purpleman and i have decided we want to live in NYC one day. and that our favorite neighborhood is williamsburg in brooklyn.
astoria, queens, where my sister lives, is a great neighborhood: not yet gentrified in ways that nice brooklyn neighborhoods are, so it's managed to keep its character intact and the rent from skyrocketing. but after seeing the cool bookshops, record stores, and coffee shops around bedford avenue, i thought, maybe it would be worth paying extra to live in a neighborhood like that.
it will take a while (and jobs for both of us!) before we'll really have to worry about where to live in NYC, though. for now i have to think about where to move in tokyo. i am finally about to find my own apartment after almost a year of staying at my parents'. so i am thinking:
is shimokitazawa the williamsburg of tokyo? is hongo (bunkyo-ku) the astoria?
