i have heard of international house, but i don't know anyone who lives/lived there. what school will you be attending?
depending on price, i would say pick an area of the city you think you'd like living in, and then consider the length of the commute. right now i'm living in williamsburg (first stop into brooklyn on the L), which is good socially; all my friends live in the east village/lower east side (an easy jump from here), in williamsburg as well, or further east of me in brooklyn.
one summer i lived up by columbia, but i worked at nyu, which was really inconvenient. i would end up going downtown for work, going back up after work, then having to go back down to hang out with friends (and no one wanted to visit me because there's nothing to do on the upper west side). so i guess think about what you like doing, and try to live near those things. or if you don't care about going out as much, then maybe living as close as possible to campus is a better option.
this fall i'll be attending hunter college (68 st & lexington), which is about a 40-minute trip door to door.
the subway and buses in manhattan will definitely get you anywhere you need to go; if you end up living further away in the outer boroughs, they can be less reliable and of course your commute will be significantly longer. but you'll find much better places for much cheaper.
haha, i get so excited when people talk about moving here, it reminds me how i felt in the beginning. yay life changes!
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depending on price, i would say pick an area of the city you think you'd like living in, and then consider the length of the commute. right now i'm living in williamsburg (first stop into brooklyn on the L), which is good socially; all my friends live in the east village/lower east side (an easy jump from here), in williamsburg as well, or further east of me in brooklyn.
one summer i lived up by columbia, but i worked at nyu, which was really inconvenient. i would end up going downtown for work, going back up after work, then having to go back down to hang out with friends (and no one wanted to visit me because there's nothing to do on the upper west side). so i guess think about what you like doing, and try to live near those things. or if you don't care about going out as much, then maybe living as close as possible to campus is a better option.
this fall i'll be attending hunter college (68 st & lexington), which is about a 40-minute trip door to door.
the subway and buses in manhattan will definitely get you anywhere you need to go; if you end up living further away in the outer boroughs, they can be less reliable and of course your commute will be significantly longer. but you'll find much better places for much cheaper.
haha, i get so excited when people talk about moving here, it reminds me how i felt in the beginning. yay life changes!