I'm moving to NYC
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- honda
What up peeps! Well, that time has finally come after years of waiting, I finally decided to make the move to NYC.
I got a great gig and now it's time to move and start the apt search. We (Mrs. and I) leave on the 3rd to look around the city and apt hunt. Any advice or leads would be appreciated.
Hope to meet some of you NY NT'ers!
Ciao,
- TenaciousG0
Congrats. Life will now speed up by a factor of 7...
Western Bklyn, and all of manhattan are the most popular living spaces, but can be expensive...
If you're handy with a hammer and can get yourself an old warehouse epace, go for it.
- brooke0
I was thinking of visiting NY soon. I'd love to see Mal, Timmy, & Joe again.
Good luck on your move!
- ********0
Start taking out loans so you can eat
;)
- tkmeister0
how much you making?
- TenaciousG0
And BTW, I hope you have a strong stomach... eating on the cheap means loads of hotdogs and street kebob...
- honda0
Haha!
- honda0
I'm making enough I guess. I've spent some short time in NY and always loved it.
There are still some reasonably priced food joints in town. I mean, shit, it's NY! There are tons of places to eat.
Our main concern is housing. I don't think we'll buying anything soon...so renting is the best option at this point.
- tkmeister0
if i was married, then i'd probably live in Upper East Side or even Battery Park City. It all comes down to how much you want to spend and what kind of life style you want to have.
if you got a lot saved up, then might as well, buy a place. because saving while living in nyc is going to be difficult especially for the first 3-4yrs of living there. think of it as an investment.
- ********0
This stuff was made in New York City
NEW YORK CITY!!
- honda0
Yea, I don't know about Battery Bark City. I don't think we are on that level yet.
Define "a lot saved up". We have what we consider to be a good amount to buy a home here (Orlando) or even Atlanta. Not sure if it would be enough for NY.
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- tkmeister0
if you got $60-80k saved up, i think that'll be great.
the studio around where i live go for $400k and many requires 15% downpayment. but since you are with your wife, you def want to get 1bedroom apt. so that means you gonna spend 600-700k at least, well depends on where you want to live....
but good living in nyc comes wiht a high price tag.
- dirtydesign0
Use craigslist or rentdirect.com
You can find NO FEE apts on craigs, and rentdirect is strictly NO FEE places. Good luck, welcome.
- ********0
don't forget the Mexican Taco vans. All over Queens
- harlequino0
I hope you're making a good chunk of change, because it is unbelievably expensive.
If you want a lighter cost of living, don't rule out places outside the city. I live in Yonkers, which is very affordable. I walk to the train, and am in Grand Central in about 20 minutes.
- honda0
Yea, living in the city at this point isn't an option. Maybe later and if a really good deal comes along.
We're looking at some parts of Brooklyn and some parts of Harlem. That's what most people have been suggesting to get a "decent" place. Yonkers has been mentioned too.
- honda0
Thanks Dirty for the rentdirect suggestion! Checking it now.
- bauts1060
If you can stand taking a 25 minute ferry ride every morning you might want to check out the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. You can live very cheap and not a lot of people have caught on. Of course theres not as much culture as Brooklyn or the city, but you can walk to the ferry and be downtown in 30 minutes. Theres a few pretty cool bars in that area, and North Shore staten island is pretty nice and clean. You'll have to deal with a constant barrage of Growning up Gotti clones though.
- harlequino0
bauts made me think of this:
http://www.cityisland.com/A friend recently as looking at very affordable places there. I hear it's pretty amazing, like a little hidden gem. There's a dedicated bridge which takes you very quickly into the city.
- Mal0
I moved to Inwood which is at the north end of Manhattan and I pay under $1500 for a huge 2 bedroom. I'm on 207th and Broadway 2 blocks from 196 acre natural forest.
- Mal0