I am the eldest Son of Michael Jordan... AMA!

heirjordan13 · 3 months

He didn't grow up in Lake Forest, one city south in Highland Park.

evildeadxsp · 6 months

Wow...thanks for the map. Saving that to my desktop for my search. Also, FYI I looked at the trump and it seems the aren't rentals. The condos started at around 650k or so.

evildeadxsp · 6 months

Sorry to hijack the OP's thread but would you happen to know of good places to live in Stamford. Since it seems like there are good and bad parts of the city I'd like to make sure I'm going to enjoy where I live. Also, if you happen to know specifically of any good buildings feel free to pass them along. I'd prefer high-rise type buildings but Stamford seems to build out rather than up.

evildeadxsp · 6 months

While you brought up another good point about the double taxation, which I think can be offset with in-state taxes, I was specifically referring to the income tax for New York city residents. I believe the tax rate is something like 3.6% added onto your state and federal taxes.

I was also surprised by the costs of housing in Stamford. Not living on the East Coast there is this stigma that NYC rent is far more expensive than living near NYC. From a purely housing perspective it didn't really seem that way, but maybe the stigma should be attached to the NYC area and not just the city proper.

For me, I'd most likely keep my car no matter where I lived. I've always had a car and I think I'd feel trapped without one. Also, my office in Greenwich isn't walking distance from the station so I'd most likely be commuting by car to work if I lived in Manhattan.

evildeadxsp · 6 months

Let me thrown my 2 cents in since I recently started looking at the same thing (except I'm moving from Chicago) since I'm been offered a relocation to our Greenwich office. Forgetting the commute, which doesn't seem to be that big of an issue for you, there is also the NYC income tax you're currently paying.

If you move to CT you'll get back a good chunk of change every month in your pocket. For me, it was a luxury car lease payment.....every month. Combine that with the few hundred you'll probably save on rent and now you can get a hotel room in the city a night or two a month and still be ahead. That pretty much sold me on the idea of concentrating on the Stamford market.

movingeast · 6 months

I started looking at Stamford apartments (On Zillow) since I found out that NYC also has an income tax for residents. It just seems silly to deal with all the hassle AND have less take home pay.

Do you happen to have any suggestions for sites to use for apartment hunting in the areas you suggested?

movingeast · 6 months

Thanks for the input. From the looks of things at our office park it seems like most people drive to work, there are a lot of cars parked there during the day.

I also just found out about the NYC income tax. It seems more and more like living in CT is the best bet.

movingeast · 6 months

What is "significant?" From what I've heard our commutes in Chicago are some of the worst, I can't imagine that the Tri-State area is much better/worse. My Chicago commute was 1hr on a train for what is a 20 minute drive without traffic. During rush hour it would be about 1.25-1.5 hours.

movingeast · 6 months

Is there any difference in expense between Stamford/Greenwich and somewhere in Westchester?

movingeast · 6 months

Thanks for the suggestions. I checked on the shuttle a few weeks ago when I was out there for work and it seems the shuttle only runs until 6:15 or so in the Evening. I can pretty much say without doubt, I'll never be able to make that shuttle. Do you know if there are private lots or anything like that near the stations since they all have multi-year waits? If so, maybe I could rent a spot monthly.

movingeast

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