Reply With QuoteLive in Jersey City and you'll be doing just fine with that salary. You could swing the outer boroughs if you don't mind the commute.
NYC on 75K Salary?
I get the feeling some of you are rolling on the floor right now in laughter after reading my title.
Well I hope you choke ..cause it's for real!
Here's the thing. I'm an ex-NY'er who was practically kidnapped by his parents and forcibly taken away to live in a desolate desert shittehole by the name of Orange County, Southern CA.
Yes indeed, the infamous OC where some of the more exciting outdoor activities include lizard racing, mowing the lawn and sitting in ones car on the way to ..well, to anywhere because no-one walks here anyway. This place feels like Arkansas man. It's the American Outter Mongolia. The people are pretty mongoloid too.
Anyway, I'm now at an age where I can dump the two bastards and break-out on my own, so guess where I wanna go?. NY f@cking CITY is right! I miss it sooooo much.
I've had a job offer from Hudson County which is based in JC (yikes!) that pays 75K and I was wondering if maybe, perhaps, someway, I could swing living in Tribeca or some other easily commutable area downtown. I'm probably just dreamin' and some of you wanna bit@h-slap me into awakeness already, huh?.
Well eat me cause if I can't swing it then I'm gonna do something REALLY drastic ..like move to Hoboken.
Seriously tho, what are my chances of making it?. If downtown is out, are Hoboken or JC really an option to even consider living in? Because I mean that way I can at least still get a freakin' glimpse of my beloved NYC, right?.
(sob) The job itself is based near Journal Square and I'd like to stay close by, both because of it's proximity to NYC and the fact that I've never even been to Jersey and quite frankly as a kid I had this idea that it was a crapper.
Give it to me straight, please.
Last edited by ElMagnifico; April 27th, 2007 at 11:27 AM.
Live in Jersey City and you'll be doing just fine with that salary. You could swing the outer boroughs if you don't mind the commute.
P.S. Don't worry about the Jersey drivers, because you won't be one of them.
I suggest that you live in New Jersey, where your job will be, maybe find a place by the PATH, you'll be able to afford it and its not too difficult to commute to the city. Its a start, and once there you can look for a job in the city.
Hobokenite here.
Find out how close you would be working to the Path train. If teh job is close by, you can live in JC or Hoboken easily, and get into the city 24/7 quicker than you can from the outer boroughs.
You will have to do some hunting for a good spot in JC though. there are some great spots and some crappy ones, and the prices are all over.
Hoboken has rent regulations that the realtor will not tell you, so if you look for a place there, try for one that was built before 1970. Aim for something that you can still afford, but then call up Carol McLaughlin at city hall and be really nice! She is the head honcho for the rent board and can get your place checked. You can probably get a 700sf place for under $1000 a month (although I have never seen on advertised for that.)
Glad to hear you are moving out of SUburban CA. There are so many better places to be in CA than where you are now, but I don't think you will be dissapointed with JC or Hoboken either....
Watch the Jersey bashing, El. There are plenty of Jersey members on this site.Anyway, Jersey has some great places such as Hoboken and JC. I think you'll like Hoboken because of a lot of Manhattan transplants that now live there.
Originally Posted by OmegaNYC
Watch the Jersey bashing, El. There are plenty of Jersey members on this site.
Sorry, I was just trying to be funny by repeating the stereotype most NY'ers have of Jersey. Obviously I don't feel that way nor believe it otherwise I wouldn't even consider living there!.
Thanks for the responses.
^^^ Don't worry about it. You're lucky JCMan didn't get a chance to read your jokes.
Lol. I deleted the offensive jokes ..just in case.^^^ Don't worry about it. You're lucky JCMan didn't get a chance to read your jokes.
From what I have seen, Hoboken is much better than the rest of New Jersey. Jersey City and for that matter, Newark, Bayonne, etc. all suck. When I moved here I sold my car to some thugs in JC for cash on the street. The rest of New Jersey seems more suburban. Hoboken seems nicer than Brooklyn also. You should go with Hoboken and ride the path train down to Journal Square.
you can easily live in nyc on 75K, i have many friends doing it some on even less. Just need to find a roomie and split a 1bdrm.
You wont be able to afford Park Avenue, but you'll easily be able to find a place for your budget in the boroughs. Most people live on much less.
to: Thisisntmyrealname
"When I moved here I sold my car to some thugs in JC for cash on the street."
That sounds silly enough to be just a fake story. Say that car is involved in a hit and run or accident, wouldn't they track you by the VIN or license plate if those are still on????
to: Ninjahedge
We plan to move to Hoboken this fall. I will definitely give that lady a call. Which month is better to start a new lease: August or September?
I assume when school starts at Stevens there is a bigger demand for apartments than at any other time, but we can't afford to move any sooner and don't want to wait till October either.
Cheap apartments or ones that would be able to be shared by a number of students would be the primary concern.
August and September would bothe be difficult, I do not see any real price dip between the two months.
I wish you luck! (and the car for cash thing is a bit off.)
You can live in Manhattan for that, it won't be easy but I've done it for less. Assume you have to find a place for less than $1750-2000/mo, you won't save much either.
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