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Originally Posted by Siriusly
The neighbor was a Dr. who offered to buy them out to knock down the walls and double his unit. He paid them over $400,000 for it I know but not sure how much. Anyways, I always thought that that's rather expensive. $300,000-$400,000 for a builder grade 700 sq. ft. condo in Lakeview? Not sure what a comp in SF, NY or Boston would cost but it seems exorbitant.
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An equivalent condo, non luxury but OK, in my neighborhood of Manhattan would be minimum of $750K but could easily go up to closer to $1M. Here's something comparable in size near where I live.
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M39757-75753
Though you could get lucky and find something for around $650K:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M36881-20707
Equivalent of the price might be in say Astoria - which is a great neighborhood, like a more diverse Lakeview, but further away from Manhattan than Lakeview is to downtown:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M43325-15528
Or maybe in Jackson Heights which is even further away from Manhattan than Astoria is:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...2_M34236-69136
Chicago is such a better deal it's not even funny. I can get a nice 2 bed, 2 bath 1600+ sq ft condo overlooking the lake in Edgewater near the Red Line and Whole Foods for around or under $300K. You can't find that good of a deal in NYC. I have a co-worker who is helping his father find a house in the Bronx - he told me he was shocked because he literally can't find a single family home
anywhere in the Bronx for under $650K or $700K.
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Originally Posted by Siriusly
My wife pointed out to me, which I never noticed, that most Chicago based movies and shows make it a point throughout the program to have the characters repeatedly state that they are in Chicago.
New York movies let the city speak for itself. I wonder if this is so the audience doesn't take it for granted that the story takes place in New York because obviously Chicago is the only city on the planet that could possibly be confused with New York. If Chicago cabs were all yellow like New York the city's would be indistinguishable from eachother at street level in certain areas in pictures and movies.
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Eh - yes and no. The only reason I knew it was in Chicago was because they showed the Lou Mitchell's sign inside and I know what Lou Mitchell's is. Then they are eating and say something about "they never left Chicago!" which doesn't mean anything - they could be anywhere in the world talking about someone who never left Chicago. The episode doesn't really actually say it. My girlfriend has never lived in Chicago (only visited) and while we were watching this, she was skeptical it was actually Chicago until they started showing the river high rise wall in the background and she recognized the plaza at River Point when the main character walks out on it "HEY! We've been there!"
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