Moving time! - Blogabond

In the meantime, the lease on my previous place was running out. The commute was a pain and the landlord got a nasty habit of letting herself into my room without knocking and presenting the storage amenities (with my clothes inside). So having spent a long time searching for an appartment, I finally decided on a place - right at the border of Jersey City and Hoboken, with a good access to Manhattan and the university. Of course this comes as a price, but the thing that I will regret most is not living with the great roommates from West New York! As the lease run out they went back home to Germany and Los Angeles. Hope we'll keep in touch.

Manhattan seen from West New York's cliff

So the day before moving I decided to take the last walk around West New York. As it was already late August the weather became bearable and the wind had a great chilling effect. I came to think that West New York has the best view of Manhattan possible! The cliff is quite high so sometimes walking down the street you might become surprised by comming to a railing separating you from going some 12 floors down! Maybe that's why they have swimming pools there...

The new place

The new place is quite nice. The room is more expensive, relatively small and, yes, comes without a window. But it's quiet, has a lot of privacy, washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, A/C, 24h doorman services and a well-equipped free gym. In the picture this palce is the building in the background with greenish vertical lines.

"Eastern European" = almost exclusively Polish products! Yeeeeeey!

Shopping opportunities are close and the local supermarket has a selection of Polish products. Better than in Denmark! :-) The roommies are nice, there's Sean from Korea who studies filmmaking. He can have extreme day/night routines. There's Jelena - also a student. And there's Dan, who just started his first job and spends 70% of the time at work or commuting, 5% at the gym and 25% sleeping.

Well, let's see what this new place brings!

written by

lagrange on September 1, 2009 from Jersey City, United States

from the travel blog: Artur's Blog

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