Best NYC neighborhoods for associates?

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bologe

Senior Orangutan

4mo

Depends what you like to do. Flatiron is a good neighborhood but moreso for mid age to older folk. East and West Village are probably the most fun and have a better set of age demographics. UES is nice too if you enjoy a more quiet environment, but has a lot of old / retired folk. Murray hill has a lot of finance types but the area isn't fun and it's somewhat noisy on certain streets

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Whatever1984

4mo

Brownsville or Bed-Sty, maybe Fordham. You'll be making peanuts and working so late that they'll give you a car home most nights. Your money will go a lot further there. Just don't venture outside after dark, or on days that end in y, and you'll be perfectly safe.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.

xiaochengopalbatista

Senior Gorilla

4mo

West village or soho or noho

apples_caramelo

Gorilla

4mo

Williamsburg

johnny-mnemonic

4mo

I work in Nomad. I don’t think it would be a great area to live. Pretty much a commercial / office district. You’re better off ten blocks up or down from 30th. Madison Square park is nice, though.

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Whatever1984

4mo

johnny-mnemonic
I work in Nomad. I don’t think it would be a great area to live. Pretty much a commercial / office district. You’re better off ten blocks up or down from 30th. Madison Square park is nice, though.

I concur.

I tried to go on a date downtown once, since we both work down there. It was miserable, because everything basically closed at eight. We had to grab a cab uptown after dinner because there was nothing to do. Keep away from business only type areas for living unless you like quiet.

johnny-mnemonic

4mo

Exactly. I live on the upper east side and there are so many wine bars and nice restaurants open fairly late. Would be great date spots and I have taken my parents to dinner in the area. I usually stop for food on the way home in ktown though since it’s quick and pretty cheap.

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cardealer

Monkey

4mo

I lived around Midtown East for a year, near 1st avenue.

Very dingy area, not fun and everyone on the streets looked depressed. Now in LIC. It’s similar here but a younger crowd

apples_caramelo

Gorilla

4mo

I concur. Have been in that neighborhood and confirm it’s just old and nasty looking for the most part minus a few nicer blocks

TryTheDip

Senior Gorilla

4mo

Pretty much anywhere between Broome Street and 23rd in Manhattan, Williamsburg or maybe Greenpoint in Brooklyn, and LIC in Queens are the most common ones. Less often, I hear UES, Kips Bay, FiDi, Dumbo, Bushwick, Fort Greene, or Astoria.

Personally, any of the Villages (East / West / Greenwich), LES, or Nolita are my favorites

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imsurance

Mentor

Senior Neanderthal

4mo

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