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Originally Posted by Brooklyntookit
HandleX.....if you can go up to 2200 I would honestly do that.Its going to open up alot more options.Also,keep in mind that Real Estate brokers like to blur the lines of the most saught after nabes(as henna eluded to)the only way to know for sure is to know the areas your looking at very well.Brokers call parts of Bed Stuy "clinton hill" and parts of Crown Heights "prospect Heights.Now a nice place is a nice place.Most any nabe in Brooklyn will have great places to live but if you end up seeing apts for rent on 5th ave and 20th st reffered to Park Slope....well....its not.So if you can,search the borders of each nabe your interested in on google.NOT REAL ESTATE BORDERS.But real borders.It may take a little grunt work and checking a few forums but youll find them.Then when you look at an apt on craigs list,find out the cross streets or adress.google map it street view it etc.Overall though,physically seeing these places would be best.Do the right prep work and move to NY.You wont regret it.Even if you end up in the wrong nabe(wrong for you that is).Its only a year lease most the time so it will give you time to line something up.Thats how i did it.Let me know if you have any other questions.
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hey thanks for the input. i like your idea on the "borders" so that i can understand what/where i am getting into. any idea on where the borders actually lie or where would i find the answers to this question?
again, not the real estate borders as you mention, but more of the "actual" borders.
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