Living in Manhattan vs. Brooklyn (The Reality)

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[HereBeBarr]

Where would you rather live Manhattan or Brooklyn? Help us reach 1000 likes Day 1!

[murdelabop]

Basically what you're saying is that Manhattan is the glamor chick you want to be seen on the red carpet with, but Brooklyn is the girl you want to take home to meet your parents.

[alisonthorn]

Terrific content as usual. Great points about both boroughs. “No one can afford to live in NYC yet 9 million people live there.” -Fran Lebowitz

[oscarespinoza]

Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens the Bronx and Staten Island. no matter what borough you live in we can all agree that NYC is the best.

[georgiasmith]

I would say the biggest disadvantage to living in Brooklyn is it may be a longer walk to the subway whereas in Manhattan the stops are much closer together. And you may only have access to one line and need to transfer. Whereas in lower Manhattan multiple subway lines are within walking distance.

[edvaira]

Manhattan is where you wanna play; Brooklyn is where you wanna LIVE!… And, I guess, Queens, too…which is actually where I’d prefer to live..I used to spend my summers with my Grandma in Flushing, in the brick home my Grandfather built in 1936! REALLY miss that neighborhood and that little house on 159th street and 46th…

[ericdudley]

I was born and raised in Flatbush Brooklyn and Ditmas Park, and Brooklyn has always had a more community feel to it. But the glitz and glam of Manhattan Island is irresistible if money were no object at all. Give me a huge apartment on top of a sky scraper in Manhattan and it would be heaven for me! I’ll always have my dreams! Thanks for another great video!

[NormaGeli]

In a perfect world, I would have a house in Las Vegas, an apartment in Manhattan, and a villa in Italy

[py]

I think I would prefer to live in a brownstone in Brooklyn and enjoy a commute into Manhattan on weekends.

[woltersworld]

8 seconds in and already lots of likes and views! You go J! Hope you are doing well. Hoping to take the oldest to NYC early next year.

[brooke]

I love Brooklyn. In my neighborhood is it’s own small community. There are still working class people here who have had their homes passed down in the family so the big money hasn’t completely taken over my neighborhood yet. I have friendly down to earth neighbors. It’s a cozier vibe while also still living 2 blocks from the subway if I wanna go into the city!

[paynefanbro]

Most people who were born and raised in NYC would probably think of Manhattan as where you go to work and their outer borough as where you do everything else lol.

Over time Brooklyn has definitely drifted away from Manhattan and the rest of NYC and seems determined to develop its own identity as it's own "city-borough". Most people in Brooklyn will commute to Manhattan for work but Brooklyn has an increasingly large amount of high-end restaurants, rooftop bars, underground clubs, outdoor markets, and food halls to give Manhattan a run for its money. Gone are the days when people from Brooklyn would commute to Manhattan to go out to eat or go to party. Instead, your friends from Manhattan commute to Brooklyn for that.

Manhattan will always have its reputation by virtue of being the "center" of the city literally since the beginning. However, Brooklyn is becoming quickly becoming a second Manhattan (in a good way) and without all of the tourists.

[ActionKid]

To me, I don't really feel there's a strong sense of community in Manhattan south of 59th Street (with the exception of Battery Park City due to its isolation). This is due to the transience as you mentioned.

[CongoGTACongo]

I live in Williamsburg and love it! Right across the bridge...best of both worlds. Especially the views from BK.

[kingjacko]

Moving to NYC in a year and a half for work, never missing a video until then.

[swst]

I’m a Queens person who has always dreamed of living in Manhattan but living in Manhattan isn’t cheap so in the end I’m still living in Queens (Richmond Hill to be exact) & proud to live there & proud to be a native NYer! BTW-I work in Soho & I love it there!

[joshualebowitz]

From Brooklyn, but moved to Manhattan in the mid-90s and, pandemic aside, to me, it remains the most magical place on Earth.

[joshuareed]

Manhattan for sure im a city boy at heart i need fast pace loud noise never sleeping

[brooklynbnutterflyarts]

For young people 18-28, the coolest places I would recommend to live would be Lower East Side/East village in Manhattan and in Brooklyn. Those are the coolest neighborhoods in NYC. (Lots of young people, night life, bars, coffee shops, live music, affordable restaurants)The L line connects all these neighbothoods toghether.

[JoeyChilango]

My choice would be Brooklyn Heights. Charming neighborhood with great views of Manhattan.