As I am about to start my full-time IB associate job in NYC, I am contemplating whether living in West Village or a luxury condo in Hell's Kitchen (such as Sky or Silver) would have a stronger signaling effect in the dating scene as a single male
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West village is more fun by far, but your place would be nicer in hell’s kitchen. I’d personally take WV 9 times out of 10
Got it! those shining amenities in HC almost persuade me, but I will probably stick with WV
West Village
Cool, sounds like WV is the way to go!
Sky or silver aren't really in hells kitchen; it's far away from the heart of hells. I am not a big fan of the long walk you'll have to make to the nearest train station. Amenities look amazing though.
West village will be much much better but I'm sure your apartment quality won't be great. Rent will cost you much more probably. I think it'll be much easier to bring girls over because you can plan dates around that area, and with all of the bars/clubs in the area you can impromptu bring someone over. The apartments you're looking at in hells kitchen are really out of the way from everything. I think west will be much better as a single male, however, my recommendation really depends on what you'll get in west village. Some apartments in that area are so shitty that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
Well said! I think being easier to plan dates around is probably the biggest factor to consider for me, and west village seems like an obvious winner.
That walk is real. I just spent a few weeks in Hell’s Kitchen while finding an apartment elsewhere and it was a great neighborhood aside from the transit situation. My commute was just under 30 min to midtown but most of it was hustling 15 min to the closest subway. You need to walk through Times Square to get anywhere which sucked. Everything else about Hell’s Kitchen was awesome though. Amazing density of great restaurants all along 9th Ave. I’d actually be down to live there again in the right building.
West Village hands down.
If it's a question of dating / signaling, West Village a thousand times over. Hells Kitchen isn't even in the same conversation.
Once they're at your apartment, as long as it isn't a shitshow or make them feel actually unsafe it doesn't matter... and WV is sexy. You're also far more likely to be on a date downtown and it will be massively easier to have them walk 10 minutes to WV vs 30 minutes to HK
Lots of other reasons HK with amenities could be sick, but for the dating scene WV all the way
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Lots of cute date spots and bars in the WV - social scene is outstanding. I assume you're paying $5k+ if you're talking about a luxury condo in HK so this will get you something passable but not luxury in the WV. If your budget is in the $3k range you will likely be priced out of the WV - I would consider Greenwich Village south of the park in this situation, central / "sexy" location but much cheaper
The people in this thread are right that west village is better. But statements like "once she's at your place.." are misguided. It depends on who/what you're targeting but I won't go into it.
Anyway soho > noho / other more central locations (nolita Greenwich village) > west village > east village / les / the north half of Tribeca
I didn't even note any other neighborhood because might as well live in uws and save money at that point (or Brooklyn)
Thoughts on Nomad / Chelsea / Gramercy?
All fine Chelsea better if we're talking south Chelsea and not 25th. Ultimately depends on your goals. If you're dating / committed I'd recommend just saving the money and living elsewhere. Why stay in west vill and pay up to bring sand to the beach?
West village blows all of those neighborhoods out of the water. You ever been to new york city?
Is this in reference to me? West village is probably 3rd on the list with bond street followed by soho topping the list to anybody actually in the know
Please don’t tell me you are picking an apt based on the “signaling” toward people you are trying to date.
Those areas are unbelievably different. I’ll say two things: 1) pick an apt on the things that’ll make you happy (do you spend a lot of time in the apt and want it to be new/high end? Do you want amenities? Do you want to be close to nightlife/restaurants? How important is transportation? Etc) and 2) not going to give you much advice on dating but if you need to try to impress someone with your place and are looking for people who will be impressed by that, you are F’d in NYC. Your apt at that level won’t be impressing the people who are looking to be impressed by that. So find the area where you’ll meet people, have dates, etc.
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