How Many NY Rappers Still Livin in The City
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NYC is not even one of the 10 most expensive cities to live in the world by most estimates. It also depends on what part of the city you live in. Manhattan is different than living in many parts of Brooklyn, Queens, etc. With that said, it's an expensive place to live in and it smells a lot worse than other cities.
The bottom line is that NYC has a lot of things that its taxes go to and you pay for living there. One reason why people move out of NYC are because eventually you want to raise a family and it's a very hectic and difficult place to do it at. But if you're on the come up, and can afford it, there are few places better in the country to start (for a variety of reasons). Second, while NYC's wages are on average 18% higher than a place like ATL, the cost of living tends to be 77% higher so that's a last loss of about 29,000 dollars. Stated otherwise, you'd need to make 29 to 30,000 more dollars in NYC to maintain the lifestyle you had in ATL. That's IF you can get that lifestyle in ATL which has an unemployment rate fully two points higher than NYC. Obviously rappers can.
The bottom line is that NYC has a lot of things that its taxes go to and you pay for living there. One reason why people move out of NYC are because eventually you want to raise a family and it's a very hectic and difficult place to do it at. But if you're on the come up, and can afford it, there are few places better in the country to start (for a variety of reasons). Second, while NYC's wages are on average 18% higher than a place like ATL, the cost of living tends to be 77% higher so that's a last loss of about 29,000 dollars. Stated otherwise, you'd need to make 29 to 30,000 more dollars in NYC to maintain the lifestyle you had in ATL. That's IF you can get that lifestyle in ATL which has an unemployment rate fully two points higher than NYC. Obviously rappers can.
For real. I rather live in the ATL and fukk big booty hoes every night and drive multiple cars than to live in NYC and struggle to pay for something that I not own.
I read somewhere that Curren$y(from NO) got a pad in Tribeca.
That nikka gettin bread like that?
that nikka Spitta stays caked up
His bread is TIGHT
Goat poster
KANG LIFE
I used to live next door to Cudi in Bushwick, he had already worked on Kanye album (808s) dropped his tape (kid named cudie) and day n night was a hit and dude still couldn't afford to live in manhattan not even Williamsburg.
He moved to the city the next year though after that tour money started coming thru.
Puff has like 3 cribs in NY.
my bad man. I work in trading so M = thousand, MM = million.
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I find it kool that you guys are breaking shyt down for us outsiders, shyt i use to think new york was the best place ever before i ever came on the net but i like the info i see on here opens my eyes on a few things.
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I find it kool that you guys are breaking shyt down for us outsiders, shyt i use to think new york was the best place ever before i ever came on the net but i like the info i see on here opens my eyes on a few things.
NYC and SF are my two favorite cities in the US, but they are almost the two most expensive areas. Now the talk of having to be super rich to live there is an exaggeration. But you will have to budget, and you'll probably need to get a roommate unless you want a really lame studio. NY is the best place to live in this country when you're young because everything is at your doorstep. Every possible event or networking opportunity. BUT you will eventually get tired of it and you won't want to raise a family there. When I decide to get all "grown up" and settle down. I'll probably leave NYC too. But please don't but this dsytopia stuff that goat poster is selling you, it's not serious. It's just that the Mayor tends to think he's everyone's personal health advisor so there are bikes you can pick up on street corners to ride instead of taking cars and he limited the size of drinks, etc. NYC's biggest problem is the cost of living, but every world class city on earth is like that.
The thing is, rappers want to live like that ballers, but most of them cannot afford to buy those enormous properties in NYC. But they can do it in ATL, Carolina, etc. What you'll notice often is that out of towners have a different perspective on NYC than many native New Yorkers. You have the type that would never live anywhere else, and then the type that are fed up with the city. Most out of towners probably fall somewhere in the middle, but hate it if they things are too much. My friends from Dallas always thought NYC was too much.
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i feel the sameway about London too these days, its like why do outsiders want to be here so much but you can only understand why.
i do how plan to go ny sometime before i die.
but yo for real its crazy how a lot of rappers moved down south, i made a joke to a friend about buying cheap homes in Detriot
From what I hear London is even more expensive than NYC. I' ve been to Paris n it most def was more expensive than ova here... N I heard London more expensive than Paris so I can only imagine what yall dealin with ova there
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london most of the time you will pay alot for small shyt, food and or types of stuff, have to know how to handle that paper, everything in central london cost a lot more
i feel bad for tourists cause thats all they have if they stay in that area but off course no one wants to come down to the bits, they think a murder will go down
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havoc live in New ROMost of these nikkas got multiple cribs. Prodigy live on Long Island, AZ moved to Englewood, New Jersey basically NY suburbs. I think Q-Tip still lives in NYC, Phife moved to ATL and then LA. Nas still lives in NYC according to his Twitter.
That nikka Havoc probably live in apartment 3B, Queensbridge projects
