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06-21-2009, 08:00 AM
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Location: In the depths of sorrow
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Originally Posted by SoftwareEngChick
Holy hell. Are the tax brackets on that website accurate? I put in $100,000 a year in NY and it says I'd only take home $2,372.03 per bi-weekly paycheck. I'd end up only taking in 57k at the end of the year. In my field (engineering) we make about $100,000 here in the south and I can't justify moving there unless I was offered at least twice that considering the outrageous rent prices. It's sad that someone with a six figure salary would "squeak" by every month after paying rent on a 600 sq ft apartment. Why do so many people want to live there again?
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Using $100k as the salary, and based on filing as a single person, I calculated $66,274 net annual pay ($5,522/month). People are able to get (not "squeak") by on much less than that but, yes, it IS an expensive place to live. |
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06-21-2009, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: new york
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I just paid 10.49 for 2lb of Maxwell house coffee at Kmart on 34th st. just a tip for those of you paying 10$ a pound! :P
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06-22-2009, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Upstate Manhattan
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Originally Posted by squeezeboxgal
In Manhatttan? Yes -- unless you're on public assistance.
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Not if your one of the thousands of people who live uptown. |
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06-22-2009, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by hazeleyes86
Not if your one of the thousands of people who live uptown.
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I don't know about that. I lived on the border of Washington Heights and Inwood and I think it would be pretty hard to live up there with an income of $36,000/year for a couple. But I could be wrong -- it certainly wouldn't be the first time .....  |
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06-23-2009, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by squeezeboxgal
I don't know about that. I lived on the border of Washington Heights and Inwood and I think it would be pretty hard to live up there with an income of $36,000/year for a couple. But I could be wrong -- it certainly wouldn't be the first time ..... |
Oh trust me, I'm not saying its easy, but it is doable as many individuals/couples are doing it. And there are still many 1bedrooms for 1300 to 1500 available in Inwood, even west of Broadway, but thats changing quickly.  |
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