• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    The part to leave is the tourist part and go seek out treasures outside Manhattan. Go to Coney Island on a weekday when there’s no one there. Take the Staten Island Ferry (it’s free) there and back when the weather is nice enough. Go to Brooklyn and visit the Brooklyn Museum. There’s a lot to see in New York and none of it involves Times Square or visiting the Statue of Liberty.

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      11 months ago

      I’m looking to do the same sometime in the near future. Can’t take how ridiculously expensive Long Island is getting…

      Silly me, I say that like it’s ever been cheap lol

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        11 months ago

        The rent only ever increases. Demand was too high for too long. We were paying 2k for a 2 bedroom on SI. We now rent a 2 BR house for nearly half that upstate.