It is soooooooooooooooooooo expensive there. I was curious to how the rent was for the 5 boroughs. My god its outrageous. $1500.00 a month for a one bedroom apartment thats a mortgage for a 4 bedroom house in chicago. the only apartment complex i found reasonable was this place called Parkchester in the bronx. It was $800.00 a month for a one bedroom with all utilites included.
2006-07-21 06:57:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
I moved here about a year ago from Massachusetts. When I first moved here I had total "sticker shock". I traded a 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo for a studio apartment. It's a nice studio in a good neighborhood -- but still! But your mind generally wraps itself around the idea of spending more on your rent than your out-of-state friends pay on their mortgage, car, cable, telephone and utilities together. You just adapt to the cost. I still go out to dinner and drinks, but I also take advantage of cheap/no cost activities: going to Central Park, running in Riverside Park, head to the Met Museum (I bought a membership for $75 and it is a great place to go when you are bored and broke -- just go after 5 p.m. on the weekend), walk around some of the great neighborhoods, wander the stacks in the Strand Bookstore, etc. It is really a great place to live b/c there is always something to do. Plus, my transportation expenses are totally low now that I don't own a car and primarily use the subway (see, some savings!). With that said, I can't imagine living here and making under $70,000 and I'll have to move to buy a house. I can't stomach spending $300K-$600K on a STUDIO.
2006-07-21 09:19:15 · answer #1 · answered by JenInNYC 2006 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, New York's public bathrooms are called Starbucks. But fortunately many of us have gym memberships at Equinox or NYSC, so I usually run into an NYSC, flash my membership and use those bathrooms.
We live like everyone else. We have breakfast, goto work, have lunch, work some more, have dinner, and partake in evening activities followed by sleep. We have a very simple life, it's just that we work and play hard. Occassionally we take business trips or have friends come into visit. We go shopping, hit the gym, catch a flick, watch sports, and get groceries.
It's pretty much the same as everyone else.
2006-07-21 08:00:19 · answer #2 · answered by Chinese Cowboy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think most of the people who live in manhattan make the kind of money to live there I think people make more income in new york city and also some people live in rent control apts where they are not paying that kind of rent but cheaper
2006-07-21 07:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by Brock C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also, New York City lacks public restrooms.
2006-07-21 07:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know because I've never been in New York or usa...
2006-07-22 05:35:31 · answer #5 · answered by Live Love Laugh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-21 07:00:24 · answer #6 · answered by doo to doo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we sell drugs!!!!
2006-07-21 08:58:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋