Moving From Uptown to Downtown
After living in the Bronx for nearly four years, I eventually decided I had had enough. The commute each day to my job in Queens was really annoying me. A short taxi ride and three different subway stops.
Not my idea of fun, but I had family in the Bronx. To be truthful about it, I didn’t truly decide I’d had enough. My employer decided that they no longer wanted to pay me. After one or two months of unemployment, I eventually scored a job down in lower Manhattan and made the decision that I’d just simply not continue to commute.
I managed to find a very good place just to the south of Hudson, but it was a little bit smaller compared to my previous place. I looked up a local NYC mini storage and slowly started to transfer a couple of things here and there. I had my existing apartment for another seventeen days, so what was the rush? The storage facility was only about three blocks from my new house, so I’d just drop off some items and then head back to the new place to resume unpacking.
Halfway through getting everything moved, I discovered that the rates on my storage NYC were going up and I was going to have to pay almost twice what I was paying. I knew I couldn’t afford it and began to look for another unit; a larger one this time because I underestimated how much junk I had.
I found a place, though it was further from my house. Slowly, I started moving everything again. Already my commute was starting to appear not as bad, but I continued to move understanding that the payoff was coming shortly. If you are considering moving in NYC, have a sale or throw your junk out. It is just not worth moving.
Laura Hawn has always loved movers NYC. She has written many articles on Queens movers.
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