Moving!
We've been looking for a place to live in the New York area for almost three months now. The search is finally over.
After a 14 and 1/2 hour flight from Hong Kong, Karen and I arrived in Newark, NJ to find that our connecting flight to Boston had been canceled. The airline found a flight for us the next day and put us up in a hotel for the night. This gave us an extra day in the New York area.
I was able to sleep a bit at the hotel, but woke up at 2am due to jet lag and started surfing craigslist. One listing stood out: a 1 bedroom with a small "den" on the corner of 1st and Hudson in Hoboken. I called the agent at 8am, got a call-back at 10am, and we arrived at the unit at 11:45am. The apartment seemed a great fit for us, so we went ahead and signed the lease. We hopped back onto the PATH and got back to Newark with ample time to catch our 3:20pm connecting flight to Boston.
I find that housing in New York arouses strong emotions from many people. Many have discouraged us from choosing New Jersey, for various reasons. We're choosing this place mainly because of its location: about 680 ft from the Hoboken PATH station. The commute to NYU consists of 1) the 700-ft walk to the PATH, 2) a wait for a train, 3) a 10-minute train ride and 4) a 1/2-mile walk from the corner of 9th St. and 6th Ave. to the philosophy department. I think that, door-to-door, the commute will typically be 20-25 minutes. I hope this proves correct.
The rents are also lower in Hoboken, which allows us to afford to keep a car, so I can drive to Rutgers and Princeton for classes. Hopefully, this means I'll be able to take full advantage of amazing philosophy resources in the New York Consortium.
Anyways, my stress level has decreased significantly now that the housing seems to be taken care of. We will move to Hoboken on August 1. Karen and I will be in Texas for the month of July. We look forward to seeing old friends again there.
So sometimes, canceled flights can be a good thing! A very good thing, indeed!
After a 14 and 1/2 hour flight from Hong Kong, Karen and I arrived in Newark, NJ to find that our connecting flight to Boston had been canceled. The airline found a flight for us the next day and put us up in a hotel for the night. This gave us an extra day in the New York area.
I was able to sleep a bit at the hotel, but woke up at 2am due to jet lag and started surfing craigslist. One listing stood out: a 1 bedroom with a small "den" on the corner of 1st and Hudson in Hoboken. I called the agent at 8am, got a call-back at 10am, and we arrived at the unit at 11:45am. The apartment seemed a great fit for us, so we went ahead and signed the lease. We hopped back onto the PATH and got back to Newark with ample time to catch our 3:20pm connecting flight to Boston.
I find that housing in New York arouses strong emotions from many people. Many have discouraged us from choosing New Jersey, for various reasons. We're choosing this place mainly because of its location: about 680 ft from the Hoboken PATH station. The commute to NYU consists of 1) the 700-ft walk to the PATH, 2) a wait for a train, 3) a 10-minute train ride and 4) a 1/2-mile walk from the corner of 9th St. and 6th Ave. to the philosophy department. I think that, door-to-door, the commute will typically be 20-25 minutes. I hope this proves correct.
The rents are also lower in Hoboken, which allows us to afford to keep a car, so I can drive to Rutgers and Princeton for classes. Hopefully, this means I'll be able to take full advantage of amazing philosophy resources in the New York Consortium.
Anyways, my stress level has decreased significantly now that the housing seems to be taken care of. We will move to Hoboken on August 1. Karen and I will be in Texas for the month of July. We look forward to seeing old friends again there.
So sometimes, canceled flights can be a good thing! A very good thing, indeed!
posted by Ang at 11:18 PM
1 Comments:
Glad to hear that the stress levels are down.
Looking forward to seeing you guys! Hopefully there will be some time for dim sum and/or sushi.
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