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 notion of fun, but I had family in the Bronx. To be honest about it, I did not really decide I had had enough. My employer decided that they no longer wished to pay me. After a couple months of unemployment, I finally landed a job down in lower Manhattan and came to the decision that I would 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, but it was further from my apartment. Slowly, I started moving everything again. Already my commute was starting to appear not as bad, but I continued to move knowing that the payoff was coming shortly. If you are considering moving in NYC, have a sale or throw your junk out. It isn’t worth moving.
Laura Hawn has always loved movers NYC. She has written many articles on Queens movers.