cityguy

While the gay population of New York continues to exit Chelsea for its next venue, 17th Street and eighth avenue in particular continue to be the "Fifth Avenue" for young gay men (and woman) from the midwest with bright light big city dreams. The block and immediate area continues to add new swank properties while the educational, transportation and ease of access are exceptional. Many families make 17th street home, and while an occasional homeless person or drunk may pass out on your doorstep, 17th street is active and vibrant enough to be safe and secure and residential enough to be fairly quite - even at night when the bars, clubs and restaurants are at their best with those midwest boys discovering native boro boys. Considering the property values on neighboring blocks are higher, 17th street is a steal ...well in New York that means a better value - but not by much.

while the Chelsea neighborhood continues to attract young wall street money, pushing out the historic gay population, this block can be noisy and congested making it a less desirable block to live. The loading dock of the metropolitan pavillion, the fire station, a new school for young children, and a technical school for would be mechanics and plumbers can and do create noise and distractions which may imped your enjoyment. It would not be unusual at 2am to hear loading trucks, cars parked with master music blasting, several garbage trucks performing their duties and the occasional drunk couple proclaiming their love or hate to each other - making you very much apart of their world. Still, shopping conveniences exist and public transportation access is fantastic making an apartment choice in the rear a better alternative.