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Heh, the Times has given everyone a new way to slam people, with the title of their article about the affordability of the Upper East Side for young people: "Sorry, Your Wallet Says Upper East Side." Though the people interviewed scoffed at the notion of living on the UES, calling it "a very barren nothing land, a wasteland of rich people," they quickly convertiing after finding decent living options and realizing the UES's quality of living (lower crime rate, many groceries, restaurants and bars) would work for them. NYC know-it-all and Columbia professor Kenneth T. Jackson, says that the UES has been competing with the East Village and Hell's Kitchen for the college graduate renter market. "The decline of crime has made us appreciate the funkiness. There's not much of a funky feeling to the Upper East Side. It seems homogenous. Years ago, we would have said, `Yuck [about the Meatpacking District].' We don't say `Yuck' as quickly anymore. People are looking for a bit of an edge." You want edge? Gothamist figures that only once every five years a new mattress ever makes it into UES building, Normandie Court, aka the Dormandie, because mattresses, as well as anything else you can imagine (foamy sofas, kitchen equipment, boyfriends) is sold and resold a hundred times over there.
Samology has a very informal survey on 1+ bedroom rents in SoHo, the East Village, and Park Slope, based on data from Craigslist, which makes us wonder, what would you pick? A cheaper one bedroom on the Upper East Side relatively near creature comforts with an elevator or rundown but hip East Village/Lower East Side/Williamsburg walk-up?
Plus, there's no talking about the Upper East Side without listening to The Jeffersons' theme song.
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Quality of life has a lot to do with it-- it depends on what kind of atmosphere you're looking for. I lived on the UES for several years-- I found the rents pretty darn high for the square footage that came with it. I also hated the neighborhood-- there's really nothing there, save museums (the only thing that I miss). I've lived in Brooklyn for the past few years and gotten a much bigger bang for my buck, plus a real neighborhood and trees.
i find the upper east side unbearably depressing- if i had to live in one of those skyscrapers, i'd probably throw myself out a window within 10 days- if the windows even open that wide. jesus- who the hell would want to live in a 45 story building on 1st avenue and 89th street? i mean, for $1000, you could live in a 1 bedroom apartment in sunset park or prospect heights- or the edge of fort greene.
Yeah, Jake, but that would entail living in an outer borough.
Awww... stop hatin' on my hood. It rocks! I've been here six years and I have no complaints. I get a shitload of squarefootage for no money. I have 2 great parks right here. It's all the {safe and clean} comforts of home with perfect accessibility to anywhere else I want/need to go.
And besides... I get way more sleep than ya'll do downtown in the "hip" area where the screaming smokers loiter all freakin' night long.
Oh. And I get to see Donna Hanover, Gabriel Byrne and Peter Boyle. Hmm... forget that, it's quiet and clean up here. yeah, yeah that's the ticket.
The UES is for successful and rich people, or at least the ones who are aspiring to and have the potential to be successful and rich. People who care about their bucks per sq. foot should move to Brooklyn and hang out with the hippies. We'd rather pay the premium for the UES real estate for the safety, convenience, and the schools that will send our kids to the Ivy League.