Anybody here knows what is like living in New York? How expensive?

Answer 1

New York State or New York City and if New York City do you need to live in Manhattan or can you take the subway from Brooklyn, Queens or God forbid the Bronx. What is your ethnic background because that will determine a lot where you want to live or what you pay. Best case scenario is that you have Russian descent and want to live in Queens you can get a 1 bedroom for yourself for under $1400 a month for a nice place even cheaper if you go for something less nice and smaller down to $700/month.
Now if you must live in Manhattan you need to live downtown to get lower prices but not as nice of neighbor hood, your looking at $2000-2500 for a small one bedroom apt and that's looking around a lot. any move towards mid town or toward the parks and you add thousand of dollars per month to your rent. if you have more questions email me.

Answer 2

As of March 2006, New York is now the 10th most expensive city in the world tied with Oslo, Norway. But it is the #1 most expensive in North America. CNN did a study were they said an average famliy of four living on $60,000/year would have to make $146,060/year to live in Manhattan and that almost 69% of that would go toward housing costs. So if you're living comfortably in an average American town, you'd need to make 137.9% more to live comfortably in Manhattan.

Answer 3

the city that never sleeps is great
there is so much to do you never get bored
be prepared to pay almost $2000 or more a month for a 1 room apartment the size of a closet in manhattan
it is expensive to live here but you can find cheaper housing in bronx brooklyn queens or staten island
manhattan itself is expensive

Answer 4

It's expensive. As to how expensive? well last time I checked it was the 12th most expensive city in the world. That could've changed over the last two years. Really doubt it though.

Answer 5

i live in new york city and almost everywhere u go, it's not gonna be cheap. the least is about $500. even if u live in a bad neighborhood that is not housing, it might be about $900-$1000

Answer 6

Very expensive.You will be treated as apoor person when you'l land there.Unless you are a millionare.Pay 1500 for monthly parking.4million to buy an apartment.

Answer 7

Let's put it this way: You can make over a hundred grand a year and still be classified as poor.

Answer 8

I've lived in the most of my life. Its the cheapest Period. Cheap supermarkets, food clothes its very affordable if you pic the right neighborhood.