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Every "The Hunt" column begins with the Hunters describing the apartment they want, and ends with them rationalizing whatever they came away with. This is The Hunt: Dreams vs. Reality
The Hunter: a young woman looking to buy
Price
Dream: $200,000
Reality: $175,000
Neighborhood
Dream: Astoria
Reality: Jackson Heights
Amenities
Dream: 1BR
Reality: 1BR, co-op
Summary
This weekend's Hunter is a recent college grad who inherited a bunch of money from her aunt, and wanted to buy an apartment. With a budget of $200,000, Ms. Diana Regal set out to buy a one-bedroom in Astoria, but quickly expanded the scope of her search to Woodside and, later, Jackson Heights. She found a nice one-bedroom in a co-op building for $175,000 and bought the place after a three-month long approval process. She and her boyfriend seem happy, because in Jackson Heights, "nothing is in English, and I kind of feel like I am on vacation," despite the shocking dearth of brunch options in the ethnically diverse neighborhood. Indeed, she is forced to trudge all the way to "Brooklyn" to get a blasted Bloody Mary with her eggs. [The Hunt/A Jackson Heights Apartment Courtesy of a Kind Aunt; photo via Chris Goldberg/Curbed Photo Pool]
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