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Liked the story! Curious though, why are you living on the UES, when you can live in Brooklyn for half the price?

UES is cheaper than Brooklyn now.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044357090457754...

Whoa damn! I knew Williamsburg was 'up-and-coming' when I lived there but that appears to have changed a lot in the last 5 years. Gentrification at it's finest.

We were living on the upper...upper east side. We might have been able to find a cheaper apartment in the bronx, but FWIW I was paying less in the last apartment than I was when I was living in Charlotte, NC.

It was a good trade off between being close enough to the "scene" and far enough away where it was cheap enough.

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