Hi everyone I’m a 22 yr old model and I signed a 31 month lease for an apartment I’ve never visited on St. Mark’s place.

I’ve been doing some googling and it turns out people online are saying there’s some drug users who may be a threat to me. Now I’ve taken two Krav Maga classes but I’m 96 pounds and I’m scared I won’t be able to defend myself.

Is this a good idea? Am I going to be safe walking around alone at night? I usually dress fairly provocatively per the request of the promoters at Little Sister. They told me I’m going to need to look good to be allowed at the table so I don’t really have a choice.

Help I’m lost and scared!

You look great, that’s all

That’s it. Now don’t fuggetaboutit and let’s have a civil conversation

…. I’m from NEW YORK! Wabba dabba deeba dobba! Where’s dah bagel!?

My wife and I are contemplating making the move from our 6.8 acre 12 bedroom Greenwich estate to the dusty musty beautiful urban poetry streets of New York City (Bing bong! Eh?)

Problem is, we’ve heard of how expensive it can be on a $975k salary. We understand that The Big Apple is expensive, so we’ve decided to hire a financial advisor. His schedule is always hectic so he has meetings with my wife while I’m at work. Suffice to say, she thinks we should make the move to your city.

Where can I find 4 acres of land in Manhattan? Preferably with a sizeable house and miles of hedges to keep our property obscure? We’ve tried looking on Zillow but nothing came up. I’m sure these homes are rare.

If we can’t find housing on our tight budget soon, We’re contemplating breaking into some poor immigrant families home and forcing them out

Thoughts?

Was walking with my wife’s boyfriend when I heard “GET YOUR FINGER OUT OF MY ASS” and a crowd of Japanese businessmen gathered. Kept my distance but curious what happened.

I (white, she/her) was raised in Brooklyn and several white Bushwick transplants told me I have a blaccent. My friends that are also native new Yorkers said it's not true and I just sound like someone from Brooklyn

Am I being culturally insensitive? Should I never talk again? Should I adopt a valley girl accent instead? Help

Hi all. I live in south Williamsburg. I want to grow out my beard but I don’t want to be insensitive to the Hasidic Jews.

Do you think it would be ok if I grew a beard? Or is that cultural appropriation?

I am a 7 week old (F) rat who is very upset about the birth control news. I live in this city because of the ample opportunities it affords for rats. The food options are endless. There’s fast garbage, casual garbage, michelin star garbage, garbuffets, and garbistros. The walkability is great for easily finding more dining options. It also has great entertainment (in the form of making tourists and apartment dwellers scream). I stay in this city because I want to start a family here and raise 100 beautiful rat babies. However, now I’m getting word that the city is FORCING birth control on us. I’m emotionally in shambles. My family, my dreams of having Native New Yorker™ rat children, dreams I’ve had for ALL 49 DAYS OF MY LIFE. They’re all being threatened. They’re taking away my rat rights. I don’t know what to do!! Should I organize a rat uprising? Should I resign myself to the death of the family I wanted so badly? Should I move? If so, where can I go? I’m absolutely heartbroken and terrified 😞

Nice.

https://abc7ny.com/post/city-hall-changes-expected-amid-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-federal-investigation/15391879/

Been looking at apartments in New York City all week and it’s got me feeling SO EXCITED to finally move to the city I’ve dreamed of living in for my whole life. Any suggestions on where I should be looking to live?

Hello,

So for context my parents sold my condo in Flatiron where I've been staying, when I asked them for a new place they declined, so now I'm stuck figuring it out on my own.

Not only that but they financially cut me off completely, I use to get a weekly allowance but now I'm completely broke with loans to pay. I graduated from Pratt with a degree in art history and currently getting my second degree in photography at NYU. Unemployed by choice since every job offer I get is way below my standards and my allowance was more that the offers at the time

But anyways, I'm going to end up without a home soon and was wondering if there were shelters available for normal folks? I'm not one of those homeless guys on the street, i have ambition and drive and dedication but have not been treated fairly by the system as of late. Every place ive looked at has a lot of homeless people, like the subway sleeping kind of homeless. But looking for more of a hostel vibe with cool people who are open minded.

Also can I take legal action against my parents since I was technically a tenant and they have to evict me? Thanks in advance!

SMDH, I thought we were better than this as a society.

TW: poor people

Like all true locals, I wait until the glowing, walking white guy signal comes up, look both ways — especially on a one way street — and then sprint at full speed across to the other side of the street to continue my walk.

Today, I saw something that shocked me to the core. While I was catching my breath and making sure my white sneakers (NOT new balances) were tied properly after dashing from 36th to 37th, I saw two obvious tourists (who were also clearly really poor because their leftovers they were carrying were from another restaurant, and not Dallas BBQ) look right and then STEP OUT AND WALK ACROSS THE STREET WHILE THE GLOWING RED MAN’s HAND WAS STILL ACTIVE.

I was too shocked to call the police at the time, but wanted everyone to be aware that poor, non-NYC’ers are not using proper pedestrian safety protocols and are ushering in The End Times.

My friend jokingly followed them on IG. He sent me the post and I'm like wtf? They're a Trump supporter bar to

Bit of a double standard imo

I just thought we should discuss this person or maybe the concept of homelessness in general. I just feel bad for her. Does anyone know her name? Someone should ask. The city should do something too. Is there a homeless shelter for her? I remember something about me defeating that at the town hall I went to. I don't want "bad" homeless people in the neighborhood.

Alas. Homelessness.

I also have some political priorities unrelated to housing I can bring up.

I would give her food but she's fat and I don't carry cash (I tell everyone) so I'm out of ideas.

I'm a young Caucasian male from Kansas City (the White City). I'm currently the VP of a huge tech firm...a position that I worked my ass off to get (my dad's frat brothers from NYU also had a small hand). I was born and raised in a lower-middle-class family (combined my parents make just under 900k a year) so we work hard just to put a roof over our heads, a food on the table and sometimes splurge at Starbucks and Peter Luger Steak House.

As much as I love my hometown, I've grown bored of seeing only Albinos, Rednecks, Swifties and Trumpeteers and bars over here close at 4pm. I've decided that I want to move to New York, the greatest city in the world and I've always wanted the full experience of living amongst rodents, EDPs and homeless urine.

I just want to buy a home that's affordable for me, my Bohemian Hipster-vegan wife and 2 kids in a neighborhood that has a great school system.

However, as I was reading the threads on this subreddit, I realized my $680k income and my wife's $566k incomes combined may not be enough to afford a home in a decent neighborhood like Crown Heights, Corona or Flatbush so I've been looking at homes in Brownsville, Edgemere, Redfern and Morrisania since it's much closer to my income bracket. I already went to several open houses and offered them $400-500k over asking in hopes to get approved. Is this enough or should I ask my parents to match that and offer 1M over asking?

Also I want my wife to be able to safely walk the streets alone at night. Does anybody know where I can buy night-vision goggles at a nearby store? because it's hard to see Black people at night and I don't want me or my wife to get mugged.

Advice is greatly appreciated!

My mom saved nickels for 15 years to get wood floors just in one room. Then I show up to rent in NYC and all the apartments have wood floors everywhere. Is this normal? Are there less "high end" rentals with more carpeting? I think I'm being scammed by my broker so if anyone knows a good broker can you refer me? I'm really on a budget obviously (I got a tech job but don't even have my first paycheck yet) so any neighborhood is good as long as it's convenient. Sorry for the rambling my enter key is broken. I'd also sublet/sublease, I'm really chill.

Just to share a fun fact about me I'm oddly trusting with furniture by the side of the room except maybe mattresses, it depends.