Come moving day, would you rather have the movers pack, or unpack, your stuff?
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The moving process is stressful from beginning to end. But we asked five New Yorkers to pinpoint their preferred luxury: Having movers help you pack or unpack? Here's what they had to say:
Soak up the memories When you pack up a place yourself you get to say goodbye to it. Open up a bottle of wine with a friend, roommate or significant other, get drunk and fall asleep on the boxes. Then make sure you have your new apartment unpacked for you.—Matt, Downtown Brooklyn (pictured below)
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Packing up is way easier I’d rather have a mover help me unpack—and if they could add in a professional organizer who could say no!—Lauren, Upper West Side
I’ve never met a box I didn’t like I’d much rather have the help unpacking since it always takes me at least a week to unpack after a vacation, let alone moving my whole life. Torture.—Tori, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Let the experts pack up I’m always going to be the first one to ask for packing help. Unpacking is a different story, however, as I live with an interior designer who is pretty adamant about unpacking boxes and organizing the entire apartment herself.—Nick, East Village
What goes where? I just moved in March and the movers were rock stars who packed everything up for me. Still, I prefer to do the unpacking myself because it’s super fun to make the apartment look the way I want it!—Sherry, Midtown
Verdict: Neither is "fun," per se, but New Yorkers prefer having some help unpacking.
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