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How the hell are these out-of-state folks getting these good paying jobs???
I dont understand how. It pisses me off sometime. I guess alot of employers are being selective. A tenant at my job who works in a hr position told me new yorkers complain to much compared to out of towners. I also heard about some guy that in his office he is the only new yorker left. I wonder how nyers are making out in rustbelt, sunbelt and biblebelt compared to the locals that live there. I guess being a transplant is a hot thing now especially in this recession.
Try NEWPORT in Jersey City...right on the Hudson. The PATH train commute into the City (World Trade Center) is a 6 minute ride and an easy walk into Tribeca. If you give up a breathtaking view of Manhattan you can get a nice BIG one bedroom for under $2 g's. If you are a good negotiator you might get WELL below $2 G's.
It's a nice safe place with far better shopping than you can get in New York.
I expect you will have as much trouble finding an apartment in November as you will finding a pan handler in the subway. In fact, I expect you will get a better deal because it is the start of the slow season.
In the 14 years I've lived here I have never used a broker or had a problem finding an apartment. There is no shortage of studios that rent for $2000+. I suspect you may be having trouble finding a place now because you are looking too early. Apartments that are available for Nov. 1 will not come on the market until after Oct. 1, when the prior tenant tells the landlord they are not renewing.
i noticed the same thing...its amazing on every out of towner or illegal worker can get a job very easy yet people that live in NYC and is legal to work has a near impossible battle of finding any kind of employment in these very though times
That is a bit presumptious of you.
Have you thought that maybe the out-of-towner is just more qualified? Or is better candidate? Maybe he/she has a graduate degree? Maybe exceeded in a previous job? Maybe networked very well.
Your argument is cute - but unfortunately isn't very thoughtful
How the hell are these out-of-state folks getting these good paying jobs???
They're getting good jobs in highly competitive fields because they get their experience OUTSIDE of the city first. In many fields (advertising, fashion, finance, journalism, law, for example) NYC is the center, the end-all and be-all, so employers will only hire the best and most experienced people who've proven themselves somewhere else and shown that they're ready to step up to the big time. Top companies in New York have their choice of hiring anyone in the country because so many want to come here. Your competition isn't local in NY. It's national and sometimes even international. So sometimes you have to leave New York City and make your mark before you can come back and find a great job here.
Ironic thing is that many NYers with a six figure salary would know in a heratbeat where to live, and how to live well, while the out-of-towners struggle to make ends meet with that money because they don't know what we do about neighborhoods, where to shop, how to save money etc.
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It's a nice safe place with far better shopping than you can get in New York.
You can do it without a car very easily.
Yes, Newport is very nice, and if I have to recommend a place in NJ, Newport would be it. Mall. Grocery store. Target. Very convenient. Great access to the PATH or the Light Rail. You can do it without a car very easily, very easy commute. But if you're saving on rent, I'd consider getting a car. My temp housing is here now, and I think Jersey City is built for cars. So much parking. So easy... www.newportnj.com (these apartments are more expensive because they have Manhattan views. purrtty)
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Originally Posted by citylove101
Ironic thing is that many NYers with a six figure salary would know in a heratbeat where to live, and how to live well, while the out-of-towners struggle to make ends meet with that money because they don't know what we do about neighborhoods, where to shop, how to save money etc.
umm..... that really just begs the question "would you share?"
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