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Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by akgerber on Friday October 27, 2017 @02:49PM (#15571119)
Manhattan is more affordable. There are plenty of 1-bedrooms available right now under $2000: https://streeteasy.com/for-rent/nyc/area:102,139,135%7Cbeds:...

Brooklyn is still twice as dense as SF, and much more affordable.

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Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by ryuker16 on Friday October 27, 2017 @06:11PM (#15572613)
When I looked into moving to New York, I saw similar rents and figured something was up.

Are these sub $2k places across from a public housing complex, rat infested, or just scam listings that magically have a new price once you call>?

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Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by akgerber on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @11:44PM (#15598669)
Public housing is not available to you. Some are probably rent-stabilized. Many are high-floor walkups in tenements. Many buildings in Manhattan have rats. Craigslist has scams but Streeteasy usually doesn't as ads there are paid, though it usually doesn't have the cheapest apartments either.
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Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by winter_blue on Friday October 27, 2017 @04:59PM (#15572183)
Just curious -- why did you exclude midtown from your StreetEasy search?

(I happen to live in a $2.5k studio just a couple minutes away from Byrant Park. I picked it because it made my commute to work a 9 minute walk.)

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Re:Saving San Francisco goes deeper than “build more housing” by akgerber on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @11:42PM (#15598663)
Tried to list all of short-commute Manhattan and just missed it.
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