Escape from New York

Suburbs

One NYer's housing hack: Own a house on a lake in Suffolk County, crash in Bushwick during the week

By Mimi OConnor |January 10, 2020 - 1:00PM

Renovation

How to renovate a vacation home on a $20,000 budget when you work full-time in NYC

By Mimi OConnor |December 3, 2018 - 1:00PM

Escape

Snow in April, but there's space for days: One young family's move from Jersey City to Portland, Maine

… 20 years in New York and Jersey City relocated to Portland Maine A New Jersey native Sarah Welt moved to New York in … like we were getting priced out even though we owned an apartment Our taxes were high and they were set to go up … He was able to do preK for free at the school across the street from our house and we really liked it but I was less …

By Mimi OConnor |March 1, 2018 - 12:00PM

Escape

From Brooklyn to Birmingham: One Park Sloper's no-regrets move

By Mimi OConnor |January 23, 2018 - 10:00AM

Second Homes

5 homes for sale in Hawaii, where there's no winter and prices are... lower than Manhattan

By Rebecca Fishbein |December 21, 2017 - 2:00PM

Second Homes

13 reasons why owning a vacation home is nothing like your apartment in the city

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 29, 2017 - 2:59PM

Suburbs

Connecticut beaches that won't leave you missing the Hamptons

By Marjorie Cohen |July 7, 2016 - 9:59AM

Second Homes

Your top 4 questions about getting a mortgage for a country home—answered

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 23, 2016 - 8:59AM

Escape

Here's what happens when a lifelong New Yorker visits Los Angeles for the first time

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 16, 2016 - 9:59AM

Suburbs

Want to move out of the city? This Princeton, New Jersey house has serious architecture cred

… five minutes from the pretty college town of Princeton New Jersey The house underwent restoration work just seven years … of your friends in the suburbs Feeling priced out of the city Heres what to expect in the burbs … Escape … Suburbs … the week … Want to move out of the city This Princeton New Jersey house has serious architecture cred …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 4, 2016 - 8:59AM