I live VERY comfortably on not much more than this and max out my retirement accounts. That is today, in 2023. If I had a pay cut to $120,000 I could easily afford another apartment in Manhattan and might have to contribute a little less to my retirement account. Stop acting like you know everything about everything. I live here, you don't.
The average rent for an apartment in Manhattan is $4,614 a month. If YOU want to spend that much on an apartment in Manhattan on $120,000 salary, then more power to you. I am not acting like I know anything. I have given my OPINION that I personally would not want to live in NYC on $120,000 a year. You are having trouble with comprehension, brother.
im a sister, jerk.
and we have different priorities, obviously. i'd rather live in a vibrant city as a middle class person than whatever boring place in ohio you live in as a "rich" person.
I usually don't flex or brag. There's people (idiots and losers) who actually can and do think the opposite of reality regarding me and others until reality hits them smack in the face because they're not good at figuring things out. But if they want to think the opposite from reality, they can go right ahead. But the thing about this demographic that acts as if their excrement does not stink is that they're average at best and oftentimes a complete loser that's obsessed with winners. So sometimes I do in fact flex, because I'm making a point to stick it to these losers who disrespected me (who also never admit they're wrong). Damn right I'm gonna shine up on a hater/doubter every chance that I get. Then they'll say, "oh he's arrogant." Well guess what pal, you're the exact reason I'm arrogant! Know your role and shut your mouth, you Jabronis.
That's the weirdest f'ing post I've ever read.
The fumes in his mom's basement must be getting to him.
I did. For about 9 years. All it requires is two things:
1) Not believing Manhattan or the Brooklyn waterfront area (and Park Slope) is where you have to be. It's a big city with tons of great neighborhoods.
2) Being a little city-savvy, which most transplants aren't. You don't get a great apartment deal from Zillow. You get it from a friend of a friend of a friend who knows a guy. You don't get great deals on produce at Whole Foods. You get equally delicious produce from a wacky Italian market with sawdust on the floors at a quarter of the cost (all the real ones know what I'm talking about). Etc.
Yeah, ok, for 9 years. 9 years WHEN? Not 9 years beginning today.
Again, you people who say it's easy to live in NYC on $120,000 are doing so based on times past and a mortgage that was gotten nearly 2 decades ago. Good for you. I'll say it again...yes, TODAY EVEN, you can live in NYC on $120,000. Not something I would want to do though as that is NOT a lot of income to be living there (I'm assuming moving there TODAY and either getting an apartment or buying a house TODAY with TODAY'S prices).
Yeah, ok, for 9 years. 9 years WHEN? Not 9 years beginning today.
Again, you people who say it's easy to live in NYC on $120,000 are doing so based on times past and a mortgage that was gotten nearly 2 decades ago. Good for you. I'll say it again...yes, TODAY EVEN, you can live in NYC on $120,000. Not something I would want to do though as that is NOT a lot of income to be living there (I'm assuming moving there TODAY and either getting an apartment or buying a house TODAY with TODAY'S prices).
I lied. 8 years, did some bad math. 2013-2021.
I lied again. I left in Jan 2022. Probably more like 8.5 years. Rents in my old neighborhood haven't really changed. So yes, I could move back TODAY and be just fine.
I'm sorry you've never left Manhattan, there's a lot of cool stuff out there!
I live VERY comfortably on not much more than this and max out my retirement accounts. That is today, in 2023. If I had a pay cut to $120,000 I could easily afford another apartment in Manhattan and might have to contribute a little less to my retirement account. Stop acting like you know everything about everything. I live here, you don't.
The average rent for an apartment in Manhattan is $4,614 a month. If YOU want to spend that much on an apartment in Manhattan on $120,000 salary, then more power to you. I am not acting like I know anything. I have given my OPINION that I personally would not want to live in NYC on $120,000 a year. You are having trouble with comprehension, brother.
You don't have to live in Manhattan to enjoy living in the city. Live near Forest Park in Queens for under $2,400 a month- only 25 minutes from mid Manhattan.
I understand why people don't like the city but it's possible to live here, save, invest and have disposable income. This is true whether you made 60,000 dollars 20 years ago (a family of 4) or make 120,000 today.
The average rent for an apartment in Manhattan is $4,614 a month. If YOU want to spend that much on an apartment in Manhattan on $120,000 salary, then more power to you. I am not acting like I know anything. I have given my OPINION that I personally would not want to live in NYC on $120,000 a year. You are having trouble with comprehension, brother.
You don't have to live in Manhattan to enjoy living in the city. Live near Forest Park in Queens for under $2,400 a month- only 25 minutes from mid Manhattan.
I understand why people don't like the city but it's possible to live here, save, invest and have disposable income. This is true whether you made 60,000 dollars 20 years ago (a family of 4) or make 120,000 today.
You're doing it right. That's a great area and Forest Park is the best place to run in the city, in my opinion.
Also, citing average rent in Manhattan is a very bad metric. Manhattan has tons of empty, multi-million dollar apartments that will never be occupied that drive that average up. Other boroughs have this problem, but nowhere near as bad. I know plenty of people who live in Manhattan in very nice places for well under $4,600. I'd probably live in Washington Heights or Inwood if I had to move to Manhattan.
Coach, did I used to run into at the Forest Park track while you were coaching high schoolers? Doing cone drills on the back stretch?
You don't have to live in Manhattan to enjoy living in the city. Live near Forest Park in Queens for under $2,400 a month- only 25 minutes from mid Manhattan.
I understand why people don't like the city but it's possible to live here, save, invest and have disposable income. This is true whether you made 60,000 dollars 20 years ago (a family of 4) or make 120,000 today.
You're doing it right. That's a great area and Forest Park is the best place to run in the city, in my opinion.
Also, citing average rent in Manhattan is a very bad metric. Manhattan has tons of empty, multi-million dollar apartments that will never be occupied that drive that average up. Other boroughs have this problem, but nowhere near as bad. I know plenty of people who live in Manhattan in very nice places for well under $4,600. I'd probably live in Washington Heights or Inwood if I had to move to Manhattan.
Coach, did I used to run into at the Forest Park track while you were coaching high schoolers? Doing cone drills on the back stretch?
Wasn't me. I never coached in Queens but I moved here 16? years ago. Happy to say my son now runs there with his teammates.
Just spend money in front of dates in the same way you spend on your own or with friends. If you're frugal in day to day life, be frugal. If you like to spend, spend. You want to attract someone who fits your lifestyle. Don't flaunt or hide, just be yourself. People make this out to be way harder than it is.
I lied again. I left in Jan 2022. Probably more like 8.5 years. Rents in my old neighborhood haven't really changed. So yes, I could move back TODAY and be just fine.
I'm sorry you've never left Manhattan, there's a lot of cool stuff out there!
Lots of lying from you. I'll know not to believe you from now on.
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