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Pristine-Confection3 t1_izw56ii wrote

Reply to comment by Bh10474 in I have a few questions about NYC: by [deleted]

I don’t know, I can live a whole year with that much money . I literally make 20, 000 a year . People with the privilege of more say these things and forget very poor people still live here. That much savings and even a minimum wage job can get you by .

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Bh10474 t1_izyimyp wrote

No doubt it can be done, but ya’ll are scarping by. Hell I make six figures and I feel like I’m scraping by. It’s no way to live, sharing an apt with with like 3 roommates, skipping meals, not being able to go out on weekends. Let’s not kid ourselves, if you don’t make decent money already you shouldn’t drop everything and move to nyc just cause. It’s not worth it. Come here for vacation instead, but let’s not glamorize the working 3 jobs just to pay rent and eat instant ramen every day lifestyle.

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Pristine-Confection3 t1_izyk5b6 wrote

It isn’t glamorous but if already here for a long time , it is hard to get out . You can get food at food pantries , food stamps , service ets and share a room with many people of find an illegal SRO. To me 6 figures sounds wonderful . I could afford my one place then but it is because I am used to struggling . In the scheme of things it that much in this city .

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Bh10474 t1_izymir0 wrote

Yea I got the sense that OP wanted to live the sex in the city life style or the glamorized YouTube influencer life that you see plastered all over social media. I wouldn’t recommend anybody move to nyc just to scrape by when they can live comfortably wherever they were from originally. Nyc has its benefits, but nothing worth living under the poverty line for.

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TheLastHotBoy t1_izwma4g wrote

Do you ever plan on having a family because you’re gonna need more than 20 grand a year your kid alone will probably cost that

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