OT: poughkeepsie, ny

cal · Mar 11, 2008

Does anyone live there or lived there?

How is it for a young professional...?

Gyms?

Nightlife?

Thanks.

cb11mass · Mar 12, 2008

haha... suprising to see a post about my hometown. IDK what there is in the way of a career there. IBM is a big employer. The nightlife is ok, its kind of a regular crowd. There are some decent clubs/lounge/bar/restaurant across the river in newburgh. A few restaurant/lounge in poughkeepsie area, the clubs are filled with highschool students. Some bars have an older crowd. The gyms are decent I would say the most popular is the gold's in lagrange, ny. Definately lacks a decent weight area though. There is one squat rack, one leg press, a few benches and dumbells go to 120. East coast gym on rt 44 in poughkeepsie, is a dungeonous old school gym and its cheap; it looks like the gym they do the universal animal adds in. Then there are the planet fitnesses. And a few others that arent bad, crush fitness is one

cal · Mar 12, 2008

cb:

tried to pm you but i guess you dont get them or something...id like to ask a few questions. have interview there somewhat soon.

lestatgear · Mar 12, 2008

LOL - I lived just on the other side of the Hudson River for 30 years and worked in Poughkeepsie/Fishkill area for some time prior to mmoving to Florida 3 yrs ago.
The gyms used to be better. There used to be an awesome World's Gym but that's a planet fitness now. There is a decent Gold's in Wappingers Falls, which I think may have moved down Route 9 to Fishkill. Probably your best bet. East Coast Gym is just as cb11mass described.
Nightlife is okay - decent variety for the young, old, whatever.
As cb11 mentioned, IBM is a big employer there. There are some smaller corporations there. I work in the insurance industry, and some of the larger companies have offices in the area. However, it's definitely not a booming corporate region.