Let's have some fun looking at some NYC real estate shall we?

[Behind-the-wheel]

The weather in NYC is enough for me not to go there. But no way I would ever buy a house in NYC unless there is some MAJOR profit to be made.

Hell yeah!
Bought our family home in the bronx back in 1995 for a little over 125k.
Sold it last year for over 700k.

 

[BigMan]

All desireable cities are hella expensive

 

[BaileyPark31]

these nikkas making up any excuse to stay in NY. "I pay 2500 for 600 sq ft so I won't have to drive and always have something to do, nothing really constructive just watching crowds of people do shyt."

 

[How Sway?]

pay $1,000/mo for a glorified pantry brehs

 

[newworldafro]

When you cram 9 million people in a landlocked dense piece of desirable territory...you get costs like these.

Only 12 out of 50 states have 9 million people.

Only 2 Metropolitan areas have more than 9 million people (LA and Chicago).

NYC by itself is just on a different plane.

 

[AndYouKnowTHIS]

That Chicago 1 Br loft for $275K is a fukking steal.............

I'd go buy that bish now if I had the money. It's damn near in the heart of downtown Chicago.

I don't know how real estate works as far as downpayments, loans, etc.

 

[staticshock]

This.
As much as those places are appealing the mansions, I just couldn't live in Raleigh NC\
Cause I know how the rest of America is compared to New York
It's undoable for me at this point.
Last time I was in Pittsburgh (yes...Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania) visiting family, after 3 days I just wanted to leave
Cacs everywhere
No diversity
Really segregated
Really backkwards
really racist
really unwelcome
Confederate flags everywhere
Nothing to do except drive around and get drunk or look around at malls or eat or smoke and drink
All the women around my age are married with kids...or they moved to cities like NYC and LA and Philly and there is slim pickings

When I got back to
NYC it made me appreciate it more for all of its pitfalls and cons.
The diversity
the more accepting attitude
The plethora of things to do
THe tons of people in my age group older and younger

And people here are friendly, I never got the New Yorkers are rude trope....I've experienced more friendliness and people going out of their way to help a breh out or just be sociable here than anywhere else. Cause people appreciate each other here despite the BS .


So even though the cost of living is cheaper there...are you even living?

You wont have those issues in DC, Atlanta, B-Ham, Jackson, New Orleans, Baton Rouge Charlotte, Memphis, Dallas or Houston. Plenty of things to do in those cities and thats where our people are in great numbers.

 

[BillBanneker]

ya'll in for a treat

The infamous 100-square-foot rental apartment, which rented for $1,100 month to a young chef who just moved to New York City.

Forget the home prices, this is the kind of shyt that has me like

 

[feelosofer]

New York is one of the most desirable cities to live in the world and gentrification has made so that even the other boroughs are super expensive to live in.

 

[dem bath salts]

If you're not an extrovert. You're wasting ur money in nyc. No reason to endure that cost of living and mainly go to work and be home and online.

Best bets are major southern cities(houston, dallas atl, mia). Good pay, good cost of living, and tons of shyt to do.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

I want something in the Bronx, on the water

 

[GodinDaFlesh]

I've been to Asheville cause I did a show there...
that's the furthest I've been in NC.
It was alright.
I haven't been to Raleigh.
So I can't speak on it.
I can only discuss my times in the cities I have been though in comparison in NYC and my own tastes, but whatever. I'll probably visit soon enough cause NYC gets suffocating after a while.

Raleigh isn't NYC, but it certainly isn't some racist hick town. Lots of HBCUs in the area translating to many fine sistas.

 

[Unknown Poster]

Y'all wanna crowdfund a Coli Mansion?

An epic coli partyhouse...
?

 

[EndDomination]

A lot of people are also forced to live in NYC, and they're part of the inflated cost of housing
If you want BigLaw, you may be stuck in NYC for 3-5 years minimum, and after working 80 hours/week making mid-six figures, you're going to want a nice place, same for a whole lot of investment bankers, hedge fund managers, advertising managers, etc.
I may end up stuck there until I can lateral back to Cleveland, Atlanta, or DC

 

[sayyestothis]

Same price in Raleigh, NC

5220 Newstead Manor Ln, Raleigh, NC 27606 | MLS #2116482 | Zillow

Bc NC is a dump breh. Makes sense.