College student needs advice... (apartments, rent, how much)

[wi5eguy]

Hi everyone! I live in New York right now and attending a 2 year community college. I'm moving out to Florida in 6 months, and plannin on transferring to a 4 year school.
Now i got a few questions:

1)Where are the best places in Florida for a college student to move to and rent an apartment? (is fort meyers a good place? I prefer a good to decent neighborhood, doesnt have to be the best) I'm hopin to spend a maximum of 750 (hopefully), thats the most i could spend a month.

2) Whats the current wage out there for jobs in retail or workin as a cashier at a store? In NY its $7-8 a hr. I'm tryin to figure out how much Ima need to save up.

Any advice?

[kort677]

Originally Posted by wi5eguy

Hi everyone! I live in New York right now and attending a 2 year community college. I'm moving out to Florida in 6 months, and plannin on transferring to a 4 year school.
Now i got a few questions:

1)Where are the best places in Florida for a college student to move to and rent an apartment? (is fort meyers a good place? I prefer a good to decent neighborhood, doesnt have to be the best) I'm hopin to spend a maximum of 750 (hopefully), thats the most i could spend a month.

2) Whats the current wage out there for jobs in retail or workin as a cashier at a store? In NY its $7-8 a hr. I'm tryin to figure out how much Ima need to save up.

Any advice?

1. you should post this to the Florida forum, this is the jacksonville forum
2. you're not going to make too much more than that working retail wherever you are

[phoenixxphyre]

I'm not sure what the area surrounding them is like, but there seem to be apartments in the ft meyers area from 350 (which is actually less than what I pay for an apartment in OH, so that's really surprising to me), Evanston Park, and 395 (which is what I pay here), SpringView. Westwood, Cyprus Bend Village, and Windrush are all in your range as well. You can see pictures, etc. on rent.com