If you are looking for a new apartment in Manhattan, chances are that you are going to be looking for homes in neighborhoods like the Upper West Side or Greenwich Village. After all, these are the neighborhoods that are enjoying a lot of buzz, thanks to both the quality of the homes in the area, as well as the livability of the area itself. Having said that, the apartments here won’t come cheap, since rents, after all, are so closely correlated with the reputation of the neighborhood. But there are exceptions to the rule—there are some Manhattan neighborhoods that are currently on the upswing, and the rents there haven’t shot through the roof—yet.
Although affordable housing was high on Mayor Bloomberg’s list of initiatives, housing costs continue to rise, due perhaps to the market subtracting units faster than Bloomberg can put them up. This has led to a spike in the percentage of income that New Yorker’s are spending on rent. According to a new Harvard paper, the high cost of housing is directly linked to the slowdown of economic growth. This is a problem that is compounded by New York’s high unemployment rate compared with the rest of the country. This seems to occur because New York hires people from out of state and few 
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For New Yorkers, the refusal of rent-stabilization begs indignation, shock, or simply confusion. In the 
Manhattan’s rental market is cooling down after a strong upward rise over the last few years. However, it continues to progress slowly but surely. This means that more deals are on the market now than at any time since 2009. In neighborhoods such the Lower East Side and the 
It’s hard to take your eyes off MiMA once you have seen it. This 63-story glass tower is stunning and awesome, one of the few new residential apartment buildings in