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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 03:32 AM
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Give me a few good reasons why I shouldn't move to NYC...
The Upper West Side, to be more exact.

Right there on Riverside Drive, overlooking Riverside Park and the Hudson. Right across the street from the Children's Museum (now a private residence).

I am moving from the SFBay area (Tiburon) and going for broke.

And I have always wanted to live in the City.
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:15 AM
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1. Welcome to the Big Apple! n/t
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 09:30 AM
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2. None
Welcome. I live just off Riverside Drive in the UWS.
Good luck in finding an apartment!
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 12:20 PM
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3. I alreay have one (apartment, that is)
With a parking space to boot.

Looks right out on the river.
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 12:29 PM
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4. Oh my, my.
You must be an heir to a fortune. Good luck!
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 07:45 PM
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5. No, but I know this dancer, you see...
But I am a lucky guy.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 08:22 PM
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13. Ah. Your dancer is the heir to a fortune. That helps so much.
Or runs the ballet company, say, ABT.
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Infomaniac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 04:24 PM
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6. Welcome to NYC!
Look forward to seeting you at our local meetups.

I think the cost of living is comparable. Be sure to check out the car insurance rates though. Those can be a tad high. Do you have a job lined up?
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 07:40 PM
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9. I look forward to same.
I had lunch with fellow DUer Stephanie last week and she was bemoaning the lack of regular meet-ups.

Maybe we can shake that up.

I hope to be there within the month.

And I do not have a job lined up, I am acting on blind faith.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 05:50 AM
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7. No place to send your kids to school. ( It it applies.) nt
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 01:13 PM
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8. ill give you one
we dont have nearly enough meet=ups.

maybe you can help change that.

aside from that. nope. Just about wrapping up my first year here. I live in Brooklyn.

Love it here. wont ever leave.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-02-08 07:40 PM
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10. Maybe we can do something about that.
I hope to be there within the month.
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-03-08 04:27 PM
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11. awesome!
Edited on Sun Feb-03-08 04:27 PM by SlavesandBulldozers
you'll love it. there's a great DU crew here too.

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Fancifulactor Donating Member (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 07:58 PM
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17. What kind of meetups
?
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 08:46 PM
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18. Last time was at ThomCat's house ... once in Central Park ... n/t
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 08:16 PM
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12. Aside from the increase in ocean height due to global warming?
And the sad need for a rich aunt to die to afford it, no reason not to at all.
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 08:50 PM
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14. Unless you live in Seagate, honest ... we don't care in the rest of
Brooklyn. The island is mostly on a ridge, you see ... built in higher ground. And if we ever wanna make more land, we'll reclaim like the good dutch colony we were - with our durable trash.

Tom will fit right in. Les Paul is still giving his concerts ... saw him profiled on NY1 just this week. We'll adapt - it's worth it.
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Martino Navratilovo Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-19-08 10:38 PM
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15. Crime is not an issue anymore
NYC is the safest big city in the USA.
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Fredda Weinberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-19-08 10:54 PM
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16. It's disconcerting to hear about a murder every night ... normal for us n/t
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