i'm back in New York again. it's been a while. this morning i was driving in from new jersey and i glanced over and saw the skyline of Manhattan. my heart was filled with joy for a second. i have lived in this city for more than 4 years, but i seriously get excited each time i come back to it. i heart New York, i suppose.
so, now i am apartment hunting again. i have no idea how many times i have moved in the past 6 years, but i'm pretty sure it's more than 6 times. being a nomad for the summer was so much fun (and i saved plenty), but finding an apartment in the city is a real pain in the ass.
i am planning on moving to Brooklyn this time, because i simply can't afford the village, and i have exhausted living in Harlem. there was a point that i was really excited about living in Harlem, but for now, i'm done with it. i want to try a new neighbourhood, and Brooklyn is so much fun (well, parts of it are).
i have sent about 20 emails and so far have gotten one reply back! maybe i just don't sound friendly enough on my emails, or maybe it's my name (the only person who responded was a Palestinian girl, go figure). but who knows, it might just be the new york housing market. there are always a ton of people looking for rooms. you would think that a ton of people are moving out of their apartments too, but i'm not sure how that works. at the end of the day, the demand is high, the prices are jacked, and i am a broke student. but i have done this way too many times before and i refuse to be discouraged. i will keep sending emails.
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Hi, Thanks for the nice dairy that you write. I hope that you were successful finding a new flat in Brooklin. Sorry to hear that you felt some hesitations of the land-lords to offer you an apartement. I have the (maybe romantic) idea of New-York as a melting pot of all cultures and nations, and therefore so much like the idea that at least there, some thousand km away from the middle-east, in Brooklyn a friendly co-existence between the jewish and the iranian people would be possible. Would like to read something about this on your blog. Yesterday saw a funny movie, called "Don"t mess with Zohran", which deals a bid with this idea. I"m neither jewish nor muslim, I"m atheist and german. But I highly acknowledge both jewish and persian culture and history and people. My wife is russian-jewish, but I have a student to supervise, who is of persian parents, and I feel very much attracted by her. I live since a couple of month two lifes in parallel. It is not easy, it is sometime very painful.
ReplyDeleteDo you know the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany"s" ? There are several links to it and to its music on a blog that I write (http://www.persian-cat.de) Have a look at it, but please don"t mind the poor language.
Good Luck
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