Apt hunting in Manhattan

[eleguin]

Rainbowtrout- Would you honestly want to live in Idaho though? You''ll love NYU (and the surrounding areas)! I went there for undergrad. You will never find yourself bored. And if you like tiramisu...find the little place on McDougal called La Lanterna...its the BEST in the city!

The NYU area is a lot of fun. My fiance went there for undergrad. So many restaurants and yummy dessert places! I used to live on 111th Street and Broadway in college and was renting one room for $600 in someone''s 2 bedroom apartment. My friends and I loved going to diners at all odd hours, and ordering pizza at 2 in the morning. So my fiance and I debated a long time between splurging for Manhattan or moving to NJ or some other suburb, but in the end, there are things in Manhattan that you can''t put a price on (ie: an open restaurant at 4am! Last time he came to visit, we couldn''t find anything open in DC around me at midnight)

 

[Mara]

hehe oh if he needs it occupied for 6 months i am SURE we could help him out...hehee.

 

[taitai_s]

Hi elegiun,

111 and Broadway...did you go to Columbia by any chance?

That neighborhood has changed so much since I graduated, which was not too long ago (well, in my mind it was not too long ago..!)

 

[eleguin]

Date: 7/14/2006 1:00:56 AM
Author: taitai_s
Hi elegiun,

111 and Broadway...did you go to Columbia by any chance?

That neighborhood has changed so much since I graduated, which was not too long ago (well, in my mind it was not too long ago..!)

Yes I went to Columbia, graduated in 2003. The neighborhood changes drastically every year. When I was growing up, my parents were both grad students there and we lived on 122nd and Broadway. We moved to NJ in 1993 and I came back for college in 1999 and could not even recognize the neighborhood! I haven''t been back in over a year, but I''m sure a lot of the shops and restaurants have gone through some overhaul.

 

[taitai_s]

Hi eleguin,

Pretty neat that you grew up around Columbia! I graduated a few years ahead of you but still live in the city - from time to time I find myself craving Pertutti''s, so back I go. The food has not changed too much, thankfully. I do miss a lot of the places that have disappeared since I left school.