NEW YORK—Investment banker Douglas Allison left England in late 2012 to help his company start a new project in the United States.
Being young and single, Allison had little desire to live near his office in Stamford, Conn. So for the last two years, the 34-year-old has commuted from the Upper East Side.
Late last year, he started looking to buy an apartment in Manhattan.
He did most of his apartment hunting on the Upper East Side, and spent a little time looking in Murray Hill. The East Side was preferred, because it is an easier commute to his office.
After months of hunting and piles of paperwork, Allison landed an Upper East Side co-op right by Central Park, where he runs three times a week.
A photo of the Beatles that hangs on Allison's living room wall. This was taken in Dublin sometime in the 60s by Allison's late grandfather, who was a reporter. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times
