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

… work a few nights a week Cohen crashes in a spare room he rents in a Bushwick apartment that belongs to friends Heres … We had a lot of criteria for the place we wanted and we werent in a particular rush so we took our time to find … same as living in the same place And obviously paying both rent and a mortgage is a bit of a challenge One thing that …

By Mimi OConnor |January 10, 2020 - 1:00PM
Snow in April, but there's space for days: One young family's move from Jersey City to Portland, Maine

… and moved to Alabama and eastern Long Island and now were checking in with a lifelong New Yorker and New Jerseyan who … to New York in 1998 after a postcollege stretch at her parents Since then she has called Boerum Hill Windsor Terrace … really quickly we started to feel like we were getting priced out even though we owned an apartment Our taxes were …

By Mimi OConnor |March 1, 2018 - 12:00PM
From Brooklyn to Birmingham: One Park Sloper's no-regrets move

… town wont have a 24hour subway system and 24hour food delivery and its people will have no idea how to walk but … son growing up in Birmingham Will he hate us for leaving Brooklyn Probably … What did you expect in terms of culture … or anything like that Southerners are known for having strong opinions but in general they arent eager to talk or …

By Mimi OConnor |January 23, 2018 - 10:00AM
Here's what happens when a lifelong New Yorker visits Los Angeles for the first time

… trip to Los Angeles for a long weekend We lived it up renting a BMW convertible staying at Chateau Marmont and the … in a place where a lot of people want to live of course Apparently the noticeably walkable downtown LA is now getting … and a washer and dryer … Of course its not utopia … Apparently school admissions in LA are crazy A friend told me …

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