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gertie
I want to know about rent, work, realities of NYC life. How can I figure out how to move to NYC and take advantage of the wonderful place everyone says it is? I've visited. I don't HAVE A CLUE how to start looking for a job, an affordable place to live, or how to make it work. Any suggestions?
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Depends on the lifestyle you demand. Most people I know moved here with a few bags of clothes and some money in their bank account. They didn't have a job lined up but usually had a connection for a place to sleep, like at a friend's apartment for at least the first week or so. Jobs can be easy to find if you're not picky. Restaurants are always hiring and people usually start out working as waitstaff or as a delivery person if they have a bike. Jobs like that can usually be found in the first few days if you try hard enough.
Finding your own affordable apartment in NYC is tough right now. There's really not much out there that's under $1200-1300/month. Unless you have a lot of money saved up, it might be easier to rent out a room in someone elses apartment for awhile while you look for a place of your own. Even then, it's difficult to find a room for less than $700-800/month. Anything less than that will probably be far out into one of the outer boroughs. Don't forget that bills may not be included. It may be cheaper and easier to find a place across the river in NJ while you look for a place in NYC. The PATH train runs from NJ to NYC so getting into the city is simple.
Bringing a car is a bad idea unless you plan on living in it. Even then you will probably get a bunch of tickets.
You can reserve a room at the YMCA if you have no place to stay. The cheapest rooms start around $40. The Greenpoint, Brooklyn YMCA is in a great area:
http://www.ymcanyc.org/sub.php?p=about&sp=greenpoint/greenpointabout
Depends on the lifestyle you demand. Most people I know moved here with a few bags of clothes and some money in their bank account. They didn't have a job lined up but usually had a connection for a place to sleep, like at a friend's apartment for at least the first week or so. Jobs can be easy to find if you're not picky. Restaurants are always hiring and people usually start out working as waitstaff or as a delivery person if they have a bike. Jobs like that can usually be found in the first few days if you try hard enough.
Finding your own affordable apartment in NYC is tough right now. There's really not much out there that's under $1200-1300/month. Unless you have a lot of money saved up, it might be easier to rent out a room in someone elses apartment for awhile while you look for a place of your own. Even then, it's difficult to find a room for less than $700-800/month. Anything less than that will probably be far out into one of the outer boroughs. Don't forget that bills may not be included. It may be cheaper and easier to find a place across the river in NJ while you look for a place in NYC. The PATH train runs from NJ to NYC so getting into the city is simple.
Bringing a car is a bad idea unless you plan on living in it. Even then you will probably get a bunch of tickets.
You can reserve a room at the YMCA if you have no place to stay. The cheapest rooms start around $40. The Greenpoint, Brooklyn YMCA is in a great area:
http://www.ymcanyc.org/sub.php?p=about&sp=greenpoint/greenpointabout
Where's the best biking around New York City? Any good paths in the nearby surrounding area?
ioncayah
At least I'm not in Texas.
No, but really, I gotta get out of this jungle sometime.
bear mountain it is.
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Oh man, there is PLENTY of good bike riding around New York City.
I live in Queens, and I'm all over the place with my trusty Cannondale when the weather is nice out.
There is the Harlem Valley Rail Trail in Wassaic (end of the Metro North's Harlem line) if you REALLY want to get the heck out of the city: http://www.hvrt.org
There is the Westchester North County and South County trails, and the North County trail is some 25 miles long (from Eastview all the way up to Mahopac in Putnam): http://www.westchestergov.com/Parks/SideBar/Trailways.htm
In Queens, I usually do the Vanderbilt Parkway Bikepath and then north along the Joe Michaels path on the shores of Douglaston Bay to the Throgs Neck Bridge. Beautiful ride.
In Brooklyn there is a 10-mile-long bike path along the Belt Parkway from Bay Ridge all the way down to Coney Island, and you can keep riding that until you hit Floyd Bennett and then turn south to cross the bridge to the Rockaways.
In Manhattan there is the West Side bikepath from the World Financial Center all the way to the GWB. And if you are feeling masochistic you can cross the GWB (which has a very nice bike / walkway) and go ride the road in the Palisades Park (lots of steep hill climbing).
If you like to ride with a group, give the 5-Borough Bicycle Club a try. They got day rides every weekend and usually lots of people show up: http://www.5bbc.org
Get out there and ride, man!
Hope this helps. :-)
Oh man, there is PLENTY of good bike riding around New York City.
I live in Queens, and I'm all over the place with my trusty Cannondale when the weather is nice out.
There is the Harlem Valley Rail Trail in Wassaic (end of the Metro North's Harlem line) if you REALLY want to get the heck out of the city: http://www.hvrt.org
There is the Westchester North County and South County trails, and the North County trail is some 25 miles long (from Eastview all the way up to Mahopac in Putnam): http://www.westchestergov.com/Parks/SideBar/Trailways.htm
In Queens, I usually do the Vanderbilt Parkway Bikepath and then north along the Joe Michaels path on the shores of Douglaston Bay to the Throgs Neck Bridge. Beautiful ride.
In Brooklyn there is a 10-mile-long bike path along the Belt Parkway from Bay Ridge all the way down to Coney Island, and you can keep riding that until you hit Floyd Bennett and then turn south to cross the bridge to the Rockaways.
In Manhattan there is the West Side bikepath from the World Financial Center all the way to the GWB. And if you are feeling masochistic you can cross the GWB (which has a very nice bike / walkway) and go ride the road in the Palisades Park (lots of steep hill climbing).
If you like to ride with a group, give the 5-Borough Bicycle Club a try. They got day rides every weekend and usually lots of people show up: http://www.5bbc.org
Get out there and ride, man!
Hope this helps. :-)
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