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What is the minimum yearly amount required to leave in reasonably good & comfortable condition in the New York |
Travel Info I mean $50,000 per year is enough? What would be the position of the person earning this much money in the City of New York? Will he / she be able to survive? Travel Tips I think it totally depends on what you consider "reasonable." I'm 24 and I make $42,000 a year and I'm living comfortably. I live in a trendy neighborhood in Brooklyn and have a decent social life. New York can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be. You can have an apartment with 5 roommates and live in Bushwick for $400 a month or have your own studio on the Upper East Side for $3,000 a month... You could go out and spend $15 a drink at a nighclub in Chelsea or you can split a pack of PBRs and hang out with friends on the Lower East Side and only spend $15 all night. Again, that's the beauty of NY. It's all what you want it to be! Others no. no. no. no. no. Defne "reasonable." It it possible to live in Manhattan with only one roomate on that amount, but one would be more comfortable and have a better standard of living in one of hte outer boroughs. To move to the city today and live in Manhattan alone in a comfortable apartment in a nice neighborhood, i would say that the minimum income is at least $75,000. you can live comfortablly in NYC for that amount, it is just what you consider comfortable, and what the average New Yorker does is not the same. You will not be saving any money, you will not be going on vacation, you will have a roommate, and you will not be drinking $15 drinks at a hotel bar, but you will not be living in a homeless shelter either. It's really impossible to answer the question based on this much information. "Reasonably good & comfortable" means different things to different people. Plenty of people survive on $50K/year, or less, and maintain a "middle class" lifestyle. For the most part, they: -- Live outside of Manhattan (such as in Brooklyn, Queens, or Jersey City) -- Receive health insurance coverage free from their employers -- Share an apartment with a partner with similar income, or with one or more roommates -- Do not own a car (an unlimited subway/local bus pass costs $76per month) -- Do not have substantial outstanding debt on credit cards, student loans, or anything else of that nature -- Accept that they live in a smaller space, and probably in an older/shabbier building, than their economic peers would in most other U.S.cities -- Very rarely or never take part in the "new york lifestyle" depicted on TV (such as partying in trendy clubs, traveling around town by limo or taxi, shopping for full-price name-brand clothes and shoes, or vacationing in the Hamptons) -- Visit moderately priced restaurants and bars a few times a week -- Understand that they may never be able to buy a home in the NY area based on current real estate market trends -- Love New York and feel grateful to be here, either on a temporary or a permanent basis. NYC resident of modest means |
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