Any experiences people wish to share about their own move to NYC? How much did it cost to get established? How much would it cost to get established if you wanted to live in a part of the city without worrying for your safety?
NYC is safe, man. Last summer two of my good friends and my girlfriend all moved to NYC. Harlem, Williamsburg Brooklyn, and Lower Manhattan respectively. One is a rapper and english lit working with Literacy Through Hip Hop, coaching kids, making about $2k a month and he did fine. The other is a fashion reporter, blogger and PR guy, an struggling one at that; Made just about as much but nighlife was bleeding him, IIRC. My gf is a singer and we had a free apartment (I couldn't tell you how much it cost, but it was on Park Ave and 57th) however a lot of her friends where struggling artists and actors and there were shared apartments where one could get a bed for $400/mo or so in theater district.
FWIW, we find Sydney to be heaps more expensive than NYC; at least I do. But Sydney is far more habitable.
Well, it's pretty much Chicago or NYC next year so I can be close to the exchanges. If I get lucky, maybe I could even end up in Frankfurt. In all three cases, it's the cost I am worried about.
Although the internet may not be as poetic as traveling to NYC and finding your "big break," it's a whole lot cheaper, and possibly more effective these days.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 24.8 ms ] threadFWIW, we find Sydney to be heaps more expensive than NYC; at least I do. But Sydney is far more habitable.
Also, having grown up in Brooklyn, I find Manhattan quite a thrilling place to visit.