What are some good areas to look in for a place in Manhattan if your office is in Midtown? More interested where the Associates/VPs are living. Want to avoid areas that skew very young.
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Vast majority of Analysts I know live downtown / in the villages or Murray Hill (closer to downtown where people go out but not too far from the office and pretty cheap).
Given you want to avoid that I think UES might be your best bet. Most VPs and above I know that still live in the city and aren't making millions yet seem to favor UES/UWS I just prefer the East Side personally.
Agree with this but isn't Murray Hill a pretty quiet town vs East Village/LES? Friend lives there with his wife and is in his 30s.
Hell’s Kitchen 100% or upper west side/west village if you can afford
Really depends on the type of neighborhood you want. While LES/Murray Hill are for the “young” crowd, there are still many areas (west village, gramercy/flatiron, tribeca) that are “downtown” and work well for a person ~5-10 yrs into their career (and beyond).
I find the UES/UWS a bit slower and disconnected from the rest of Manhattan, but they are great neighborhoods (especially with a family, which I have but still prefer downtown). If I were you, West Village, Greenwich Village or flatiron/Union Square are all areas I would look into (and pretty convenient by subway).
UWS or UES. Both have super easy commutes to midtown and are better for young families (or those around that age). I prefer the UWS restaurants and being able to have access to both riverside park and central park but that's a personal preference. I appreciate the ability to get downtown easily on an express train but also like having more space than you get downtown.
Maybe Uws, quiet and still affordable? A more logical choice would probably be Times Sq but the tourist traffic make that borderline unbearable. I used to be able to walk to my office without a problem and found that walking was so much better than taking the train or even rushing into Ubers. Prices aren't astronomical especially if you have roommates or a SO to share rent prices with. You're also close to the westside highway where you can run, bike, walk your dog if you have one or plan on having one.
What do people think about Chelsea and West Village? Rather anything they’re known or stereotyped as?
Expensive
Chelsea is pretty commercial and busy (i.e. a lot more retail and traffic rather than cute restaurants and tree-lined blocks) but there are some nice areas. Don't stray too far west (past 10th) otherwise you've got a long walk to the subway station. Expensive but pretty nice area.
West Village is very expensive, one of the nicer areas in the city. Lots of little restaurants, quiet side streets, etc.
Commute to Midtown is pretty easy from most of Manhattan
Few older areas are Greenwich/West Village, Soho, Tribeca, Flatiron/Nomad, UES if you have kids. Just be prepared, if you want a VP-level "non-analyst" apartment (i.e. W/D, dishwasher, decently nice appliances, not a gross unit or 400 unit rental building) in those nice areas you are looking at $5-6k+ for an apartment, and they all rent with multiple applications after 1 open house in the current market.
Hoboken or LIC depending on West side or East side.
Don't live in Murray Hill. Tons of great in-call escort services in that area and I highly doubt if you will perform once you find out about them.
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