Ok I really need advice. Right now I live in Atlanta, I have only been here since May. I love living in a big?

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city, but I do not know if Atlanta is the right place for me. I like everything New York has to offer, I know it's more expensive to live there, but here's the thing. I've never been to New York. My degree I'm going for is Visual Communications (advertising) so obviously both these cities are good for me, but can anyone tell me who is familiar with new york or lives there some pros and cons if I do consider moving there? I know this is kinda weird, but I don't know anyone from there, and I do need this advice, it would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Ok .... intelligent_friendlist.. doesnt have a damn clue.

Parking in my building in the middle of manhattan is 350 a month. Which is still very expensive....but not anywhere close to what that idiot suggests.

Rents in what I would consider an appropriate neighborhood for a new grad (parts of queens or brooklyn or hoboken) would be about 1500 a month (less if you share a place)

If you must live in Manhattna that same 1500 could get you small studio apartment, or half a two bedroom. A nice one bedroom is about 2000-2500.

Nobody in NY has a car, and I have friends that dont even have a license.

Its an expensive and exciting city. There are endless social opportunities for a young person who seeks them, from casual sports leagues, to classes, to sporting events, fan clubs, whatever.....

The weather here is never dull. From freezing and icy in the winter to sweaty in the summer. We have great beachs a short train ride away and mountains to climb not much further. There are great ski areas 2 hours away, and more art, music and theatre than any one person can absorb.

We have dive bars where a beer costs a buck, and clubs that serve only bottles of vodka for five hundred.

We've got restaurants from every country in the world, ranging from a hot dog on the street for a buck to an 8 course meal of delicacies youve never even heard of for hundreds. You can even eat in your pajamas, as ever apartment in manhattan has a hundred restaurants that will deliver to it.

Its crazy, noisy, rude, apathetic, lonely, busy, crowded, empty, dark, light, loud, tall, short and dirty.

It's my city and I love it.

Answer 2

Well the major pro is that you won't need a car and you won't need to drive through that HORRIBLE Atlanta traffic on your way to work. Also, there is MUCH less crime here, it is really safe at all hours to walk around and go out. There is much more to do here, Atlanta really only has a few happening areas and NY is just endless. There's a little bit of everything here, so whatever you desire, you can find it. There are tons of jobs in that area, but the con is that you don't have a set network up here, so try networking through your school and with your professors or other professionals in the field that can help you find a job up here. Another con is that people here work all of the time and the atmosphere is highly competitive. That is why they say, "If you can make it here, you'll make it anywhere", because it's REALLY difficult to make it here and you have to be really driven.

Answer 3

I live in Atlanta and I think it has a lot to offer. The question you need to ask yourself is What are you looking for in where you live? 1.) Commute, 2.) Cost of living 3.) Climate 4.) Things to do
5.) Quality of life 6.) Employment opportunities etc. Look up potential companies that you could work for and find out what the work environment is like and so forth.

Be creative! contact a travel agency, you can get good information on where to go, and the places to be in NY. Request brochures and travel guides from the agents. You don't need to tell them you're not looking for a travel package.

Start your research based on that. If its possible even go to NY for a few days and get a feel for the surroundings. You've been in town since May so its still rather early so give Atlanta some more time to grown on you.

Answer 4

Almost impossible to help as NYC is expensive, massive, and although incomes are greater than for the same job in Atlanta, Not that Much bigger. NYC very very small efficiency apartment - and did I say very very small - is $3,000 per month on average. Can you say teenie tiny. No car as you would end up with over $1,000 a month to park it. Then you compensate for riding the subway and living in a borough like Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, or the Bronx. Then you can't find out where bad neighborhoods are when apartment hunting as it is not politically correct for any site or realtor to tell you that. Most people starting out live 4 or 5 to a small one or two bedroom apartment for $1.200 to $1,500 plus utilities each. You are cramped and will never have privacy. NYC was voted friendliest major metro area in the world, and it is my favorite place on earth. I know it better than the town I live in now, But I can't live there as I am not rich and do not want to settle for a dump in a bad neighborhood. Please take the job in Atlanta, Live frugally and save, and check out companies in New York and Visit there starting with a three or four day weekend and begin to get to know it. My goal if starting out like you are now would be to get to NYC within 4 to 5 years after graduation. It really is the best place on this earth to live if you like cities. Go for it with a workable plan.

Answer 5

I live in Atlanta, too (Kennesaw, really) and can't imagine a place more different than NY. 1) People make lifelong aquaintances over time here, NY people have to learn to easily make friends fast 2) cost of living is low in Atlanta in comparison to salaries, NY is very expensive 3) taxes are 1/2 what similar circumstances cost in NY. In NY you'll probably never be a homeowner unless you have a relative that leaves you one. If you want to raise kids and retire in peace you can't beat it here, but you'll never get that cosmopolitan atmosphere a city like NY gives. You have to really like striving to be happy in NY. It won't be easy living like Atlanta. In winter you'll be cold and shoveling snow, and in summer you won't have fireflies or our state bird, the mosquito.

Answer 6

properly i might want to commerce with you yet you would ought to attend till next week because that's the old agency derby right here in Glasgow and that's between the ultimate video games contained in the international. there's a lot activity and hatred between the followers and it spills on to the gamers on the park. They inform you after the game that that's the ultimate surroundings thaty they have ever expereinced. So next week we are going to swap and also you may want to stress right down to Liverpool in about 3 hours if you aren't to any extent further getting a swap closer. through the way, in case you've by no skill watched a Rangers and Celtic recreation, ensure you watch this one. signal in to the rangers information superhighway website and also you need to be able to observe it. Or bypass to satanta and watch it on that website. that's widely used because the ultimate dery journey contained in the international. I sh!t you no longer. lol

Answer 7

Start saving your money, it costs 4 times as much for rent than it does in Minneapolis.

Answer 8

Haven't been to N.Y. but if you move somewhere I'm assuming it would be nice to have atleast one contact there to help w/ small questions like these.
So, no contact no go, it'll be a drag.