| ▲ | rafram 6 days ago |
| The UWS above 96th is quite affordable. Manhattan Valley is pretty, safe, and close to the park. |
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| ▲ | deltarholamda 6 days ago | parent [-] |
| According to Zillow they start at about a million for 2/1 apartments and go up from there. We have completely different definitions for affordable, unless $250K+/yr jobs are just falling out of the sky. |
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| ▲ | sombrero_john 6 days ago | parent [-] | | Renting is perfectly fine. NYC has the strongest tenant protection laws in the country. | | |
| ▲ | kortilla 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Renting has to support the mortgage on that. The only difference between being able to afford a house and affording rent is having the capital for a down payment | | |
| ▲ | rafram 5 days ago | parent [-] | | That’s not really true. Renting is significantly more affordable than buying in NYC right now. I don’t know the exact reasons, but presumably most landlords bought a long time ago and refinanced when rates were low. |
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