Moving to New York City

[Farang]

Thanks very much for the responses. You know you guys trying to scare me off are doing the opposite.. $1800 net income is the absolute minimum I would end up with--like if I landed an unpaid internship and could only find a job at Burger King. The upper end of that scale probably tops out at around $2200.

I do think after reading this that I should probably live a subway ride away from Manhattan rather than in it. Looking at the MTA map it doesn't look very inconvenient to do this and I'd significantly increase the quality of my accommodation. It seems the most mentioned place has been Jersey City.. any more ideas for places in the area?

 

[ivan2]

Originally posted by: Farang
Thanks very much for the responses. You know you guys trying to scare me off are doing the opposite.. $1800 net income is the absolute minimum I would end up with--like if I landed an unpaid internship and could only find a job at Burger King. The upper end of that scale probably tops out at around $2200.

I do think after reading this that I should probably live a subway ride away from Manhattan rather than in it. Looking at the MTA map it doesn't look very inconvenient to do this and I'd significantly increase the quality of my accommodation. It seems the most mentioned place has been Jersey City.. any more ideas for places in the area?

for jersey city, try to live further west. exchange place is more of a ghost town in weekend than financial district. you won't begin to see people until you pass grove street.

and add $50 a month on top of that for the path ride. And you don't need the metro card if you can manage to find a job below 34th street.

 

[Vonkhan]

Try Brooklyn ... Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Park Slope / prospect park

AVOID: Bushwick (east williamsburg), northern prospect park, Bed-Stuy, anything east of prospect park

 

[LS21]

my friend is living off nypd salary which is 32k gross starting. that is 2666/month before taxes.

before that he spend 2 years as either bike messenger or working in pizza shop, living in brooklyn, so its doable. be aware he is EXTREMELY minimalistic, and the room he was staying in is *literally* smaller than my walk-in closet. and i do mean *literally* as in his "room" has less volume than my closet.

caveat emptor. or..er... caveat rentor.

 

[jonks]

Contrary to popular belief, you can in fact get a place in Manhattan for $500/month. But read the small print because you may be required to pleasure whatever gets stuck through that hole in your wall.

 

[vesuvius333]

Bayside, Queens and Brooklyn Heights are two nice neighborhoods.