What's is really like living in NYC?

what's is really like living in NYC?

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Its dope if u have money.

duh. that can be said about literally anything

It's okay unless you have to go to manhattan then it's a fucking nightmare

With respect to what OP?

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No like... It's the wealthiest city on earth; there is never a time when the city stops moving.

With adequate funds, you could spend your entire life exploring all the city has to offer, and never see even half of it.

It's a big expensive overpriced dump with bums everywhere.

I love hearing stories about life in NYC from regular ppl.

I live in a shitty farming town in butfuck nowhere so the idea of living in a huge place like NYC fascinates me.

The nightlife, the food, the rats, the crime, the pussy. The constant drone of traffic and sirens 24/7.

Share your experiences b.

Bronxfag here. It's expensive. Even in a shithole like the Bronx, if you aren't making at least 100k a year or getting welfare, it sucks. So basically the middle class is being forced out. The minorities are generally unpleasant and the traffic stinks.

I went there once when I was a kid.
There was a lot of people.

It's incredibly expensive. This is the problem, if you don't have a lot of money, you won't be able to enjoy the incredible things NYC has to offer.

Apartments are tiny and cost a fortune. You will have cockroaches, there is no avoiding it. You don't need a car because public transportation is outstanding. The people are awesome. The food is incredible. The crime isn't as bad as you'd expect but you have to know the safe/unsafe areas.

The noise is inescapable. I have a bit of anxiety so the noise wasn't good for me. Sometimes I wished I was deaf.

All in all, I would recommend people get their lives started in NYC (maybe go to college there, and work there for 4-6 years) then get the fuck out before it turns you into an alcoholic neurotic.

Continued: weird fact about the Bronx. There's only 1 Indian restaurant in the entire Bronx. And it's in an almost completely Irish neighborhood.

>Lots of people everywhere
>You have to have money
>You have to wait for everything
>The transit system is third world
But
Jobs are plentiful, the food is good, and there's a lot of stuff to do in your free time

pfft you think New York niggers are bad? Try living near Detroit and having to go there to see a concert or any other major event.

I've always wondered about the noise.

It's still quiet here where I live. I can't imagine a constant sound in the background everywhere you go. All day every day.

Wouldn't you get mine a permanent headache or start to go insane?

Some people seem fine with it. I wasn't.

I spent two years living there, and it was great but felt like long enough. I had no money, and lived in a fairly shitty area, although it still felt safe. Best thing about NYC: you can do pretty much anything, 24 hours a day. Want a beer at 8am? No problem. Want to drop off your washing at 3am, can do. 5am ice cream, right this way...

Honestly if you're responsible with your money and get roomates you can make your money go far. Staying the fuck out of Manhattan helps too.

I live in Long Island City so it's about a 4 minute subway ride to Grand Central. I live in a brand new 2 bedroom apartment and my share of the rent is $1400 and we have a great view. No cockroaches at all. Fuck ton of good bars and restaraunts within walking distance, and they don't charge Manhattan prices which is great.

>It's expensive.
This is very true. I'm making $130k a year, and it's a struggle. If I get married, I'll have to move to a reasonably-priced suburb, but the commute will be awful.

There are very quiet areas of the city if you know where to look.

What kind of lifestyle are you trying to maintain where you're struggling with $130k? I made around 90 last year and will be around 100-110 this year. Saving plenty of money, and paying off student loans.

you get used to it pretty quick. im not in NYC but i moved from a small country town to a big major US city.

Student loans too, but the biggest expense is rent. My apartment has no real kitchen, so I eat out a lot. I could make lifestyle changes to reduce it somewhat, but it would still be a challenge.

This. Plus whatever you want to do you can probably walk to

That sounds awesome.

What's it like walking down a street there? Does the amazement of staring up at the huge buildings burn out pretty quick?

Can you just walk into pretty much any building you want and take the elevator to the top floor of you want?

I'd love to read some "day in a life of" stories.

>wake up what do you do
>go to work how
>etc etc

Native NYC resident here. I don't even notice the noise. When I travel, I notice the absence of it, if that makes sense.

Must be pretty creepy as a native when suddenly you get off a plane somewhere and it's quiet.

Agreed. Went innawoods with my wife and kid by Woodstock recently and was amazed how quiet it was.

The tall buildings and noise and stuff become totally normal. Lived here my whole life I barely notice the buildings and I'm so used to the noise it's the silences that throw me off

Not the user you answered, but I'll chip in. I don't even notice the buildings when here. The only time I do is when I'm driving back from the casinos in Connecticut.

The good:
- incredible amount of shit to do
- interesting people at every corner
- easiest city in the world to live without a car

The bad:
- expensive af, even for the tiniest appartments
- resembles a police state, but then again no one wants the 70s/80s back
- you need to speak Spanish

The ugly:
- rats
- roaches
- bums
- tourists

I find it impossible to believe that with 130k you're life is that hard financially. It's just not possible. I know people working at a damn best buy making 12-14 an hour that are living in NYC

that's actually a bit scary for me

When I would leave the city as a kid I would have trouble sleeping because the quiet was so strange

It's great, but it's like you died and went to Jew Heaven

You do not need to speak Spanish but it is useful depending on where you live/work/hang out

I came from the UK, so it was a culture shock anyway. I lived in an area which was 90% Spanish speaking, so I stuck out massively, but everyone was friendly. A lot of the shops nearby didn't even speak English, which was...interesting. I didn't spend much time in areas with a lot of skyscrapers. Things you don't fully appreciate (or I didn't) - the weather is shitty 70% of the year (so hot and humid in summer), and it actually smells pretty bad in summer, particularly in Chinatown. But everything is so energised, and the museums and art galleries are immense. I think the Met is my favourite museum in the world.

I'm willing to bet Baltimore niggers are worse.

It's true. Combined my wife and I make around 180k a year and we shouldn't be struggling to save up for a house as much as we are. If we made that kinda money in Florida we'd be living like royalty. Rent, student loans, car payments and insurance etc is a bitch. The only thing keeping me working in NYC is the fat civil service pension I'll eventually get. Then I can retire somewhere cheap and enjoy

What it's like living in NYC varies from neighborhood to neighborhood and sometimes block by block. Manhattanite for past 10 years here. Lived in 6 places over those 10 years. Settling down here is a challenge. I tried buying, took a mortgage, but over-reached. Selling it all and moving to a much cheaper outer borough. Staying in NYC though. Can't beat the... well, everything.

You even stared down between your legs as you took a shit and pondered what it would be like to live in a toilet or a sewer? That is what it is like living in New York. Dirty, smelly, and full of vermin

When most outsiders talk about NYC, they really mean Manhattan. Most of the outer boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and The Bronx) have neighborhoods that are quiet and not much traffic.

The rabble in Baltimore is *WAY* worse than NYC. Having lived in NYC I considered myself fairly street smart but I was not prepared for Baltimore.

I've lived in NYC since college, so about 8 years now.

You'll spend your first months getting used to the noise, the traffic, how to shop for groceries (it's not like driving your car to Sams club or wal mart and loading a cart up and loading it in your car), the ridiculous rent, and how amazing city life can be.

You need a decent income to live here though
>rent: $4500 (1 bdrm 1ba apt near UWS)
>groceries (about 100-150 per week)
>travel (taxi/subway recommended, if you drive you're a sucker because parking is pretty expensive- like $10 for the first half hour to an hour and the rates climb after the first hour)

It's all worth it though. Good club scene, tons of beautiful single women

Ditch the car man, if you live in the city take public transit or ubers

Good thing I'm not bound to your expectations then. I'm living a good life, but there's no opportunity to save.

Any NYers know anything about the whole Co-Op condo dichotomy and how to not get fucked by HOA fees?

Serious question - How can getting welfare compare to 100K? Seems like being on welfare would be worse there than somewhere cheaper

It doesn't compare the point is that people tend to exist on the extremes here.

There are rent controls, so rent isn't always that expensive, particularly if you've been living there for a long time. Plus, food stamps are pretty generous really. It's still shit being poor in NYC though.

>rent is $1400
where i live that's rent, utilities and groceries for the month. leaves me with a ton of cash from my pay. no rats, no roaches, few visible minorities, and you can actually sleep at night.
why the hell would i want to live in foreigner infested NYC?

you want to check out NYC, go cruise street view. the entire city is there.

Well, I think there we have the difference between you and me. I like new experiences, art and culture, meeting new people from different countries and getting to know them. Even if it means it costs me more money. I enjoyed living in NYC for these reasons, you would not have. And that's OK.

where in the city do you live?

>This tolerant coherent response

Where do you think you are.jpeg

Living paycheck to paycheck without owning anything

I read every comment and the same thing comes again and again.

When you study in the USA you have to do a loan?

It seems scary as fuck.

I got my degree and i'm an IT but I leave in France so it was really affordable to study.

That's really fucked up if you have to pay a shit ton of money to go to college.

You get free food and section 8 housing. Rent and food are taken care of. When I go to the BJ's by me, I'm the only one without an ebt card and the parking lot is full of luxury cars.

NYC can also really teach you tolerance, you will see people who are the living embodiment of every bad stereotype about their race but you will see just as many people who totally destroy those stereotypes as well

Moved to Queens from the midwest 3 years ago. It was a huge change. I couldn't do it, so me and my gf moved to Jersey. Much better for us. Rent is cheaper and my commute is great. Visiting NYC and living in NYC are two totally different things.

Ive been many times and I have yet to see shit that would compel me to want to live there. A bunch of fake fucks trying to live to one up the next guy in every facet of life. I end up there so the wifey can get some shitty fake ass purse from canal street in the back of some blacked out van.

Also this. The competition there is palpable. You see people so insanely filthy rich there. Most of it has been inherited, not earned, which makes it disgusting to look at. Yeah, I used to be jelly but got over it.

>When you study in the USA you have to do a loan?
unless you have $100K lying around to pay for school, then yes you need a loan

What is BJ's? A big-box store?

>country full of mudslimes
>French taxations and 'state services'

Your education wasn't free, and if you don't leave you will pay for it, plus distribution fee, cause gathering and distributing is expensive work.

Yeah the 1,400 includes utilities, so really not so far off what you pay tbh. Not really rats in my area, it's a very clean part of town.

People seem to get this view that NYC = Times square/central park/midtown. In reality people who live here avoid those places like the plauge because they're dirty tourist infested shitholes.

There are plenty of quiet, clean neighborhoods in the city, but you'd only ever visit if you live there. People don't seem to understand that.

Yeah the key is to get over it, who gives a fuck about the rat race as long as you're having a good time.

True. Before I moved here, I thought it was all New Yorkers on NYE at Times Square. I quickly learned no one who lives here goes to Time Square on NYE. It's 99.99% tourists.

Lol if that's the part of town you're hanging out in of course you'll see no reason to come back. Canal is infested with niggers and other shitty minorities. Manhattan sucks tbh, outter boroughs are where it's at.

Damn straight. It is easy to get caught up in it, though. I understand how easily it is to fall into that trap of what part of the city you live in, what things you own, your salary, etc.

You don't have to take a loan but unless your wealthy it will seriously restrict your choice of schools. One good thing about NYC is that it has a good public university system that is relatively cheap. But if you want to go to a private university or one of the bigger/more prestigious public schools you better have money or a loan. Unless you're awesome and sports then you can get a scholarship

Or a minority / poor. Plenty of free money gets handed out to then

>New York, the wealthiest city on earth
>Dubai
Kek

>why the hell would i want to live in foreigner infested NYC?
this post says more than you'll know.

Like a Costco or a Sam's Club. Very popular in the Northeast.

STFU. You don't know what you're talking about.

the public trasportation is outstanding?

are you fucking retarded? the subways is full of rats and always late, the traffic is a shit.

i hope you die

I make 65k a year. NYC born and raised. Got a teaching gig when I was 23. Im now 27. I bought a house, paid my loans, and live comfortably. Pay 900$ a month in mortage, much less than rent. I think people have a hard time, because they think they can balance responsibilities and trying to live like Kanye. If you can live like a monk for 3-4 yrs, you can enjoy the rest of your life.

How does BJ's compare to their competition?

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No normal person wants to live in NY youtube.com/watch?v=aekiMlGQDLY

Sam's Club folded in this area, and Costco has a minimal presence, so there's little competition. That said, the prices are competitive, though sometimes sales at other stores can marginally beat the standard bulk pricing.

are you retarded? i'm loving every minute here. fuck farms, rednecks, and desolation.

Fat Civil service pension?
You mean 21 to 45k?

LICfag here also. Best thing about Manhattan is seeing it from afar - reeks of fermented garbage in the summer

NY is far more than NYC.

Also, go fuck yourself.

>what's is

pick one faggot

I've lived in Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx. I currently have a house in Putnam County NY. I'll never move back to the city. I have a pool, a gigantic yard and my nearest neighbor is 300 feet away.

I was a student when I lived in New York. I had plenty of cash at that time. Was pretty fucking sweet to be honest. A British guy in New York with about £30,000 in the bank.

>Putnam County NY
how much were hookers back then?

Ayy bronx fag here as well. But ye this guy is right a room cost 500 over here and thats if you know someone. Niggers all over who act like they own the place

I'm Hispanic and I find that speaking in Spanish is fucking useless. I'd rather know Mandarin to see what's up with Chinatown and Flushing.

said the person who's never been there.

Yeah man the views from lic are great

>New York vs Dubai
no comparison. arabs can jam a pencil in their dickholes.

ma nigga

Nice view!

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