| When people think of New York's Financial District, | | | | filed out back to their respective neighborhoods so |
| they don't think of a nice, cozy, neighborly type area. | | | | walking alone can feel creepy. |
| They think of Wall Street and stock brokers and | | | | The Financial District seems to be overrun by 20 and |
| people rushing around from place to place only | | | | 30-somethings trying to make their mark on the city |
| stopping to 'do' lunch. The reality is that, while mainly a | | | | who file in at 9am and leave at 7pm. There are also |
| place of business, some people still do live in the area | | | | plenty of students due to the NYU dorm on Water |
| and it is becoming increasingly residential. The area is | | | | Street. Tourists abound as well, checking out the South |
| generally thought of as being below Chambers Street | | | | Street Seaboard, Wall Street and the 9-11 monument. |
| on the southern tip of Manhattan and surrounded by | | | | Transportation is great in this area with seemingly |
| water on all sides (although some claim that Battery | | | | every train running through. |
| Park is a neighborhood of its own). | | | | Nightlife is not one of the draws of the Financial District |
| Buildings in the Financial District are mainly commercial | | | | as the area seems to shut down at night. There are a |
| in nature but residential highrises are popping up and | | | | few dive bars located on the streets east of |
| there are plenty of options. Rent is expensive but | | | | Broadway and a few diners but, overall, if you want to |
| people will get more bang for their buck in the | | | | have fun at night you will do it elsewhere. If shopping is |
| newly-build buildings than they would in crusty old | | | | your thing then Fulton Street is a good place to go for |
| buildings in some other Manhattan areas. A studio in | | | | cheap products and there are plenty of sidewalk |
| one of the new luxury buildings will set you back about | | | | vendors selling knockoff goods too. The South Street |
| $1,900 a month. Multiple bedroom apartments tend to | | | | Seaport has an indoor mall with a view of the water |
| be cheaper than in other areas of Manhattan. For the | | | | and Wall Street has had a few high-quality retailers like |
| cheapest digs, check out the smaller places east of | | | | Tiffany's and Hermes open up if you would rather |
| Broadway. The area is safe but it gets very quiet | | | | have the real thing. |
| after about 8pm when all of the office drones have | | | | |