Stuck Inside of Hell's Kitchen with Those New York Blues Again

"This is probably why I still can't find an apartment to buy that I can afford - and so I'll just stay in my rent-stabilized walkup that's too cramped, and buy my first home outside of New York as a weekend escape. We make a solid middle class income - north of 75K and south of 100K - and live in Hell's Kitchen. We'd like to buy something, but don't want to commute for more than 30 minutes to the Worldwide Plaza area where we work." ["New York Only Non-Sun Belt City Amid Nation's Fastest-Growing"]