Why do people think I live in Washington Heights? I don't live anywhere near Washington Heights. I WORK there now (for a temporary client) and it's an hour commute from where I live. It is painfully far and completely devoid of yupster services.
Anyway, thought I'd take a different approach this time and praise the one commenter who has it right, @guest (#38): FiDi itself does not have everything you need, but it is close to everything you need. I accept that, and was fine with it for 2 1/2 years before other considerations started making life miserable (as a renter, I have no need to endure the next five years of construction phase). If there was not so much construction and if rents were off-peak, I'd consider it again.
As for the dipshit that said "the restaurants WILL come": the retail space down there is in short supply, is only available at a premium, and doesn't add up to much to begin with. I honestly think there's very little room for the influx of restaurants and services that the neighborhood is desperately waiting for. Not unless you want to pay $50 a plate all the time. Even the take-out down there is double-expensive. But the apartments are also terribly expensive, so this is not a problem for most residents who can afford to move in.
The only iffy thing here is how people with that level of income also happen to be anonymous Internet commenters. As if they had the time. But I totally believe that FiDi residents come on here all the time to talk up their neighborhood; no one could possibly be lying about not being a fat slob in their mom's basement in Hauppauge.
@guest (#57): Don't forget Will Femia. He's a big fucking loser too, getting priced out of his apt-to-condo conversion. All us photographers...
(wait for it)
... lack vision.
(p.s. I don't know Will very well so I'm going to add in, courteously, that the above is a silly sarcastic joke)
Why do people think I live in Washington Heights? I don't live anywhere near Washington Heights. I WORK there now (for a temporary client) and it's an hour commute from where I live. It is painfully far and completely devoid of yupster services.
Anyway, thought I'd take a different approach this time and praise the one commenter who has it right, @guest (#38): FiDi itself does not have everything you need, but it is close to everything you need. I accept that, and was fine with it for 2 1/2 years before other considerations started making life miserable (as a renter, I have no need to endure the next five years of construction phase). If there was not so much construction and if rents were off-peak, I'd consider it again.
As for the dipshit that said "the restaurants WILL come": the retail space down there is in short supply, is only available at a premium, and doesn't add up to much to begin with. I honestly think there's very little room for the influx of restaurants and services that the neighborhood is desperately waiting for. Not unless you want to pay $50 a plate all the time. Even the take-out down there is double-expensive. But the apartments are also terribly expensive, so this is not a problem for most residents who can afford to move in.
The only iffy thing here is how people with that level of income also happen to be anonymous Internet commenters. As if they had the time. But I totally believe that FiDi residents come on here all the time to talk up their neighborhood; no one could possibly be lying about not being a fat slob in their mom's basement in Hauppauge.
HAI. I WOULD LIKE 3 OF DEATHWATCH. U TAKE PAYPAL?
FiDi is the best, bitter renters, etc.
How can you go downtown and not visit Syms? Or Pizzeria Uno?
Three Monkeys had a liquor license?