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Which area is the best area to live in Manhattan, New York City?

I’m an artist & I can see my future is in NY; I love to move there. I am alone and I can manage to live even in a studio apartment or share with somebody and I can pay up to $2700 a month. I went true http://newyork.craigslist.org/ and some other websites; I looked at so many apartments in Manhattan but could not find even 1 nice apartment, studio or even a room to share. By nice accommodation I mean somewhere, which is quite new (max 10 years old building) and clean with out any pets or bad smell. As u know, Manhattan has so many different parts (except HARLEM) such as: Battery Park Chelsea Downtown East Village Financial District Flatiron Gramercy Greenwich Village Inwood / Wash Hts Lower East Side Midtown Midtown East Midtown West Murray Hill) Nolita SoHo TriBeCa Union Square Upper East Side Upper West Side West Village Which area has more new buildings, less crime and nicer neighborhoods? Or how can I find a nice accommodation in Manhattan? Tanx - Paris

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1. What's wrong with Harlem? I hope you're not really a cop.
2. There are new buildings going up all over Manhattan. You should just come here and visit various neighborhoods to figure what you like in your price range. Also look in the New York Times Real Estate section.
3. You're an artist but you have $2700/mo for rent and you can't stand to live in a 1995 building? interesting, and good luck.
4. You're not going to find "new" apartment buildings in New York City. Even the nicest places are older buildings that have been renovated.
5. If you can afford $2700 a month you can find something to rent just about anywhere. In NYC "pre-war" (meaning more than 65 years old) is considered a positive selling point because the apartments were larger. Most "new" construction are condominiums & most of those are on the upper east side. But that's not where the art crowd lives. They are pretty much below 14th St. There's very little "new" construction there.