MarketMan123 t1_j213hzl wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:07 PM

I almost moved over there last year thinking it was a neighborhood ripe for redevelopment. The problem is for my wife at least the commute time was twice as long as it would be in central queens (she worked in the east village at the time) and comparable to Journal Square, but with an extra transfer.

The only way the area makes sense is if you work in Lower Manhattan or downtown JC. Or if the area becomes a destination of its own, which I know there were/are efforts to make it into.

(Then there is the issue of the JC public school system vs the NYC one. But thats a whole other can of worms)

AryehCW OP t1_j218ngo wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:43 PM

Lots of people work from home these days!

MarketMan123 t1_j21ekt1 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 11:24 PM

I know, I'm one of them :-)

The only reasons to stay in the greater NYC/JC area if you work from home are family or because you enjoy the community, culture, etc. So, unless your family is there, what would be the point in living somewhere like that which is relatively expensive and inconvenient?

If you are going to move over there and work from home, you might as well move to suburbia, if not even further away from this metropolis with its very high cost of living.

TL;DR the area might be a worthwhile investment because it has future potential, but living there at the moment has very little going for it.

AryehCW OP t1_j23quj0 wrote on December 29, 2022 at 1:08 PM

City life is not for everyone. And finding an apartment in the suburbs is not easy either, as most of it is zoned for single-family housing.