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The recent construction boom has turned New York into the Florida of new construction defects, so what better way to save our city from further humiliation than to train the next generation to build things properly?  

After owning an apartment for 15 years, one downtown seller posts a couple of concerns on StreetEasy.com: What to do with the post-closing cash (a problem we all should have), and where to live next. He's not sanguine about the future strength of the real estate market, nor is he thrilled about the prospect of paying $10,000 per month in rent to live next to a group of 20-somethings sharing a similar space.

You may never be able to have your dream job writing headlines for the New York Post, but you can live in the newspaper's former headquarters at 75 West Street, on the border of the Financial District and Battery Park City. Skyline Developers is offering seven units, ranging from a 746-square-foot one-bedroom for $2,750 to a 1,104-square-foot one bedroom plus home office for $3,600.

There is not a huge supply of moderately priced pre-war apartments with new high-end renovations, so this unit caught our eye. As the pictures on the building's swanky website show, apartments at the Greystone (212 West 91st Street between Amsterdam and Columbus) have walnut hardwood floors, beamed ceilings, individually controlled heating and A/C, and high-end kitchens.

What would you do:  Move to a neighborhood where your child would attend a substantially less-than-stellar public school but you would get lots of day-to-day help from mom, or move to a better school zone out of mom's easy reach? One mother on UrbanBaby.com faces just such a choice. She worries that her UWS mom won't be so willing and able to help out if she crosses Central Park to an affordable decent school zone on the Upper East Side.