What's it like around 90th between 1st and 2nd Ave?
Hi! Me and my boyfriend are relocating to the city for work. We are both in our early 20s and are coming from the suburban South, so the city will definitely be an exciting and humbling change. We aren't able to in-person tour so we are relying a lot on Facetime calls and virtual tours. We're looking at a place in the UWS on 91st between West End and Broadway or a place in the UES, on 90th between 1st and 2nd.
One of our work locations is more up north, kinda near Yonkers. We were hoping to take the train up north then walk from there, but we are also considering bringing a car and if we do, we probably will pay the cost of garage parking, which is ok. Please feel free to tell me we are in over our heads, as public transport is very very new to us!
I have been doing a lot of research on like every UWS and UES reddit post ever and a lot of people say the sense of community is better on the UWS. That's important to us, as well as safety because I know we will appear as Southern bumpkins who are clearly transplants.
We are very excited for the move, so any advice or insights are welcomed, thanks!