Cost of living in NYC :merchant: Can YOU afford it?

[Huda2daf]

Damn and here I said I was gonna move there. I'm from Cleveland and by comparison you can get a decent 3 br for like 1200

 

[CookisaCac]

and that's why it's a transient place. but people in this thread want to front like NYC is not worth the premium for those who seek those amenities, when it is. the "hot areas" (pretty much all of manhattan and parts of bk and queens) aren't long term destinations for many outside the $200K+ crowd, but you can live a normal life further out in some of the boroughs and burbs.

if i'm looking for the best urban experience in the US, i wouldn't mind dropping the extra dough to live in NYC, it easily outclasses the other big cities in the US IMO - this is coming from someone who's lived in or spent significant time in a lot of them.

people also conveniently forget that the amount you're paying for a car note, gas, and insurance is gone in NY, that's on average $400-600 more that you have freed up to go toward higher housing costs.

Then why does NY have gas stations?

 

[Ron Fox]

Then why does NY have gas stations?

You still on this NYC gas shyt?




Dude...Go get some p*ssy for crying out loud.

 

[CookisaCac]

You still on this NYC gas shyt?




Dude...Go get some p*ssy for crying out loud.

He literally just posted about it, not me you retard

 

[phcitywarrior]

Nope not for anything late. I actually went there for food in the afternoon one time but I almost most of the time just chilled in Lekki that's where I was staying so I wasn't trying to stray too far especially with that Lagos traffic. One of my coworkers at the time was trying to get me to go to Quillox in VI but just wasn't up for it. But in Accra they are a lot more strict when it comes to that "working girl" problem. I remember the first time I went out in Accra at this spot. The security guard did NOT allow women who were not accompanied by men inside the club. I was puzzled I'm reasoning like why wouldn't let women in since men usually go there to try to get at women but my Ghanaian friend broke it down to me why they had such a policy in order to keep the place respectable and prevent "working girls".

Back on topic though, I am just over the nightclub life so it does not factor into an attractive city for me but I will go out and do the "club thing" when I land in a new country just to see how the scene is. But DC and NYC summer day parties is where it's at. Nothing beats U street pre gentrifiation (they got rid of a lot of black establishments) during the day in DC during the summer and likewise for Brooklyn during the day and summer. So I'm guessing if that's a factor then those two cities bring value when it comes to that but the nightlife throughout the world from my travels is basically the same and everybody is trying to copy America especially establishments that cater to younger people and millennials.

Lol so you know "The Place" LMAO! That place is legendary.

Glad you got out a bit. It's true, a lot of nightlife is very bland. Big bottles, loud music and stuck up girls.

As per your experience in Accra. Some places in Nigeria are like that, but yea there are a lot of working girls in these streets.

Day parties are definitely the new wave. A lot less pretentious and doesn't take you out for the whole next day. I went to one in La Marina in NYC last time I went out.

If you ever get back to Lagos defintiely try out other scenes. Jazz music, stand up comedy shows, panels, themed halpy hours etc. There's a lot more out there.

But calling the "working girls" a problem though. The streets gotta eat.

 

[OsO]

Women look better too lol (People in Denver are overall in better shape)

Stop it 5 NYC has some of the most beautiful women on the planet.

And people pay to live in NYC cause it's a great city. I'm enjoying it now but when it's time to raise a family I'll probably move.

 

[CookisaCac]

Stop it 5 NYC has some of the most beautiful women on the planet.

And people pay to live in NYC cause it's a great city. I'm enjoying it now but when it's time to raise a family I'll probably move.

So it's not a great city for a family?

 

[Blessings]

Stop it 5 NYC has some of the most beautiful women on the planet.

And people pay to live in NYC cause it's a great city. I'm enjoying it now but when it's time to raise a family I'll probably move.

I'm from NYC and go there twice a year....there's definitely baddies there
But approachable and more likely to fukk with a nikka working a square job.....Denver and other cities have NYC beat

I'm in a few group chats with homies still living in NYC, shawties have nikkas taking them out to 5 dates before a nikka gets to smash FOH

 

[OsO]

So it's not a great city for a family?

I wouldn't raise children in the city because it's too volatile and too expensive.

I'm from NYC and go there twice a year....there's definitely baddies there
But approachable and more likely to fukk with a nikka working a square job.....Denver and other cities have NYC beat

I'm in a few group chats with homies still living in NYC, shawties have nikkas taking them out to 5 dates before a nikka gets to smash FOH

Breh iono wtf you're talking about but you should stop comparing women in NYC to women in Denver immediately. You like to f*ck easy white girls, we get it

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Then why does NY have gas stations?

really?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I'm from NYC and go there twice a year....there's definitely baddies there
But approachable and more likely to fukk with a nikka working a square job.....Denver and other cities have NYC beat

I'm in a few group chats with homies still living in NYC, shawties have nikkas taking them out to 5 dates before a nikka gets to smash FOH

you sound one track minded as fukk...good luck in your quest for a crunch pop dikk

 

[phcitywarrior]

I'm from NYC and go there twice a year....there's definitely baddies there
But approachable and more likely to fukk with a nikka working a square job.....Denver and other cities have NYC beat

I'm in a few group chats with homies still living in NYC, shawties have nikkas taking them out to 5 dates before a nikka gets to smash FOH

Uhhh idk bout this bruh. A lotta girls move to NYC for that "Sex in the City" lifestyle. Also NYC has too many good looking women for that to be an issue.

There was a thread here about a dude that was homeless but got by by staying at the homes of his one night stands. Only in NYC. No other city got the density of options for this to be viable.

Now had you said Boston, then it MAY, be a SLIGHTLY, different story.

NYC probably GOAT cities for casual hook ups if you in that scene. But then again, casual hookups tends to be more of a white thing

 

[Goat poster]

this isn't some special happenstance of NY, it's everywhere that's super expensive and you don't have the means to secure a job in the industries that pay. it happened in LA, it's going on here in the bay with tech and transplants, shyt, people are leaving chicago and it aint even an expensive city. everyone's situation is different and you make the tradeoffs accordingly

The difference is when it comes to NY it ain't much of a trade off, More people move to NYC every year than all the other places you named.
Many do it without a (well paying) job or plan.

All I'm saying is most people get caught up in the mystic and media/TV/Movie portrayal of NYC, but the city ain't for ANYBODY who don't make a certain amount unless you got family to hold you down.

Most of my peoples live in NYC and To me most don't live a good life for their age...After a certain age going to to the AfroPunk fest, First Saturdays at Brooklyn Museum, or various Fashion week events gets old and means nothing if your 30 plus with 3 roommates.


Even the folks with "good jobs" can't save shyt, and barely own anything....


But like I said keep being a free PR rep for a city you don't even live in and aren't from...If you got the bread do you.

 

[Blessings]

you sound one track minded as fukk...good luck in your quest for a crunch pop dikk

lmaoooooo....My family good, siblings graduated and working in their respective fields. Now that they're able to take care of themselves I'm focused back on myself and longterm finacial prosperity....thanks though

I wouldn't raise children in the city because it's too volatile and too expensive.



Breh iono wtf you're talking about but you should stop comparing women in NYC to women in Denver immediately. You like to f*ck easy white girls, we get it

I'm vain as fukk, so long as she has a phat ass and cute face...I'm slaying
Most regular guys in my circle aren't fukking with those bad chicks you or your crew fukking with...
Even my female friends in NYC who are average, got nikkas doing the most

 

[CookisaCac]

I wouldn't raise children in the city because it's too volatile and too expensive.

So we agree NY is to expensive, good

really?

why do they sell cars, gas and insurance if it isn't needed