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DiamondGirl
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Neighborhoods in Queens
I think everyone has suggested great areas, I live in Whitestone and love it.
That said RE taxes are lower but income taxes if you live in NYC and make a good salary are high. An area like Floral Park for example, which also has the LIRR and about the same time as N.Queens, you could get a house cheaper and by eliminating NYC income tax you would probably pay the same in RE taxes as income and RE in Queens, just a suggestion
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halfbaked
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Posted by MorningCuppaCoffee
I rented in Flushing (near Kissena Park), Woodside (between Woodside Ave. & Queens Blvd) & Sunnyside (46th St between Queens Blvd & Northern Blvd area).
I think my favorite neighborhood was Sunnyside and it was closest to the city. I was about a 2 block walk to the 7 train and there were lots of fun restaurants and bars there. I was single then though. 
We might've been neighbors!  That was my hood for awhile, too. I'm over in Maspeth now.
ETA: I mean in Sunnyside- 46th between Queens Blvd. & Northern. 
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computergirl
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Posted by halfbaked
Posted by MorningCuppaCoffee
I rented in Flushing (near Kissena Park), Woodside (between Woodside Ave. & Queens Blvd) & Sunnyside (46th St between Queens Blvd & Northern Blvd area).
I think my favorite neighborhood was Sunnyside and it was closest to the city. I was about a 2 block walk to the 7 train and there were lots of fun restaurants and bars there. I was single then though.
We might've been neighbors! That was my hood for awhile, too. I'm over in Maspeth now.
ETA: I mean in Sunnyside- 46th between Queens Blvd. & Northern.
Halfbaked, I was probably your neighbor too. I lived in Sunnyside for many years and spent a lot of time in Maspeth because many of my high school friends were from there.
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MrsPenthouse
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
I live in Bay Terrace (Bayside), houses here are fairly expensive. My commute is amazing, I drive to the Long Island City ferry dock and take the ferry to Wall street. door to door an hour at MOST...on a great day 45 minutes.
Douglaston, Beechurst, Whitestone and Astoria are wonderful. I'd also suggest the LIC new development area, we lived there before DS, 1 stop to grand central...amazing.
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Small world. I miss those days!
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halfbaked
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Posted by computergirl
Posted by halfbaked
Posted by MorningCuppaCoffee
I rented in Flushing (near Kissena Park), Woodside (between Woodside Ave. & Queens Blvd) & Sunnyside (46th St between Queens Blvd & Northern Blvd area).
I think my favorite neighborhood was Sunnyside and it was closest to the city. I was about a 2 block walk to the 7 train and there were lots of fun restaurants and bars there. I was single then though.
We might've been neighbors! That was my hood for awhile, too. I'm over in Maspeth now.
ETA: I mean in Sunnyside- 46th between Queens Blvd. & Northern.
Halfbaked, I was probably your neighbor too. I lived in Sunnyside for many years and spent a lot of time in Maspeth because many of my high school friends were from there.
It really is a small world! I always see LIF and think LI. It's nice to see fellow Queens people here. 
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| Posted 1/25/13 4:28 PM |
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
When I lived in Queens, I met several people who considered themselves Long Islanders, since we're not seperated by a bridge like the other boros.
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JenniferEver
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Posted by MorningCuppaCoffee
When I lived in Queens, I met several people who considered themselves Long Islanders, since we're not seperated by a bridge like the other boros.
I've never met anyone who lives in Queens who considered him or herself a Long Islander. More often them's fightin' words
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computergirl
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Posted by JenniferEver
Posted by MorningCuppaCoffee
When I lived in Queens, I met several people who considered themselves Long Islanders, since we're not seperated by a bridge like the other boros.
I've never met anyone who lives in Queens who considered him or herself a Long Islander. More often them's fightin' words
Just like when people from Queens go into Manhattan, they're going into "the city", even though Queens is a boro of NYC I
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halfbaked
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Posted by computergirl
Posted by JenniferEver
Posted by MorningCuppaCoffee
When I lived in Queens, I met several people who considered themselves Long Islanders, since we're not seperated by a bridge like the other boros.
I've never met anyone who lives in Queens who considered him or herself a Long Islander. More often them's fightin' words
Just like when people from Queens go into Manhattan, they're going into "the city", even though Queens is a boro of NYC I
I seem to recall a thread debating this at one point. I consider myself a Queens girl- born and bred! Manhattan and Long Island are like other worlds to me. Even Brooklyn. And forget Staten Island and the Bronx. 
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luvbuffet
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
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BeachGal
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
I prefer Whitestone over Bayside.
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gina409
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
lived in middle village all my life
houses here are very expensive and you do not get any yard space etc
we have been looking
we are now looking at houses on the island bc at least you get more space etc even with the taxes houses were way cheaper
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| Posted 1/25/13 8:56 PM |
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maybemommy10
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
DH is from Whitestone/Melba area. It is really nice over there. When we started looking for houses, we looked there first but it was too $$$$$$$$$ for us.
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Affordable and Queens don't go together.. I just did a refi closing last night in Forest Hills, home worth $1.2 million. The only affordable area in Queens (~ $100-500K homes) are Jamaica, Ozone Park, S. Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Richmond Hill and not so great sections of Howard Beach, Middle Village/Glendale/Ridgewood.
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digweed
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Neighborhoods in Queens
I lived in Douglaston and loved it...I still miss it...I moved to Port Wash...same train line b/c it rocks, but I still miss Douglaston.
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dandj
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Grew up in Whitestone and live in Bayside now.
Never had to commute to the city from there but it is nice living here...I always say it suburban-ish....
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drpepper318
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Re: Neighborhoods in Queens
Posted by gina409
lived in middle village all my life
houses here are very expensive and you do not get any yard space etc
we have been looking
we are now looking at houses on the island bc at least you get more space etc even with the taxes houses were way cheaper
I agree Have lived in MV forever & it's definitely not affordable, the house prices are high & my property taxes are ridiculously high considering that it's not a huge lot size at all. I guess you're paying for location more than anything. It's a great clean safe area though & it works for me for now so I'll probably be staying for a while.
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