Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:33     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
I was a student at a TT back in the day who discovered UrbanBaby from some random Google browsing.

Now I am a parent, still in NYC, with kids in the school system.

Been very fascinating to reflect on the journey to this point as so much of the stuff on UB made no sense to me as a teenager (but was nonetheless fascinating to read).
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:32     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Manhattan, lawyer, one dc in tt. Ex urban baby, mostly lurk to see what people are talking about. Sometimes I post a specific question and the responses are helpful.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:32     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Anonymous wrote:All we ask is that you stay here and off the rest of the website.


Who really cares where people are from that post in a public forum? Get over it. It’s the internet.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:29     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All we ask is that you stay here and off the rest of the website.


I read this regional forum. I am a UMC interloper from flyover country who likes to vacation in NYC. I am a former DMV resident. I have alumni ties to universities that NYCers include in their consideration set. And my DS has a friend at an NYC selective public magnet. So loose ties.

I mostly post about NYC things on the college forum and travel forum.


LOL listen to yourself


PP. What's your point? I answered the OP's question.

If you're just another boring person who wants to gatekeep the internet, I suggest you find a new job.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 20:02     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All we ask is that you stay here and off the rest of the website.


I read this regional forum. I am a UMC interloper from flyover country who likes to vacation in NYC. I am a former DMV resident. I have alumni ties to universities that NYCers include in their consideration set. And my DS has a friend at an NYC selective public magnet. So loose ties.

I mostly post about NYC things on the college forum and travel forum.


LOL listen to yourself
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:57     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Grew up in Arlington, been on UWS for 30+ years. Seriously considered moving back in case kids didn't get into a SHSAT school. I have family in the DC area.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:54     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
UMC Manhattanite in finance. One in public, one in private HS after many years in public (not easy but full pay and making it work - not a TT). Also ex-UB, though it was a long gap in between - just discovered this in 2025. Spend all my time here and on college board.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:52     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Anonymous wrote:All we ask is that you stay here and off the rest of the website.


I read this regional forum. I am a UMC interloper from flyover country who likes to vacation in NYC. I am a former DMV resident. I have alumni ties to universities that NYCers include in their consideration set. And my DS has a friend at an NYC selective public magnet. So loose ties.

I mostly post about NYC things on the college forum and travel forum.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:36     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Manhattanite, old enough to have been on the OG Urban Baby.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:36     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Healthcare, Westchesterite. I don't post on school threads.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:36     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
All we ask is that you stay here and off the rest of the website.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:35     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Oh, and white, Manhattan.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:34     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
Tech worker married to an MD, not uber-wealthy but make just enough to not qualify for financial aid, would have been happy with public if middle school was more academically rigorous and had smarter kids and would still happily abandon private for SHSAT schools in 9th if we get into those.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:34     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
I sometimes comment in that subforum, but never on topics related to the top privates.

White ethnic immigrant, Brooklyn.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2026 19:30     Subject: Who are the readers and posters in this NYC subforum?
For the past two years the most popular threads are about TT privates mostly.

So -- if you're a New Yorker, what is your background / borough?

Or is it mostly jaded high-earning Manhattanites anxious about social signalling?