•••quote:•••Originally posted by souljah1:
•replying to the above comment(s).
Driving can be a pain in the ass b/c the drivers are rude??? i like how we drive over here. buckle up and have some fun.
little trees and lots of concrete? out of all the nyc schools, aecom actually has the most "green".
high rise apartment seemed cold? I can understand why someone would feel that way, but have you ever been in one? the views are pretty damn nice.
aecom is in a boring neighborhood? i agree, but I don't think the 6 is such a pain in the ass, nor do I think driving is that bad.
it just seems like you don't like the city. anyway, just adding my 2cents.•••••1) well, as I said, with so little green, I might like having those concretes located in Manhanttan rather than in the boring Bronx.
2) I lived in those high rises before. I did not like it. One of the bedrooms is actually originally part of the living room. Hence 3 bedroom apartments were converted from previously 2-bedroom apartments. Therefore, to me, it felt kind of crammed. I was not aware of any good view from the window 🙂
3) 6 is a major pain in the a$$. Let me explain it more. In the morning, it is express going to Manhattan, but guess what, you are in the classroom. At night, if you want to spend a weekday night in Manhattan, it is express coming back to the Bronx. Taking the 6 means you go local all the way through the Bronx (which takes around 30 minutes) and then another 30ish minutes if you want to go downtown or to the westside. And in the middle of the night, say, you miss the express bus, subway service slows down. Going through Manhattan is no problem since 4, 5 and 6 will all do. But if you are on 4 or 5, you gotta get off at 125th st and wait for that 6 to come. Sometimes, it seems eternity when it is so late at night.
Honestly, I feel AECOM is in a different city. I do like the city (specficially the lower part and west side of Manhattan) but AECOM is nowhere near it.
In response to the other post, there is not much to do in upper east! With all the transfers etc. taking the combination of express bus and subway will take you 1 to 1 1/2 hours one way if you want to go to lower Manhanttan or esp. the west side of Manhanttan. For you, perhaps you took that during the day when all these services are frequent. But for me, I wanted to party into later parts of the night and those waits for express bus PLUS subways can make those trips seem so long. I took the express bus home around midnight when it is traffic-free on the road and it still takes at least 45 minutes from mid-town. This is in contrast to NYU or Cornell (and Mount Sinai) which are in much much better locations.
There gotta be AECOM students floating here somewhere. Let's see what they have to say.
