{"id":4468,"date":"2013-08-21T14:41:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T18:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.local\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2013-08-21T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T18:41:20","slug":"ab-testing-suburbs-in-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.local\/ab-testing-suburbs-in-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"A\/B Testing Suburbs in NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I made the big move to New York, one that was decided a while back but came together pretty quick.<\/p>\n

My wife Esther and I are here now – naturally moving to a new place, everything is new – especially coming from New Zealand to New York.<\/p>\n

One of our first considerations, is places to live, so we’ve come up with this plan. We’ll test different neighbourhoods. \u00a0Lets stay there for a week, get a real feel, wander the streets, dine and meet the locals. \u00a0An experience you can’t if you just wander over for a half day. \u00a0Ideally it helps us settle in faster – and if we don’t like a place a weeks not too long before we’re off.<\/p>\n

Using AirBNB<\/a> we can stay in different neighbourhoods each week, first week is Chelsea, next week is Williamsburg. Then not sure week after that.<\/p>\n

AirBNB allows people to rent out their apartments online, we’ve used it before as gives a nice local experience but also I’m not always up for hotels. You can often check in\/out at odd times, we don’t have to tip and generally a bit more laid back.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it ends up about 20-30% more expensive than renting straight away, but we think it’s worth it – in fact I’m surprised it’s not more expensive (but older rent controlled apartments real rental is probably way below market so the owners are killing it).<\/p>\n

Just a wonder of using the internet to create a market by connecting travellers with locals. \u00a0To do the equivalent only three years ago would have been a nightmare. If you haven’t tried AirBNB give it a go, it’s a real experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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