Hey, first of all, I have not seen that movie but it may not be like in the movie.
Since the mid 90's the crime rates have decreased dearly, but it is not completely safe there.
NYC consists of 5 boroughs:
The majority of Manhattan is fairly safe. It is very hustle and bustle, though. It is also ridiculously expensive. Some people are able to get rent controlled apartments however, they are hard to come bye as they are extremely competitive to get into send so many people want to live in the great New York City. If you can get 1, living in the village is probably the greatest place to live in the world. diverse, chill people who are still fine to party all night. Can get a little weird, though but overall awesome. Like sushi, it's the best place to get sushi in New York. Bonus for living in Manhattan is that it is easier to get around there without a car.
overall, I would say that the Bronx is a no. Is a psychologist, you will be able to afford at least better than the Bronx it is very ghetto overall. But the pizza competes is as a close second Brooklyn, the best dang pizza in the freaking country.
I can't tell you on your account about Staten Island, but I can tell u I've heard the edge candy very house on Buffalo and it is a weird place I would not recommend it. It's all the expensI've.
What is my opinion has the best pizza and Italian food in New York City. Very much divided between rich and poor and is more suburban tHan the rest of the places I mentioned. I really like it there. They literally have superheroes there. In Brooklyn, you can even own a house but be warned your kids may grow up with those terrible accents. Have more space there though, sometimes a house.
If you're more into suburban, I would definitely recommend queens. Is the most culturally diverse place on the planet and that is a fact. You could live in somewhere from poor all the way up to lower upper class . You can get urban, suburban practically whatever you dang well please. If you want a happy medium between the "ideal suburban place to raise kids" and the hustle and bustle, I would go with a nice apartment in Sunnyside or Long Island City. A really ideal place to raise kids would be Fresh Meadows it's really great.
Surrounding area of New York City is North Jersey. The taxes are awful. as a psychologist, you maybe able to deal with them. There are some Caucus "exchange" houses and apartments are beautiful and they provide a free quick shuttle service to the sea caucus junction stations, were you can get to New York Penn Station and then the subway in 10 minutes. If you can afford it it's a luxury. Some more middle class places would be the town of sea caucus, the Clifton area and the Ramsey area. Ramsey a suburban, but more close to Rural. The Bergen County area tends to be on the more expenses and upper class side, however, there are still some middle class places you can hang out. It will be at least an hour commute into New York City and you're not getting the new York City experience by living there unless you live extremely close to the city, as in Fort Lee which is not the greatest area to live in 4 Edgewater, which still isn't new York City but it is very high class and very close in proximity.
last: long Island. Beautiful ocean scenery, suburban/ rural. Very middle class . Nice people cute place can be a long commute to New York reasonable prices. Kind of plain, though.
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