Moving from FL to NY, any advice?

[_chuchu]

Oh, and come to a Yankee game!

the best

[foopy]

Oh, and come to a Yankee game!

she'd be about a 10min train ride from new citifield too. and it'd be much cheaper. but then.... lolmets.

[netz]

Surely you mean "hop on a Chinese bus to Boston to see a Red Sox game."

[BadKarma]

Move to some non retarded part of Tex....oh wait.


But yeah don't move anywhere within the five boros, as hard as that sounds rent is terrible for even a decent apartment.

Also know:

Rizzo's Pizza on Steinway St. in Queens

Joe's Pizza on (I think) 14th St in Manhattan.

Know it and love it.

[Quicklet]

Rather than start a new thread I figure this would be a good place to ask. What kind of rent should I expect to pay if I'm looking for a reasonable single bedroom apartment in Manhattan around Morningside Heights?

[Katoke]

I live on Long Island, biggest difference for me when I visited Florida was people moved at a slower pace :/. NY is cool thought, didn't bother reading full thread- oh, near Manhattan? Kinda expensive I think.

[Ryko]

The weather just picked up as of last weekend so you're not going to need a jacket unless you'll die in 70 degree weather.

Try to get anything on the west side of brooklyn or queens, try to do brooklyn instead of queens too unless you happen to know people wholive in that borough because it's a bitch to get to the city from there unless you're directly on the brown line.

Also hit me up, I've just reestablished myself here so I can definitely give you some tips and ideas on what to do about renting. Renting a room is pretty much doable anywhere for about 500 a month in brooklyn or queens. If you get something in sunset park it's a straight express shot to any part of manhattan that you need to get to except lower east broadway which you'd have to transfer off of a local line.

You can either hit me on MSN, AIM, PM or through my Email (Rykoshet at hotmail dot com)

Job-wise. If you're not established right off the bat as far as a job goes, you have a lot of work cut out for you. If you want something that just pays for now while you look for an actual permanent gig, take the address of the place you're likely to live and use that to apply for a US census job exam. You can take the exam down there and theyll just forward it to the proper new york office. Once you take it they'll likely call you within the next 3 weeks and a position can pay anywhere between 14 for the worst office position to 20 assuming you don't take a supervisor exam (which is the position I got but I'm being transferred within the next 6 weeks). That'll give you a job for the following 10-12 weeks if not longer assuming you can get around, which may be the biggest issue since you won't really be familiar with the city on foot but they'll make you walk around the neighborhood you otherwise already live in which I guess can help you get acquainted with people, and if you specify that you would rather avoid being out alone at night they'll be sure to accommodate for that.

Food-wise, you pretty much just take your pick. If the concern is price, price while still going out, variety, etc. The city has everything. I eat dinner twice a week for 2 bucks or less (friday I pick up 2 slices of pizza and tuesday I get 10 wings at this restaurant near west 4th).

[Mr. Flippy]

why not just go for the middle ground and move to some place like cincinnati, oh or lexington ,ky. both places are kinda fast paced altho some of the hoods are rough. i personally love lexington would love to move there if i could find a well paying job there .

[Ryko]

Because outside of chicago, NY, DC, or philly you need a car to get around.

[Ferien]

Food-wise, you pretty much just take your pick. If the concern is price, price while still going out, variety, etc. The city has everything. I eat dinner twice a week for 2 bucks or less (friday I pick up 2 slices of pizza and tuesday I get 10 wings at this restaurant near west 4th).

Where are these magical places you speak of?

[Ryko]

There are 2 places in new york that have 1 dollar slices. First is on st marks (2 bros $1 pizza) and the other is on west 8th and 6th avenue. The wings are at 1849 on wednesday nights.

[Sylphet]

What kind of financial buffer do you have upon moving in (aka how many months can you go w/o any additional income)?

I ask because from your posts is seems like you have this romanticized notion of the bohemian life in NYC. It's all fine until you really are out of money and this is a really fucking bad time to be looking for work and I guarantee you being hungry isn't fucking fun.

I love NYC. I've lived there for 12 years and I've lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. It can be the best time in your life but going in unprepared and with little money/no job/no friends to help you out makes is seem like you have watched too many movies. Sorry if I seem like I'm raining on your parade but a little more preparation can go a long way. I understand the need to branch out and do something on your own but reality has a way of bitch slapping people who take her for granted.

[Ryko]

^ I straight up hobo'd it in the city for the last 4 months (save a stint in philly at a friend's place for 3 weeks). Your perspective and appreciation of the city grows in unlikely and honestly sort of unnecessary (when you account the hardship involved) ways when you're dirt poor but it is not something anyone should have to go through. Bottom line unless you're set for the next quarter year or so I wouldn't personally risk it, you're going to need about that long to establish yourself.

As it stands though I took the city for granted for the first 22 or so years of my life and as sylphet said, it bitch slapped the fuck out of me for it. Now that I'm reestablished I can look back and say that I'm a better person for making it through but again, I could have saved myself from learning the hard way with even a little forethought.

[Nightbreed]

There are 2 places in new york that have 1 dollar slices. First is on st marks (2 bros $1 pizza) and the other is on west 8th and 6th avenue. The wings are at 1849 on wednesday nights.

Can't for the life of me remember where but there is $1 slices and specials after 9pm at a little hole in the wall pizza place around the corner from one of the Grey's Papaya. Just remember there is a Commerce/TD Bank across the street and a little bar on the same street.

[tyven]

this thread make me want to move to nyc

[Quixon]

They key is to live just close enough to visit, but far enough away to not have to deal with all the bullshit.


(See My Location) Haha.

[Osede]

This I've already known about. Sucks, but I've lived in VA before, too, and they have State tax. Not sure about county, but definitely state.

be prepare for that you had to donate 1/3 of your pay to federal+states everytime you receive your pay check >.>

[AoE]

They key is to live just close enough to visit, but far enough away to not have to deal with all the bullshit.


(See My Location) Haha.

Bro-fist

[Xerlic]

There are 2 places in new york that have 1 dollar slices. First is on st marks (2 bros $1 pizza) and the other is on west 8th and 6th avenue. The wings are at 1849 on wednesday nights.

Dollar pizza places have become pretty popular. There's way more than 2 in NYC. I know there's a pretty popular one on 43rd between Lex and 3rd right by GCT that I go to at least once a week for lunch, and coworkers have told me about another one on Lex a few more blocks north too.

[Airenn]

What kind of financial buffer do you have upon moving in (aka how many months can you go w/o any additional income)?

I ask because from your posts is seems like you have this romanticized notion of the bohemian life in NYC. It's all fine until you really are out of money and this is a really fucking bad time to be looking for work and I guarantee you being hungry isn't fucking fun.

I love NYC. I've lived there for 12 years and I've lived in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. It can be the best time in your life but going in unprepared and with little money/no job/no friends to help you out makes is seem like you have watched too many movies. Sorry if I seem like I'm raining on your parade but a little more preparation can go a long way. I understand the need to branch out and do something on your own but reality has a way of bitch slapping people who take her for granted.

I may not be 100% prepared, but I honestly didn't think I ever would be. I have enough for about 4-5 months, if I handle money carefully and eat cheaply.

It's hard enough finding a job down here, but I don't have a car at the moment and I wanted to be in a place where not having a car is no big deal for now.

I expect to be getting paid around 9 an hour, maybe more if I luck out. Which per week is 360bucks. Knock say 60 for taxes, and that's about 1200 per month. 400 for rent, 400 for savings, 400 for me, roughly.

Like I said earlier, I am fairly decent with money so hopefully I won't have too many issies once I DO find a job.