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I myself recently moved to NYC with basically nothing, but am still here. That being said... I knew what to expect, and what I could afford... you will NOT be able to live on your own for $800 to $900 dollars a month, and if you do, it will not be in Manhattan, unless you are okay with renting a ROOM... not an apartment... a ROOM. And you have to also factor in your food budget, as well as saving money for taxi fares and MetroCards. You will have to be comfortable with the prospect of living out of your backpack for quite a while, once you first get to NYC.
I applaud your desire not to take government help... I can respect you on that. Just do whatever you can possibly do to find a job ASAP... don't be too prideful or picky... work is work, and work pays you and provides you with an income. Once you find work, save what money you can, so you always have enough for rent, food, and transportation.
I'm 19 and I plan on moving to New York in upcoming 2011. I just started saving my funds for this mission. I will be moving SOLO, no friends, no family well, I do but we're not close. I was attending Medical School and I dropped out when my mother passed and now its me against the world. I stay with my grandmother, and she wants me OUT.. so do I. NEXT STOP:
NEW YORK CITY. So I'm humbly asking for some tips, job sources, and places to live. My budget will be $800-$900 a month, I DO NOT want to reside with an roommate, and gov't help is OUT of the question. A one bedroom is completly fine and any location but "rundown" (not use to that environment) However any help and advice is appreciated.
-This is not a IF I move to New York, I am
-Please no ignorant comments
-All help is needed and welcomed
-Thanks!
I am just so blown away by the fact that you were in medical school at 19 that I'm speechless.Was it the 4 years of high school or the 4 years of college that they let you skip? Or did you get multiple double promotions in elementary school?
I'm 19 and I plan on moving to New York in upcoming 2011. I just started saving my funds for this mission. I will be moving SOLO, no friends, no family well, I do but we're not close. I was attending Medical School and I dropped out when my mother passed and now its me against the world. I stay with my grandmother, and she wants me OUT.. so do I. NEXT STOP:
NEW YORK CITY. So I'm humbly asking for some tips, job sources, and places to live. My budget will be $800-$900 a month, I DO NOT want to reside with an roommate, and gov't help is OUT of the question. A one bedroom is completly fine and any location but "rundown" (not use to that environment) However any help and advice is appreciated.
-This is not a IF I move to New York, I am
-Please no ignorant comments
-All help is needed and welcomed
-Thanks!
First of all, you need to drop your unrealistic expectations about moving to NYC and lower them to become more realistic. Second of all, I doubt you were in medical school at age 19.
That being said, you can move to NYC on that budget, but you will need to live with a roommate or several roommates, and you will need to make several sacrifices until you work your way up into a higher-paying job. I'd recommend going back to school and earning a degree so you have much better job prospects out of college, and better chances at landing those jobs than a college dropout.
Enter the housing lotteries..they can feel like a long shot but you dont have to pay to send in an application and you never know. You may get called for an interview. Never hurts to just send a few in..
I am just so blown away by the fact that you were in medical school at 19 that I'm speechless.Was it the 4 years of high school or the 4 years of college that they let you skip? Or did you get multiple double promotions in elementary school?
Obviously,in your world,anything is possible.
I'm curious too.
OP, did you mean that you were a pre-med major in college/university? In any case, I hope you take up medicine again once you get on your feet.
$800-900...try Bushwick in Brooklyn. I know a couple people who live there and it's really pretty decent as far as up-and-coming areas go. I don't think that budget will get you your own place anywhere that isn't kind of crap though, so I think you might want to compromise on the roommate thing. It's actually a very "New York" thing to do.
The nice thing about getting into a share situation is that often times the person leasing the apartment will rent the room out for a flat rate, including basic utilities and sometimes even nice extras like wireless internet into the rent. Usually the terms are much more flexible as well. The last thing you would want to do is rope yourself into a 6 or 12 month lease before you know how it's going to work out for you here.
Last edited by UrbanAdventurer; 06-23-2010 at 12:18 AM..
Not trying to be overly harsh, but you need a wake-up call before your life spirals out of control and you end up working a dead-end job, 1000's of miles away from your friends, and living on a bad block of te Bronx that is run by the local gang/ drug runners. Seriously.
Sounds like a good wakeup call to me!
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