Moving from FL to NY, any advice?

[Airenn]

Another question to you all, let's say I'm working a 9/hr for 40 hours a week. 360 straight up, how much of that is going to taxes?

[Ksandra]

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.

*except Taco Bell



I had to say it cause I tease my friend who lives in NYC about it a lot.


Also if you want to get a good coat/anything for winter weather:

http://www.llbean.com/shop/guidePage...tml?qs=3006432


Shit's the best for warmth. Especially their gloves.

[Ryko]

9 an hour in new york is about 1k and change a month (came out to about 1100 I'd say), 400 rent is a fantasy unless you have the deal already set in stone. Least youre spending on a room otherwise is 500. Even if you eat minimally that's at least 150 gone for that, and the 27 per week for a metrocard comes out to you having... 200 and change for yourself at the end of the month. And that's IF you only spend 5 bucks a day to eat, that's lowballing really hard.

Seriously, apply for the census. 3 month gig but the very least you can make is 14 an hour and they cover your travel expenses on things like unlimited metrocards (which ups your ability to socialize outside of work by a ton since you're not spending an extra 4.50 to go out). They need to test and make a hiring pool of 10501 people in my office alone.

The city has taco bells, there are 2 around where I live. They just happen to be tied to pizza huts and yeah they are pretty rare but it's easy enough to just go to a tex-mex place and get the same shit for like 10 cents more.

Let me know what you have set in stone and I can give you a better picture, probably.

[Ksandra]

The city has taco bells, there are 2 around where I live. They just happen to be tied to pizza huts and yeah they are pretty rare but it's easy enough to just go to a tex-mex place and get the same shit for like 10 cents more.

How is that possible when they were banned a few years back? My friend has seriously ran around trying to get to one. And went to the ones listed on google maps to find it outdated.


Basically tell me the addresses so I can tell him lol

[Ryko]

Look for taco bell pizza huts. I know there's one down by the very low numbers on like third avenue in brooklyn. I never went in there so I dont know if the actual TBell is decommed or anything but yeah it's there. I'll get an address some time later this week, I gotta go down to that area tomorrow to do some bouncing work.

[Airenn]

9 an hour in new york is about 1k and change a month (came out to about 1100 I'd say), 400 rent is a fantasy unless you have the deal already set in stone. Least youre spending on a room otherwise is 500. Even if you eat minimally that's at least 150 gone for that, and the 27 per week for a metrocard comes out to you having... 200 and change for yourself at the end of the month. And that's IF you only spend 5 bucks a day to eat, that's lowballing really hard.

Seriously, apply for the census. 3 month gig but the very least you can make is 14 an hour and they cover your travel expenses on things like unlimited metrocards (which ups your ability to socialize outside of work by a ton since you're not spending an extra 4.50 to go out). They need to test and make a hiring pool of 10501 people in my office alone.

The city has taco bells, there are 2 around where I live. They just happen to be tied to pizza huts and yeah they are pretty rare but it's easy enough to just go to a tex-mex place and get the same shit for like 10 cents more.

Let me know what you have set in stone and I can give you a better picture, probably.

I have a place for 400 set. Not to make you do additional work for me but, how do I take this exam?

Online? In person? Website? Where at? I am trying to google some info now, but nothing is very helpful.

I got this website: http://www.labor.ny.gov/home

[Ksandra]

ya do and if you have time see if it actually has taco bell working yet. iirc there was some health issues with the Taco Bells in the city (like rats running around) so NYC banned them from city. So it's possible those places were just lazy and didn't take down the signs lol.

[Ryko]

http://2010.census.gov/2010censusjobs/how-to-apply/

The toll free is there, they may give you a local number when you do call there. Alternatively I can give you my office's recruiting number and theyll surely have the number for the other offices int he city. When you do apply you will want to put the address of the place you're going to live because they give jobs and assignments based on where you live so if you put down florida you'll get a job in florida, no dice. Luckily you can take the exam anywhere and theyll transfer it to queens so you don't have to wait for the move to do it. You need a passport or a license (and social or birth cert) to take the exam. Even if you dont bring your social with you, you need to know the number to put on the application. They'll call you by the end of may if they have a position off the bat, and considering their dire need for people applying that shouldn't be a huge issue.

Field positions pay 18.50 an hour minimum, my field recruiting position is 20.25 an hour. Office work is like 14 an hour. Without transfers you can expect to work 12 weeks for 40 hours a week (tops, they dont do overtime so if you manage to work 40 hours in 4 days, the rest of your week is straight off) but that's more than enough time to try to find something not temp.

If you contact me tomorrow night like past 9 EST I'll have the elmhurst LCO office recruiting phone number for sure. My office is in brooklyn but I call a lot of friends looking for jobs and get them the information to apply and most of them live in flushing or woodhaven/

[Cleverness]

Taco Bell are still open, my brother bought some when he went to pick up FF13 this week since it was right next door.

Maybe you mean standalone taco bells, which is possibly the case. As Ryko said, they are usually Pizza Hut-Taco Bell combination stores.

[Ksandra]

Taco Bell are still open, my brother bought some when he went to pick up FF13 this week since it was right next door.

Maybe you mean standalone taco bells, which is possibly the case. As Ryko said, they are usually Pizza Hut-Taco Bell combination stores.

where at? D:

[Cleverness]

Depends, the one he went to was on the corner of Broadway/Flushing in Brooklyn next to the Duane Reade

[Ryko]

Neighborhoods: Flatiron, Union Square, Greenwich Village
18 E 14th St
(between 5th Ave & W Union Sq)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 645-8645

There's another one in penn station too apparently. They're all over the place, it's just that NYC is full of mexicans and slants who cook mexican food better.

[Ksandra]

ya but you know what a craving is like, when you get one doesn't matter if something's better, you're still going to want it.

[Cleverness]

There's another one in penn station too apparently. They're all over the place, it's just that NYC is full of mexicans and slants who cook mexican food better.

True story, nowadays it's cheaper to eat at the chinese restaurants and local small establishments than the big chains like Taco Bell and McDonalds. Except for Popeyes, shit is delicious.

If you're ever in Brooklyn, there's this Mexican store down Broadway(I know its close but across the street from 390 Broadway, I know that much), the best fucking taco's I've had in my entire life. Place looks kinda shitty but dear god the tacos for like 2.50 a pop are delicious, I don't think I could stop eating them. They have burritos and shit too that my brother likes but I don't fuck with that, just get the tacos. Beef tacos, chicken, etc.

[Ryko]

I'll stop at junction once and see what's up. I take the J to woodhaven a lot on the weekends anyway.

[Cleverness]

It's on the Hewes st stop iirc. Same side as the supermarket right there, and walk down a few shops down going towards the Marcy Ave station. The place where you order food is in the back, front is just like a grocery store looking place with mexican candy and junk.

[Ryko]

Marcy son!

Alright, I'll keep it in mind.

[Carmi]

Ryko mentioned something about $27/week for metrocards. The fare here is $2.25 for entry and you will use MTA at least twice a day. If you planning on working 5 days a week, it'll be slightly cheaper to pay-as-you-go. But if you work 6 days a week and only plan on not going anywhere else but to/from work, it'll cost you $108. My advice is to pay $89 for a monthly card. It's once card for a full 30 (31? pretty sure 30.. forget) and you can use it as many times as you want for the full 30 days, to wherever you want to go. For the unlimited cards there's a 18 min wait to use it again for the second time in a row, but realistically it shouldn't be an issue. You can save a bit by doing this, and when you have free time you can wander around in the city . Good luck!

[Stu]

I thought the monthly cards are now around $120? I hardly use mass transit, but I'm pretty sure they kept raising the price the past 3-4 years.

Also, where in brooklyn is your office, Ryko?

[Kilhart]

If there's a money-spending vice that I have, it's food. I love to eat and I love to eat out.

You gon' go broke. Unless you know people and/or do your homework to find the best values for food around the city.

I suggest going to St. Marks to sakebomb at least once. Place I went to had a $40 for unlimited sake/sushi/beer special. Was awesome.

Also try 53rd & 6th Halal. Worth the long wait in the cold at nights.

Edit: I am not looking to get a car. I will be researching public transportation and relying on that. Tp Cephius: I've already done the gawk-at-everything tourist trip, so I should be fine.

You don't really need a car in Manhattan (in fact, it's probably a disadvantage due to heavy traffic and ridiculous parking prices near Times Square), but a lot of people I know in Queens prefer to have a car.

Also, whether you're a driver or a pedestrian, be aware that NYC has a pretty high concentration of terrible and/or aggressive drivers. Especially in Chinatown.