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Contributor: Farm to City

Farm to City

Farm to City

A rental rookie's adventures in NYC real estate

Latest "Farm to City" Articles

  • Farm to City: My friends and family are not impressed
    by Emmalie Vance | 7/16/12 - 10:28 AM

    Since my last installment of Farm to City, I have temporarily parted ways with my beloved NYC sublet and moved back to Ohio where my fiancé is. This was not...

  • Farm to City: I am the Stair Master
    by Emmalie Vance | 7/02/12 - 11:54 AM

    When searching for an apartment, many New Yorkers (and soon-to-be New Yorkers) are wary of walk-ups. I honestly don't understand this because for the last five months, I have been living on the fourth floor of a walk-up...

  • Farm to City: An open letter to recent graduates/New York newbies
    by Emmalie Vance | 6/18/12 - 10:17 AM

    Dear Recent Grads,

    I'm proud that you have decided to take the plunge and move to NYC so soon after graduation. Rest assured, the summer is young, the ...

  • Buy, rent, sublet, live-in nanny, or leave?
    by Emmalie Vance | 6/04/12 - 10:18 AM

    I originally moved to NYC for a magazine internship, but now that it’s over and my sublet will be over in a matter of months, I need to start thinking about my next move.

    I essentially have five options: buy a cheap...

  • Farm to City: NYC has tainted my ideas of affordable and desirable real estate
    by Emmalie Vance | 5/21/12 - 3:17 PM

    I’ve always been big into real estate. I enjoy researching what details a certain amount of money will buy and determining which features are most important to me so I can get a sense of how much I’ll need to be happy (give or...

  • Farm to City: The secret life of my drycleaner, and more
    by Emmalie Vance | 5/07/12 - 2:27 PM

    It's been three months since I came to NYC and moved into my $975/month studio sublet on the Upper East Side. As I've related in my first two columns, ...

  • Farm to City: I share a studio apartment with a total stranger
    by Emmalie Vance | 4/23/12 - 10:25 AM

    I grew up near Buffalo, in a 3,000-square-foot 1860s farmhouse with access to 450 acres of land. Needless to say, my experience sharing a NYC studio apartment for the past three months with a stranger has been an...

  • Farm to City: Tough lessons in NYC real estate
    by Emmalie Vance | 4/09/12 - 2:24 PM

    I am just about the furthest thing from a Native New Yorker.

    My father is a hay farmer near Buffalo. I grew up driving four-wheelers and taking horse riding lessons. I love wide open spaces, fresh air, and the sound of...