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bonafideprincess t1_iuiahv7 wrote

I lived in Bushwick in 2019 and just moved from upper Manhattan (Hamilton heights/west Harlem) to jersey city. I love Jersey City so much. It feels so much more walkable, I’m easily in the city in 10-15 mins, there’s so many fun restaurants and bars, and it’s young but established. I feel like I have so much more space for the same amount I was lying in Manhattan, and I’m looking forward to being able to have a car again.

I’m a 25 year old single woman, and most folks in downtown JC seem to be families and young couples, but it just feels so much better to me.

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bonafideprincess t1_iuikf3g wrote

Wait nvm according to a PM from u/HappyArtichoke7729, I need to say I hate Jersey City because one single person saying she likes it means that everyone’s rent is going to go up, and it’s ALLLLL my fault. Didn’t know I was that important! So cool to know though.

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seeyam14 OP t1_iuibwwa wrote

When you add car payments and parking does your monthly costs stay under the Manhattan situation?

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Rodion7 t1_iuidxf8 wrote

You don't need a car in JC, especially if you are downtown. But if you do get one, a parking spot is way cheaper than Manhattan.

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bonafideprincess t1_iuih2a5 wrote

Parking at my apartment is $225 a month, which is about $300-400 less than monthly parking in Manhattan in a decent covered garage. Car payments and insurance vary greatly, but parking itself is so much cheaper.

You don’t need a car in downtown JC but I will say that I’ve rented a car multiple times to go run errands that were too big/inconvenient for a bus/train multiple times.

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