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Alright I have lived in NYC for the last 18 years and I am telling you now, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn! Manhattan is just done, it's a giant mall. Williamsburg is a bit of a hipster nightmare, but it does have amazing music, art and food within a 20 block radius so it's almost worth it. There are plenty of other awesome neighborhoods in Brooklyn to live in, Carroll Gardens, Greenpoint, Bushwick, Red Hook, Cobble Hill, Park Slope, even Bedstuy is a decent place to live nowadays. But in my opinion Brooklyn is the place to be!

Thanks a lot mate. It's looking more and more like Brooklyn the more people I talk to. Some guy said "you need to live in Manhattan for your first year - I do" and then said "But yeah, I'd move to Williamsburg in a heartbeat.". I'm 99% sure now. My new company has showers and a secure bike bay underground so I'll be riding in as much as possible.

Where's the cool but non-hipster area of Brooklyn then? Carroll Gardens? How much for a 1 bed? Is craigslist the best place to look?
Thanks again!

How does someone wake up in NY and find they are a digital project manager, if you don't mind me prying even further?

No problem. I've been a digital project manager in London for around 5 years. I'm just transferring internally, like for like position wise, for the same agency, but different city, different clients.

I've stayed in Spanish Harlem before. What I saw of it was a nice area, a lot of nice housing to be had as well.

And lots of hot latin women? Sorry.

Yeah, I'm a member, but you just need to sign up and in a couple of days you should receive an email from the administrator. When it's done, just click the link and you're done! ;) Last thing: the mail might go straight to your bulk folder, so don't forget to check it.

Check it out:
http://fixed.gr/nyc/people.php?PostBackAction=ApplyForm

You need to complete all fields to apply, including the "Invitation Code".
Could you recommend me to get me? Buy you a beer when I'm there!

East Village = Camden Town

Oh. Not so sure about Camden Town.

What do you do, if you don't mind me asking?

No problem. I'm a digital project manager for a big old school ad agency. I just make sure all the digital campaign work gets done, websites, banners, widgets, all that stuff. They have offices all over and I just put in for a transfer on the off chance and it came through. I'm a lucky boy.

it's like living in shoreditch and going into soho to go out.

So I could think of it like Brooklyn=Shoreditchish and Soho/East Village=Soho?

I'd never live in Soho in London, it'd be nuts. I'd much prefer Shoreditch or Old St. (I'm in East Dulwich / Forest Hill now but thats too far out in my opinion). I'll be working in Manhattan so that'll give me my central NY fix, then I can chill out in Brooklyn. Its coming together!

This advice is brilliant, so thanks a lot everyone.

oh. plus, riding over the brooklyn bridge into manhattan always made my heart race... every. single. day. even after two years of living there.

Wow that is awesome, a great start to the day! If you live in Brooklyn do people tend to go out and stay around that area, or do they venture out in Manhattan at all? What about visa versa? Do manhattan types just stay on the island or do people socialise across the river regularly? I just don't want to be too far out of all the action.

And also not to forget: http://www.fixed.gr/ , a must if you're in NY ( and even elsewhere).

Yes I looked at the site but I need an invitation code thing to apply to become a member. Are you a member? Could you recommend me?

Oh, forgot to ask, how much do you reckon it'll cost to ship 2 bikes over there? Any recommendations who to use?

http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-york-city/ ;)

Thanks a lot for that mate. Wicked

in manhattan, the lower east side is good fun, but it drove me craaaaaazy living there.

Thanks for the response. Can you tell me more about what drove you crazy living in Manhattan?

I'm thinking Brooklyn might be the place for me.

Hi all, it looks like I'll be transferring to my company's Manhattan office at the end of Feb - so exciting times!

I'd asking for some advice on some good areas to live on a mediumish budget. I'd probably like to live in an area similar to Shoreditch, or Old Street, but in NYC, if thats possible - so coolish with a little bit of an edge. I've been doing a bit of research and have been advised to look at East VIllage, Hoboken, and Brooklyn... but at the moment these places are just names to me.

Any advice much appreciated as always!

Just had an email back from the brand manager at "SE Racing".... I asked whether they'd ever consider producing a proper ripper fixed gear frame, even on special order and he said "Keep your fingers crossed ‘till early summer…"

Lets hope they don't fuck it up. This could be brilliant.

This looks amazing mate, really classy and elegant with a subtle colour scheme. Great job. Its made me think about getting a geared racer now.

What rims are they? I'm still looking for some black rims for my c-records.

The floval flyer was the nearest thing to a ripper for grown ups.

I know this isn't the real thing, but it got me excited when I first glimpsed it. I'd 100% buy a Ripper Fixed gear if they ever did it properly. We should get together and get them to make a limited edition SE Ripper Full size frame.... like people do with those limited edition runs of Cinellis. That'd be awesome!

and I'd still love an 80's PK Ripper. But a 40 year old riding a BMX just can't be done...

Me too, one with flight cranks and Skyway graphites with the gold campag hubs.

I think SE Racing could do something pretty special to the fixed market.

I saw this and thought I want one

I'm the same - but different bike. They just look better.

I'm finding 46x16 a little bit steep now I live in Forest Hill and have a knee problem, but don't want to be spinning like mad when I hit flat ground (which is why I'm thinking of changing to 17) so will changing from 46x16 to 46x17 make much difference, or would 46x18 be more noticeable a change?

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Hey mate I'm in Forest Hill also. I run a 46x18, as that climb up to Hornimans isn't that funny. Also the dog-kennel hill climb on the way to camberwell isn't that nice. I don't spin that much downhills but I never really let it go and try to control my decent.

Nows there's another fixed gear in FH I'll feel less sorry for myself climbing the hills I know someone else is going through too!

I was most horrified by the "William" character in the second episode.

And that vigilantes were burning people.

Much of the civilians complaints are the same that you hear here.

However the guy that was community policing in the second episode, he seemed to be pretty much on his own, but he was doing everything the right way. Very brave man indeed considering the consequences.

Made me shiver when he gave a big smile after he described one of the criminals being 'well cooked' after a beating.

^ that looks very much like the pashley 'guvnor' without the hub breaks to me.

Ha, haven't seen the 'guvnor' before. You're right - its a complete rip off colour wise, but I think he's done a better job of it. I love it.

Loving this direction.

its like a mature hipsters bike.

More like BBC 6 Talk! I've finally got a desk where I can listen to music at work without being told to turn it off, and all morning it's just some bloke talking... with a record every 45 minutes or so. What a dissapointment. Is it usually like this? I'd heard it was a great music station.

Sorry for the rant.