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Originally Posted by LSyd
thanks for the tour. i think i could easily convince the wife to move there and stay; what're the prices and safety like?
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Prices, for NYC, are moderate for the apartment highrises, and rather high for the single family homes (though everything's cheap compared to Manhattan).
Safety is a non-issue. Riverdale is as safe as any hoity-toity suburb, and is nowhere near any high crime areas.
Besides the Jewish population, Riverdale is probably best known for its United Nations and consulate/UN mission populations. For whatever reason, this is kind of the NYC version of Embassy Row, with lots of foreign consulate residences and the like.
The Russians, in particular, have a huge complex for their UN Mission Office and Consulate Office (the offices themselves are all on the East Side of Manhattan, around the UN, but for some reason, the govt.-owned official residences and apartment buildings for the staff are all here, and this is true for many other nations).