Damn! I pay $2600 a month for a 2,400 Sqft house 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath on a 1/2 acre, backed up to a perserve, with a stream in my back yard, only 45 min east of you... And I own it! I could never live in the city or close to it (queens/brooklyn). As much as I love it, the price I cannot justify...