute to a midtown or FiDi office, and beautiful luxury apartments with amenities” scene, which would probably be in the UWS, UES, parts of Brooklyn, and Tribeca/West Village. That isn’t any less “real New York” than Kew Gardens, it’s just different. The PP who used to live in NYC seems to have a huge chip on her shoulder about what qualifies as “real New York” but I don’t agree. I think there are many different experiences of NYC, and they’re all valid. [/quote]

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