Damn Dude. You cost double what I do in the same city. I live in a nice-sized apt in Manhattan, eat well, and go out.
- Get a roommate and cut out nearly half the rent and half the utilities (two bedrooms aren't much more in a walk up).
- You're clearly eating almost all your meals out. You could probably cut this by 2/3 if you went to a Trader Joes and ate 3/4 of your meals at home or made lunch.
- Cut out the maid. Buy a nice vacuum and some cleaning supplies.
New Total: $1,950. Just saved you $19k next year.
Pro-tip: Take dates to Thai restaurants in Manhattan. Many have great ambience and you'll spend ~$30 with a drink each.
Super Pro-tip: The girls you want to date in the long run will be happy to pay their share. :-)
This actually pretty accurate for manhattan. Though you've missed some biggies: health insurance ($300) and iphone: $110 and hosting,netflix (they addup) etc.
And the biggest expense in manhattan is :
taking dates out for dinner ($50 a pop usually so about $300 a month) + drinking and hanging with friends ($300 a month easily).
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I'm jealous. 28 and in NYC here.
Damn Dude. You cost double what I do in the same city. I live in a nice-sized apt in Manhattan, eat well, and go out.
- Get a roommate and cut out nearly half the rent and half the utilities (two bedrooms aren't much more in a walk up).
- You're clearly eating almost all your meals out. You could probably cut this by 2/3 if you went to a Trader Joes and ate 3/4 of your meals at home or made lunch.
- Cut out the maid. Buy a nice vacuum and some cleaning supplies.
New Total: $1,950. Just saved you $19k next year.
Pro-tip: Take dates to Thai restaurants in Manhattan. Many have great ambience and you'll spend ~$30 with a drink each.
Super Pro-tip: The girls you want to date in the long run will be happy to pay their share. :-)
How much do you pay in rent and in what part of the city? Even a decent place in the city will cost you $1300 per person.
Upper East Side. $950 per person for a nice corner unit in a walk up.
Mostly I want to dispel the idea that New York is prohibitively expensive for startups. It's not if you're resourceful.
Cool. I'm looking for a June 1st apartment share - know anyone who might be looking for a roommate? Around $950 would be awesome.
My email is railsnoob at yahoo dot com.
Thanks.
you need a maid for your tiny studio? you spend $100 in clothing every month?
$400 dollars a month for said tiny studio? How about learn to pick up after yourself and pay someone $50 to clean the bathroom and dust once a month.
I think he means laundry + ironing service + some clothes.
This actually pretty accurate for manhattan. Though you've missed some biggies: health insurance ($300) and iphone: $110 and hosting,netflix (they addup) etc.
And the biggest expense in manhattan is : taking dates out for dinner ($50 a pop usually so about $300 a month) + drinking and hanging with friends ($300 a month easily).
I spend about 1/4 of that with same quality of life in Colombia (in a great city) and I lived in NYC.
Oh, and I'm 32.
This looks more like my expenses.