NY Cost of Living
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- zaq0
It depends on your lifestyle. Some people are able to survive for 40K a year and some are unable to fit in half a mil
- understandable. i'm not a fancy guy. just need a decent place in a decent neighborhood and a few bucks to get a beer on the weekends.davidwrites
- monospaced0
There are too many great restaurants and shows here, that if you don't have some expendable income you'll miss out.
- Be prepared to share an apartment.monospaced
- yeah. i figured roommates are a must
davidwrites
- TheBlueOne0
If you're planning on less than 100k then you'll need a roomate or two if you want to live in williamsburg or the east village. Unless you want to live in a tiny studio somewhere in a chancy neighborhood. Other places in Brooklyn will be cheaper. You can do it for around 60k, but comfortable it will not be my friend.
- I share an amazing apt and I pay almost $2k, but I'm in the best part of manhattanmonospaced
- 60k and i'll still be poor there?
davidwrites - I need to hang out with more NY qbners...TheBlueOne
- In case you missed this on the first page:
http://www.1010wins.…TheBlueOne - saw that, but $50k in houston and you're living pretty welldavidwrites
- ********0
move in with a couple chicks because you're gay. you'll bond.
- ********0
rent alone is much. no?
- TheBlueOne0
You can eat/drink pretty cheap though as long as you know where to go, and the city is walkable and public transportation is aces...and there is plenty of cultural shit to do for free or near free.
- monospaced0
- if you are handy with tools, this would be sweet! although not cheap to do...and then you would have nothing to..lvl_13
- show for all your hard work when you move out.lvl_13
- ummm, yeah. this place duh!
http://newyork.craig…
lvl_13
- instrmntl0
You Try to Live on 500K in This Town
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/0…
- ********0
don't move here unless you earn 100k a year? haha, twats.
congrats on being rich enough to live in the best part of new york though monospaced. i'm pleased for you.
i lived in an east village share a couple of years ago on $60k a year david. and did just fine.
- things have changed in the last couple of yearsmonospaced
- he said "comfortably"TheBlueOne
- i was comfortable.********
- if your rent is around 1300, doesnt seem like you need 10k/month to get by like these people are saying. is everyone on QBN rich?davidwrites
- you don't. it's just snobbery.********
- yeah, cause I'm obviously a snob.TheBlueOne
- monospaced0
I'm not rich.
- Tungsten0
^^^ Those craigslist listings for Brooklyn are almost on par with Toronto. That's pretty surprising.
- Take into consideration the size of the place and the location. I'm from Toronto but live in NYC, and apartments are different here.theanticrust
- monospaced0
Brooklyn can be cheap, but you get what you pay for.
- TheBlueOne0
East Village:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/se…
- monospaced0
David, the taxes in NY are insane. You lose well over 1/3 here, so a $100K salary turns into just over $5K/month. Throw in bills and fun, and you'll need over $60K to be happy.
- davidwrites0
ouch.
- I lived comfortably in SF on $45K, but needed to double it to get the same in Manhattanmonospaced
- TheBlueOne0
Ah fuck, come on out..don't let us scare you. New York can always make room. You can do it!
- ********0
Blue has a room for ya!
- monospaced0
I say go for it, but not without a job first. And be prepared to pay first AND last month's rent as well as a deposit. Most places require you to PROVE that you make 40X the rent (in a year) and will request your tax forms for the last two years, bank statements, and a credit check.
- ********0
ah yes, the hamptons, heard about that place
- davidwrites0
i can handle that. i'd only move if i got the job
- I'll buy you a beer when you get here.monospaced
- dittoTheBlueOne