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Originally posted by Ares
Ik. I took a Taxi to the airport and spent most of the money I had left over from my vacation there
Are there any good places to live in Brooklyn/Bronx/Queens? I just don't wanna live in a bad neighborhood.
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Lots.
Queens I would recommend: Astoria (on the NQR line is mostly Greek/Japanese/Italian neighborhoods, so very safe. On the M/R line...gets dicey south of the subway), Sunnyside, Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens (a little far ish, but has an express train and closer to both airports), Elmhurst (off of the Broadway M/R stop), and Flushing if you don't mind crowding and Chinese people.
Brooklyn: Long Island City (expensive), Park Slope, Bay Ridge (a little far), Williamsburg (expensive...might as well live in Manhattan, but very hipster, trendy, and lots of parks), Carroll Gardens (the best parts are expensive), and Prospect Heights.
I'm sure there are also great pockets I have missed, but from what I know, Queens tends to be more affordable and generally safer than Brooklyn. Queens is mostly working class immigrants and young students/first-year on the job folks (Astoria) with a few shady neighborhoods while Brooklyn is hipster youth, somewhat wealthier, but not manhattan wealthy white collar, mixed with grungier people. Sorta like Baltimore.
I wouldn't bother with the Bronx. The good parts are so far north, you may as well live in Connecticut and take a train.