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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:35 AM Original message |
I've been offered a job in NYC -- advice? |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. What's your budget for housing? |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's what I hear. |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Brooklyn or Queens Much cheaper |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Or even across the river in New Jersey is cheaper. |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Brooklyn |
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DuckFan4ever (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. NYC... Why not? |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's true. |
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DuckFan4ever (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Good attitude. |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Thank you. |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Whereas LA is a "horizontal" city-NYC is very, "verticle"- |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That makes sense. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. If you lived out in Queens or Brooklyn |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Have to make $120k plus to live decently in manhatten |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That's not a problem. I'll be making more than that. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. SOHO and the Village are in Manhattan |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I'm so looking forward to that! |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. unless you live in NJ or some other city suburb |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I definitely want to live in the city. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I'm gonna stop giving advice |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Soho (long "o's") is "south of Houston" and a name give an area |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Staten Island |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Plus Macy's is only a few blocks from Penn Station |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. You don't have to make $120,000 at all |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Check out the Greenwich Village area |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. That's not true |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. Nice area to work, expensive to live. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. You've spent your entire adult life in LA... |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I was an Army brat. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. If you work in entertainment |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. I did that once.. lasted about a year. |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Really good advice! Thanks. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Kansas City -> New York |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. With a really good income... |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. What a dream! |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. get the villge voice for apt listings |
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Kathleen04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Since you're used to |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. I agree - that would maximize living standard and are the options |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
32. How exciting! Congratulations! |
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readmylips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
36. I tried going back to live in the city of my birth.... |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I just always remember that Baz Luhrman song |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. You probably won't regret it. |
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Shredr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. So true. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
42. upper west side upto 116 th st @columbia university but |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. just rembered the grateful dead tune truckin |
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