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Old 07-08-2014, 09:03 PM
 
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I would add that there are plenty of neighborhoods where weekly room rentals are posted the old-fashioned way -- on flyers on utility poles, and in laundromats. Research which middle-income or working class neighborhoods have good transit, and spend a day walking around looking at ads and maybe you will find a weekly rental in a place that won't bankrupt you.
I just happened upon this FB page that shows photos of flyers for rooms for rent in NYC. Many are not in English, but you can get the gist. I don't think the page is up-to-date but I thought some others might find it a valuable tool to see that craigslist is not the be-all end-all for cheap rooms.

https://www.facebook.com/NYCTibetanS.../photos_stream
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Old 07-24-2014, 04:38 AM
 
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its extremely hard to do that, you need emergency funds
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