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Where can I rent a cargo VAN for a ONE WAY move?

orangemiles — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:39:40 -0800

Where can I rent a cargo van (not truck) for a one-way move? We're moving from southwest Florida to New York City. We'd like to rent a cargo van (not a truck) as we have two bunnies in separate cages, and it will be late June (they require a/c = can't go in the back of a truck).

Currently we have a Nissan Altima which we are planning to sell. One option is to keep the Altima and drive it up to NY, and ship the other stuff (eek, $$$). How hard would it be to sell the Altima once we get to NY? I've heard parking is atrocious, so I don't really favor this option as we'd have to park it until it sells.

We've thought about buying a van, driving it up, then selling. Again, eek to the selling and parking.

Can we do a Carmax transfer for them? Buy a van here, then return it up there? That feels shady, but if they needed a transfer done... maybe?

We're headed up there so I can go to grad school. Which means we're going to be broke soon, so money is a factor. Thanks in advance for your creativity!

NYC with kids?

libraryhead — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:05:58 -0800

Help me imagine what our life would be like in New York. We are a married couple with two kids, 3 and 6 months. Currently we live in the suburbs of Boston. I've been on the mommy track, working part-time and freelancing, for the past few years, but I'm itching to get my career back on the rails. There is a job that would be a great step for me in New York. Mr. Libraryhead is open to the idea, though not fully sold. (He would probably ask to work remote from his current job, or try his hand as a free agent; I doubt he would have a problem getting a comparable job if he needed to.)

I lived in New York during much of my 20s, but my life is so different now. Is it really possible to live in the city with kids?

I like
* being able to walk most places
* great food shopping
* great restaurants
* the parks
* the museums
* not having to drive

I worry about
* crowdedness
* noise and smells
* the utter hassle of taking the subway with children in tow
* the whole urbanbaby/bugaboo/status competition thing
* small apartments
* lack of access to outdoor living space (i.e. patio/garden)
* lack of access to wilderness (hiking)

unknowns:
* daycare
* schools

Are there neighborhoods with <45 minute access to midtown that would ameliorate some of the worries? (Park Slope? Upper West Side?) Our budget would be around $2500-$3000 for a 2-3 bedroom. And what are the public schools like, really? I don't see us affording private any time soon.

More, I'm just trying to imagine what it's like to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn with kids. Anecdotes welcome, good and bad.

Moving to NYC!

jckll — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:31:26 -0800

Moving to New York City. Give me some advice you wish you had been given! I'm moving to Manhattan at the end of this month to start a new job (or, more accurately, first real job out of undergrad). I have an apartment already, UWS, so I don't really need any apartment-hunting advice (although if you have some nuggets for the future, feel free to share). I don't have any specific questions, but I figure there are lots of people on here who have moved to the city and wished they had done things a little--or a lot--differently, and I'm hoping to get some of that insight.

I'll take any advice, from the practical (how to get my stuff there, where to buy furniture) to the metaphysical (how to prepare my aura for Manhattan, what books to bring). Lay it on me.

How do I find a good mover in NYC?

Afroblanco — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:38:24 -0800

How do I find a good mover in NYC? I'm moving from one apartment to a different one in the East Village. I don't have a lot of stuff (think big bed, big TV, and a bunch of boxes) and would move it myself, except that I'm moving from a 6th floor apartment to a 5th floor one.

It seems impossible to find a good mover on the internet. All the reviews on Yelp and Citysearch seem like obvious astroturfing. Plus, lots of my friends have had issues with movers charging them more than they said they would.

So, AskMe, I turn to you. How do I find a good mover in this city? Also, if anybody knows - how much should I expect to pay, assuming that I do all the packing myself?

Advice on NYC neighborhoods, for Aussie in Tokyo, moving to New York

aussie_in_NY — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:58:38 -0800

I'm relocating to NYC from Tokyo next month and am looking for some advice on prospective neighborhoods After 7 years in a tiny Tokyo apartment I'd like something with a bit of space, which rules Manhattan out I think. I'm looking for a 2 bedroom for around $1300-1600. I've checked out a lot of earlier posts and heard good things about Astoria. A friend has recommended Prospect Heights too, and after a look on craigslist it seems there is plenty in my price range. Does anybody have any insights on the relative merits of these areas, or have another neighborhood to recommend? I will be working around Times Square and would like to keep the commute to 30 min if possible. And finally as a related question, I am a little confused about US taxes. After federal and state taxes and then social security, what percent of my salary should I expect to have left, assuming pay of something like 80k?

Need mover in New York City

beagle — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:20:45 -0800

Needed: New York City -to- New Jersey mover, plus someone who buys and removes whatever is left in an apartment. My sister and I are in the process of moving my stepmother from a Roosevelt Island apartment to a New Jersey assisted living facility. We need a mover to transfer a little furniture and bunch of boxes (really just one large room's worth of stuff). And then we need a reputable person who will remove remaining furniture, kitchen contents, surplus clothing, tchatchkes, etc. Up here in New England we would just have a garage sale and cart the rest off to Goodwill, and make a couple of bucks in the process. Is there somebody in NYC who will take it away and pay some fraction of what it's worth? I suppose a bonus would be if the movers and estate-removal folks were one and the same.

Moving to NYC.

spaghetti — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:19:22 -0800

What neighborhood should I move to in NYC? I'm starting my Master's at Pratt in the fall and my girlfriend is waiting to find out if she's been accepted to Columbia. We'll be moving over the summer to New York, but we just can't figure out what neighborhood to focus on. The most important thing is being someplace safe, but we don't have enough money to be too picky, basically around $1200/mo.

Everyone says that Brooklyn is where it's at, but most of the places we've seen listed are either too expensive or not anywhere we'd want to be. It looks like Inwood/Washington Heights and East Harlem are relatively affordable, but what are the neighborhoods like? Where else should we be looking? Is there a good resource for learning what all the neighborhoods are really like?

Moving to Brooklyn

atreyu — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:37:07 -0800

My Sig-O is making the big move to NYC this summer and needs to make a housing decision ASAP. Could any knowledgeable gothamefites comment on the safety/quality of this brooklyn neighborhood (with the red star)?