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20 Tips for Surviving New York City on a Budget
September 5, 2011 – 4:22 pm | One Comment
View from the Highline

Maybe you saw last week’s semi-sappy post about leaving NYC. Well, this week I thought it might be more helpful to share some of my NYC honest-to-goodness learnings.
1) Use a broker when searching for apartments. …

Goodbye, New York
August 31, 2011 – 8:11 pm | No Comment
Brooklyn Stoop Sale Summer 2010

I was about to email a friend whose name begins with “L-e” and my grandpa’s now-expired email address popped up within Gmail – an address I haven’t had the ability to use in over four …

Introducing Hudson Heights, an Affordable NYC Neighborhood
February 3, 2011 – 4:09 pm | One Comment
View of Hudson Heights across Hudson River

Today’s guest blogger Christopher is introducing his favorite neighborhood.
Hudson Heights by Christopher Rizzo
Hudson Heights is not an official New York City neighborhood, but in a few years it probably will be. This enclave …

Introducing Elyse, Our New Guest Blogger
July 27, 2010 – 3:05 pm | No Comment
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Elyse is an NYU student who just recently managed to free herself from the college dormitory system. With her two roommates she is now rubbing elbows with the hipsters in the Lower East Side.

First Apartment Living: The Infant Stages
I’ve been …

NY Mag’s Top NYC Neighborhoods and Time Out’s Rental Deals
April 23, 2010 – 5:01 pm | One Comment
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 TimeOut NY & NY Mag Apartment Issues Have Arrived! Which means…it’s officially Apartment Season in NYC!
Think of it like the hunting season, except that instead of coming home with a poor,  dead  animal, you just get to …

Our Favorite New York City Neighborhood Blogs
April 19, 2010 – 10:29 pm | 7 Comments
Liberty

Last week we shared some good evergreen NYC neighborhood guides. After a quick read of one, or all, you should have a pretty good idea of the main New York hoods in addition to some …

New York City Neighborhood Guide
January 14, 2010 – 8:54 pm | No Comment
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One of our readers wrote in last week letting us know that one of our links was broken (thanks!). Alas, the link was to a great source of info about NYC neighborhoods and so now …

Since when is it hard to find a subletter in NYC? Since Now!
March 28, 2009 – 4:03 pm | No Comment

Greetings from the new world.
What kind of world, you say? Well, apparently, it isn’t the world of obscene rental costs and banging your head against the wall because you aren’t getting chosen for a …

When will you feel like a New Yorker? NYTimes says – when you become a jerk.
August 28, 2008 – 10:42 pm | One Comment

I’m kind of kidding. But. . .not entirely. The Times ran an interesting article this week on how long it takes people to feel like New York is their home. This of course makes one …

By Golly, It’s a NEW Apartment Searchin’ Blog!
February 5, 2008 – 12:50 am | 3 Comments

Hellooo fellow apartment hunters!
Allow me to re-introduce myself. My name’s Alissa and when I first started blogging for this shnazzy site, I was young(ok, 23), naive to apt-living, and generally flying-by-the seat of my pants. …