#1
Posted: 3/5/13 at 11:09am
I'd give anything to live in NYC, but I have no idea how it's even possible with as costly as it is. Over $1,000 a month in rent alone? How do you guys do it?
How do you New Yorkers do it?
#2
Posted: 3/5/13 at 11:47am
Probably with small sized roommates, sharing a chest of drawers like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtsOQz2I09g
Rents are really high in all major cities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtsOQz2I09g
Rents are really high in all major cities.
#3
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:38pm
I don't need a car, which means I don't pay for gas or insurance. That alone saves me probably $1000 a month or so. Even in most other major cities, you really need a car if you want to go anywhere beyond your neighborhood. That's how I look at the costs, anyway.
Also, living alone is definitely possible, but most people I know have roommates and work two jobs so that they can have some extra money after bills.
If you're willing to venture outside Manhattan, rents are considerably more reasonable and you get a lot more space.
Also, living alone is definitely possible, but most people I know have roommates and work two jobs so that they can have some extra money after bills.
If you're willing to venture outside Manhattan, rents are considerably more reasonable and you get a lot more space.
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#4
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:45pm
I sell my body. That's how I make ends meet.
#5
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:46pm
Theirs and yours, we assume.
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#6
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:50pm
How do I do it (pay my rent)? Well, I have a job...
Seriously though, New York is hardly the most expensive city in America--cost of living in DC, SF, LA, and Boston are as high, if not higher. As others have said, not having a car certainly helps a lot, and the outer boroughs are great for those who can't afford/don't want to pay Manhattan rent.
Seriously though, New York is hardly the most expensive city in America--cost of living in DC, SF, LA, and Boston are as high, if not higher. As others have said, not having a car certainly helps a lot, and the outer boroughs are great for those who can't afford/don't want to pay Manhattan rent.
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#7
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:52pm
"Over $1,000 a month in rent alone?"
Where have you heard about an apartment that's anywhere near $1,000?!?
Where have you heard about an apartment that's anywhere near $1,000?!?
#8
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:55pm
You could probably rent a futon in Inwood or somebody's closet in Sheepshead Bay for $1,000/month.
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#9
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:19pm
The NY Times had an article last year that said the average rent in Manhattan is $3418 a month. Which is kind of crazy.
New York (or Manhattan, at least) is the most expensive city in the country, at least according to this survey. With the average cost of living in the US at 100, Manhattan is at 223.9 and Brooklyn is at 185.5. Honolulu is #3 at 167. San Francisco is next, then Queens at 154.4.
(I have no idea why they've divided New York into boroughs.)
cost of living in the US
New York (or Manhattan, at least) is the most expensive city in the country, at least according to this survey. With the average cost of living in the US at 100, Manhattan is at 223.9 and Brooklyn is at 185.5. Honolulu is #3 at 167. San Francisco is next, then Queens at 154.4.
(I have no idea why they've divided New York into boroughs.)
cost of living in the US
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#10
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:21pm
Probably because rent isn't identical from borough to borough, or even within different neighborhoods in the same borough.
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#11
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:24pm
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#12
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:25pm
My roommate and I split a two-bedroom railroad apartment on the UES for under $1900. We took over a lease about three years ago.
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#13
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:31pm
Over $1,000 for rent for a one bedroom is pretty common for most of the North and West Chicago neighborhoods. Or for a studio if you want something downtown. I pay a lot to live downtown, but I don't own a car and I had to sacrifice space for convenience. It's all about priorities.
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#14
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:31pm
It still costs to get around, non-automobile owners, does it not?
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#15
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:34pm
where is this apartment for around $1000 a month and when can I take it?
i'm at around $2000
and i do it by working 2-3 jobs and a strong resilient backbone
i'm at around $2000
and i do it by working 2-3 jobs and a strong resilient backbone
#16
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:35pm
It still costs to get around, non-automobile owners, does it not?
A monthly metrocard is $112. I'll take that over gas, a car payment, and insurance.
A monthly metrocard is $112. I'll take that over gas, a car payment, and insurance.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
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#17
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:37pm
Transportation cost me about eighty bucks a month when I lived in Chicago, without a car, more if I took the occasional cab.
You must apply for food stamps.
Are a lot of New Yorkers on them? This, with no offense meant to tiny, makes me a little uncomfortable. I mean, I get that the help is there, and I don't want to sound like an Abby/Mikey type judging those who are on public assistance, but my thought we be if you have to incorporate getting on food stamps to get by living in a city like New York, then perhaps living in city like New York isn't in the cards for you.
You must apply for food stamps.
Are a lot of New Yorkers on them? This, with no offense meant to tiny, makes me a little uncomfortable. I mean, I get that the help is there, and I don't want to sound like an Abby/Mikey type judging those who are on public assistance, but my thought we be if you have to incorporate getting on food stamps to get by living in a city like New York, then perhaps living in city like New York isn't in the cards for you.
#18
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:38pm
I lived just outside DC in a crappy apartment in Arlington 11 years ago, and my rent was almost $1000 a month. 11 years ago. I don't even have a clue how much that crappy apartment would be now.
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#19
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:40pm
Phyl, I've been through some really lean times in New York, and I've never applied for food stamps--nor do I think I would have even qualified for them, even in my poorest grad-school days. I was a bit taken aback by seeing that suggestion as an imperative.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 3/5/13 at 02:40 PM
#20
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:48pm
I heard of a guy who got a sweetheart deal living in a shelter right in midtown and all he has to do is ring a bell at Christmas time and with all the money he saves he can go to shows and auditions. Or, wait, maybe it was a lady.
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#21
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:01pm
I dated someone who had an EBT card when I lived in Chicago. He was recently out of an MFA program and couldn't find a job, and his parents helped with his rent. He qualified for the program, but I always uncomfortable with it, because it just never seemed quite right to me, but I wasn't the one receiving benefits so it wasn't really my place to worry about it. But I'm not suggesting this is something that's happening on a widespread level; I'm questioning the suggestion that one of the secrets of surviving in NYC is to be on food stamps.
#22
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:06pm
To answer the OP's question, I have a roommate in a 2 BR in midtown. I'm frugal, but it works -- I'm not a naturally spendy kind of person anyway. The only thing we're paying TWC for is internet.
I walk to work, and only take the subway maybe once or twice a week. I don't drink much, don't have a lot of pets, and luckily have no medical bills/student loans to pay off. I also get a lot of my food at Jack's World and Trader Joe's. :)
I walk to work, and only take the subway maybe once or twice a week. I don't drink much, don't have a lot of pets, and luckily have no medical bills/student loans to pay off. I also get a lot of my food at Jack's World and Trader Joe's. :)
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#23
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:13pm
Try the maraschino cherry salmon!
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#24
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:28pm
You have to have a Costco membership. And maybe buy your meat at Western Beef.
It's ridiculous what Duane Reade is charging these days. I remember when they were a bargain basement store. And someone needs to investigate Gristedes for price gouging.
It's ridiculous what Duane Reade is charging these days. I remember when they were a bargain basement store. And someone needs to investigate Gristedes for price gouging.
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#25
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:37pm
Gristedes sucks. Their stores are cramped and often dirty, and they also often lack product.
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