minium income need to live in studio apartment in nyc

[Just_the_facts]

I'm willing to look at Brooklyn as well. I assume that the Bronx and SI also have some affordable areas?

[Mystique13]

if you're ok with livin in the basement or with room mates, you can find something.Everyone and their mother wants to move here so competition is stiff. Landlords wants fulltimers with good credit.Stay away from real estate brokers.

[Kefir King]

Don't base your salary requirement on how small a dump you can bear to live in. Price yourself at what you are worth.

[Just_the_facts]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

Don't base your salary requirement on how small a dump you can bear to live in. Price yourself at what you are worth.

I am a long-term unemployed individual so most employers automatically assume that I am worth nothing or next to nothing. My only hope for obtaining employment is to be willing to work for less than my competitors are going to work for.