advice for moving?

[still_confused]

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hey everyone,

i was wondering if anyone has any advice on moving to a new city for school. i will be going to SUNY and i will be literally be going there with a duffel bag and a suitcase in hand and my plane ticket in the other. i have no family or friends there and absolutely no idea how i am going to get an apartment or even find a supermarket!

does anyone have tips for those of us traveling thousands of miles away to a distant land?

of course feel free to chime in for those who are maybe going from east to west or north to south or whatever!

thanks

 

[Nimue619]

hey everyone,

i was wondering if anyone has any advice on moving to a new city for school. i will be going to SUNY and i will be literally be going there with a duffel bag and a suitcase in hand and my plane ticket in the other. i have no family or friends there and absolutely no idea how i am going to get an apartment or even find a supermarket!

does anyone have tips for those of us traveling thousands of miles away to a distant land?

of course feel free to chime in for those who are maybe going from east to west or north to south or whatever!

thanks

If u need help with housing and finding a roommate u can ask SUNY for help. They said that they will help to match people up. Once u find a roommate, u can look for a place to rent. Apartments in Queens are cheaper that ones in Manhattan. It's also really easy to get to SUNY from Queens because there are subway stations right in front of the school. It takes me about 40 minutes to get to SUNY from where I live. You can try to look for apartments in newspapers, craigslist, or maybe the free classified section in this site. Once u have a place in NY, all u really need are subway and bus maps. I only use the trains so they're really useful. So when u are looking for an apartment, make sure to ask about transportation. Most of the time supermarkets are nearby. NYC is populated so its not hard to find stores. My cousin just came from another country just a week ago and already he knows how to get around by himself. So I'm sure u have nothing to worry about.

 

[Dr4eyes]

hey everyone,

i was wondering if anyone has any advice on moving to a new city for school. i will be going to SUNY and i will be literally be going there with a duffel bag and a suitcase in hand and my plane ticket in the other. i have no family or friends there and absolutely no idea how i am going to get an apartment or even find a supermarket!

does anyone have tips for those of us traveling thousands of miles away to a distant land?

of course feel free to chime in for those who are maybe going from east to west or north to south or whatever!

thanks

hey there!!!

i am in the same boat as you..im moving from norcal to SUNY in the fall too...when i interviewed at SUNY, they said they would be sending us housing packets and that there will be a questionairre in it to try to match up people...also, there's an orientation for first years some time in june and that would be another way for first years to meet their classmates and try to apt. hunt at that time as well.

i havent received the housing packet yet but hopefully they send it out soon!!

jay

 

[beatstreet]

Same here. I'm from So Cal and I have no relatives in NY. It's good to know that there are others in the same situation...now it's not so overwhelming

 

[still_confused]

thanks for the replies.

i was looking at craigslist, and it seems astoria, queens seems to have reasonable rent (500-800 a month). hopefully they send the housing packet soon!

there also seems to be a lot of spam/scams going on, it seems NY relies heavily on brokers, something ive never encounter here in cali, so everyone watch out!

 

[Dr4eyes]

thanks for the replies.

i was looking at craigslist, and it seems astoria, queens seems to have reasonable rent (500-800 a month). hopefully they send the housing packet soon!

there also seems to be a lot of spam/scams going on, it seems NY relies heavily on brokers, something ive never encounter here in cali, so everyone watch out!

isnt queens and astoria pretty far from school??? i think it is highly recommended for first years to live close to campus but im not sure...i hope they send the packet soon too!!

 

[ML1983]

Well i'm from Toronto and moving to Philly in Fall 2006. Also a big change, since i'm Canadian moving to an American city with Canadian pride. And i don't even have american dollars yet!

 

[bobsacamenoh]

my move is not so big - Bay Area to SoCal - but I've been fortunate enough to live rent free my entire life. Anyone care to share any tips for people out on their own for the first time in the "real world?"

Well i'm from Toronto and moving to Philly in Fall 2006. Also a big change, since i'm Canadian moving to an American city with Canadian pride. And i don't even have american dollars yet!

 

[ac05]

Hey guys not to worry I'm from around nyc and it's not that bad. If you ever get lost, just go into a store and ask someone for directions. Astoria and other parts queens are VERY close to manhattan, in some places its only a 10-15 minute subway ride.

Here's a link to the subway map http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/submap.htm

At first it may seem a little overwhelming but believe me, it's not bad, queens is the whole section that's not connected to that penisula, looking thing if u can call it that. And you'll see that Astoria is really close as well as other places. As long as you pick an apartment that is not too far from the subway station you are set.

I'm going to take Grand Av. Newtown which is FRV trains and then I transfer to the 7 train, the 7 train is really good because it takes you directly to 42nd Street 5av -Bryant park, which is right across the street from the school, literally. This ride takes from 20-40 minutes depending on your luck at catching the trains. Anyway they are probably going to tell you all this during the orientation, but hopefully this will give you a heads up.

And make sure you check out the place before you make decisions, because some parts of queens are not good, but sorry to be obvious. Good luck guys and if you have any city related questions feel free to throw it my way

 

[in_translation]

Well i'm from Toronto and moving to Philly in Fall 2006. Also a big change, since i'm Canadian moving to an American city with Canadian pride. And i don't even have american dollars yet!

Hey - Just a heads up, for those moving to Philly (Elkins Park) and going to PCO, there's a pretty nice apartment complex directly across the street called the Colonade. I believe there are two buildings with apartments, and I know many PCO students live there. It's fairly reasonable in price, and I know there will be at least one apartment up for rent there in early July. Hope this helps! 🙂

 

[beatstreet]

Hey guys not to worry I'm from around nyc and it's not that bad. If you ever get lost, just go into a store and ask someone for directions. Astoria and other parts queens are VERY close to manhattan, in some places its only a 10-15 minute subway ride.

Here's a link to the subway map http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/submap.htm

At first it may seem a little overwhelming but believe me, it's not bad, queens is the whole section that's not connected to that penisula, looking thing if u can call it that. And you'll see that Astoria is really close as well as other places. As long as you pick an apartment that is not too far from the subway station you are set.

I'm going to take Grand Av. Newtown which is FRV trains and then I transfer to the 7 train, the 7 train is really good because it takes you directly to 42nd Street 5av -Bryant park, which is right across the street from the school, literally. This ride takes from 20-40 minutes depending on your luck at catching the trains. Anyway they are probably going to tell you all this during the orientation, but hopefully this will give you a heads up.

And make sure you check out the place before you make decisions, because some parts of queens are not good, but sorry to be obvious. Good luck guys and if you have any city related questions feel free to throw it my way

hey ac05. what about supermarkets and places like target or ikea? are there lots of them around manhattan? queens?

 

[ac05]

"hey ac05. what about supermarkets and places like target or ikea? are there lots of them around manhattan? queens?"

That's the problem with manhattan, there arent' many supermarkets, and if you pick a place by the school remember it's a VERY touristy place, not as much residents so you will have to go farther away to get groceries. If you decided to live uptown, where all the rich people of manhattan live, there will be a little more supermarkets but the food there is expensive.And they don't have a target in manhattan at least i dont' think so.

Queens is good because there are a lot more supermarkets, there's a couple of Targets, if you go to their website and go to store locator you can type in queens, ny or try area code 11373, that'll give you a map and an idea of where targets are. In queens if you pick an apartment that is by a busy street, a supermarket will be less than a block away.

Furniture is going to be a pain in the neck so try to find some place that is furnished. There is only one Ikea in new york state, It's in long island, Hicksville and about an hour drive from manhattan. There is one in new jersey and that might actually be closer. I think you would need a car though if you want to buy furniture from there.

 

[gryffindor]

There is a free bus on the weekends from Port Authority in Manhattan (steps away from the SUNY Optometry school) to the IKEA in New Jersey. It runs frequently and lots of city people take it, buy their things, and then have the big things delivered to Manhattan (there is a fee) and carry the small things home with them on the bus. I thought there was supposed to be an IKEA coming to Brooklyn in future.

 

[sweet_pisces]

I also had a question along the same lines...for any current NECO students...Boston is definitely a pretty expensive city, so i was wondering where the majority of students usually live? And if you live close to the school (in the Back Bay area), are there reasonably priced supermarkets around?

 

[beatstreet]

is it common for students to use brokers when looking for apts in manhattan? is it highly recommended that we use brokers?

 

[ac05]

is it common for students to use brokers when looking for apts in manhattan? is it highly recommended that we use brokers?

I don't really know anything about brokers and apartment searching, i go to school in upstate ny and these apartments here are crazily thrown at us 🙄

But if you used a broker that would mean that one party would have to pay for the brokerage fee, and even if it was the landlord, the fee would be calculated into your rent. I would try to find an apartment directly from the owner. When you're in manhattan, get some local newspapers like "New York Times" they have a large list of apartments, "Newsday". Avoid "The New York Post" ughh that newspaper is full of fabrications and lies. Also try craigslist.org that's a very good source for apartments.

This is just my opinion, SUNY has the real information on how to search for apartments so don't worry!! 🙂 During the tour of SUNY I asked the tour guide and she told me that everyone eventually finds an apartment, it just takes a few days, so not to worry!