Single male Making $40,000 a year living in manhatan

[patrix542]

Mod cut: TOS violation the address:
N 56th St at W 9th Ave, New York, NY, 10019

there is few rooms to rent in that area but i dont know if its safe there

[mgt04]

Originally Posted by patrix542

Mod cut: TOS violation there is the address:
N 56th St at W 9th Ave, New York, NY, 10019

there is few rooms to rent in that area but i dont know if its safe there

Yeah you'd be fine in that area too

[ethanatlarge]

Originally Posted by patrix542

im so happy i went on a street view and these streets look fantastic!! all these tall buildings and stuff ;p i cant wait to live in a proper nyc ;P however im from a small town and $1000 a month seems very expensive for a such a small room, but i guess thats normal in NYC :P

Why spend $1000 a month on a tiny room when you can get a studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn just across the river? You would be able to have fun and use your polish because it is a great mix of polish and younger people.

[Biskit]

Yeah terrible, I don't know how people cram into tiny apartments in Manhattan and are willing to pay outrageous amounts of money for it when they can pay less and have twice the room in their own studio, just 10 minutes outside of the city. I just want to be able to walk around, relax and breathe a sigh of relief when I get home, not live in a shoe box.

[UWS Cowboy]

Originally Posted by mgt04

Really you've found rooms for rent in Manhatten under $1K? I was going to say I doubt you'll find anywhere like that in Manhatten unless you room with a roommate in a crappy area. I'm not sure you want to move to Harlem or the Bronx....Try Queens or Brooklyn but you're going to be hardpressed finding something even halfway decent for $1K a month. $40K a year in NYC unfortunately is peanuts....try craigslist...another expense to include would be a monthly subway pass and try to get an apartment near one. Good luck!

I lived in spacious rooms with roommates in nice areas of Manhattan (midtown east, west, and uws) along with Williamsburg (for a month) all for 1000 and under. Almost took a room in the financial district for a thousand, glad I didn't. It's definitely doable. I've seen 750 on craigslist for a room in Hell's Kitchen. Who knows how small it was, but it's not hard to find a room for under 1k in a good area. Anyway, I'm not the most experienced in finances because I'm college age and not completely on my own, so I can't give much advice to the OP on his salary of 40k.

[mark2kay]

im not clear are these rooms like in someone elses apartment or a private own room?

[patrix542]

i wpuld never move to a greenpoint.
im not moving to usa to live in polish neighborhood and have everything polish. what's the point?
I dont know, but there is just something special about manhattan

[JordanUK]

I'd like to see the apts?

[patrix542]

JordanUK i can send you a link with few rooms that i found for under $1000 in private message ok?