So my job is making me live in 'Long Island City'

I love NY but grew up there. Idk how an alien would feel about it.

New York City is shit. Be prepared to work every day and pay a zillion dollars for everything

>>77586143
Is Queens safe

i hope you are getting paid a lot of money

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>>77586259
40k dollars

>Lon Guyland
>nice

>>77586282
Enjoy being the broke.

>>77586181
>Queens
Gentrifying quickly.
Unless you want to get assaulted by a bunch of affluent white hipsters for not eating non-GMO, locally grown, vegan food, then I'd suggest avoiding it.

>>77586181
I kinda like Queens, but don't wander around at night

>>77586181
Pretty much this >>77586353
Stay out of the Black and Mestizo neighborhoods and you should do alright.

>>77586282
That's not enough money to live in NYC nigga. Seriously. I mean people do it, I guess, but I don't know how. You might qualify for government housing, I don't know those rules, but even if you did qualify, do you want to live surrounded by a bunch of other people who qualify for government housing? I wouldn't.

>>77586096
I'm jealous, always been a dream of mine to live in the Big Apple

>>77586448
>You might qualify for government housing

Even if he did qualify the waiting periods are literally 12+ years long

>>77586096
Long Island City is a fucking shithole bro, goodluck

t.long islander

>>77586448
Do you mean Section 8 or the projects?

If it's the projects yes I definitely wouldn't want to live there, if it's Section 8 you can live wherever you want

>>77586448
He said his job is making him live so it's possible his rent is being paid.

If not expect to split a 3BR with like 6 other ppl

>>77586458
Why? I like bigger cities but not fucking enormous ones. I think NYC would be overwhelming.

>>77586282
If your job isn't providing your housing, then enjoy your crushing poverty.

>>77586535
Yeah you could probably have a pretty good fucking time in NYC on 40k/year if housing costs were paid for you.

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>>77586309
>>77586353
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>>77586494
>>77586505
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>>77586541
>>77586600
fuck

>>77586647
If you get a shared apartment your rent will be around 1000-1200 so you can still live, it just won't be particularly comfortable.

>>77586647
I'm sorry

>>77586681
I'm living in a place called Sunnyside

>>77586647
Are they forcing you to live there? If so, your rent should be covered to some degree by your employer. If not, just fuckin find somewhere farther mate.

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>>77586647
Hey OP if you're making $40k a year your monthly take home will be around $2400 after taxes.

This is an apt I found looking for 30 seconds, you just have to look around for a cheap place. It's possible, but it will be a little rough. You could even afford to live here if you wanted to with some frugal budgeting.

I've lived in NYC for 5 years after college on $30k a year, it can be done.

>>77586720
I have a contract

>>77586541
i'm not sure, every time i've visited it just feels like where i want to live all the time

>>77586754
A contract that forces you to live there? Give me something to work with pal

>>77586181
LIC is a pretty fancy part of NY.

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I grew up in the harsh village of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire

I can handle 'new york'

>>77586753
>Hey OP if you're making $40k a year your monthly take home will be around $2400 after taxes.
Yeah if you have no health insurance and don't pay for a retirement plan.

>>77586789
what

>>77586541
New York is awesome in an inexplicable way.

>>77586753
>This is an apt I found looking for 30 seconds, you just have to look around for a cheap place. It's possible, but it will be a little rough. You could even afford to live here if you wanted to with some frugal budgeting.
Yeah a $1,500 one bedroom in LIC on CL doesn't sound like a scam at all lol. You can't even get a $1,500 one bedroom in Coney Island or Bushwick nowadays, grampa.

>>77586896
What are the terms of your contract

>>77586891
I wonder if the nhs applies in the US

>>77586920
I can assure you it does not.

>>77586909
Are you a lawyer

>>77586932
If someone else injures me do I have to pay?

>>77586961
Yes but then you sue them and make them pay you back the cost of the medical care.

>>77586961
You should pay so you don't die right away. You might be able to get it all back through a lawsuit about 7 years later though.

>>77586940
Internet lawyer

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>>77586980
>>77586978
Can I represent myself to sue them or will I need to pay someone

I want to become as American as possible I will sue the heck out of them

>>77586996
>Can I represent myself to sue them
If you want to lose, yes.

>>77586996
You can always represent yourself but you will lose.

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>>77587007
>>77587015
I think I can do it

>>77587033
You are fucked m8. Just stay in your village, or get health/disability insurance.

>>77587033
Honestly just stay in the UK, it's probably better.

Why the fuck are you moving to the US for $40k a year?

>>77587055
RIGHT

which things do I need and which things are scams for tourists like tipping and car insurance

>>77587033
Just remember that you can get away with killing spooks here. Just make sure you didn't use 'evil' New York weapons and that you were in immediate danger of death or great bodily harm

>>77587080
It's only for a year, travel broadens the mind and all that shit

>>77587087
Car insurance is mandatory. Tipping is bullshit, but if you repeatedly go the same place and don't tip, the mongoloids will fuck with your food.

>>77587110
spooks...CIA?

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>>77587142
>Car insurance is mandatory

do they have buses in Long island

>>77587121
Honestly just go somewhere else.

I live in NYC, you're going to fucking hate it here and be broke all the time.

Save up some money and go on a proper vacation, even if it's a year from now.

>>77587121
Why the fuck are they only paying you $40k? Maintenance people and office lackeys at my job make more than that and they didn't even go to college.

>>77587169
Think you're trying to trick me you can't have NY all to yourself

>>77587168
LIC is right across from midtown Manhattan. It's closer to the happening places in Manhattan than most of Manhattan.

>>77587168
Yes but you will be surrounded by smelly poor people.

>>77587144
Spooks = the blacks

Pls don't kill CIA

>>77587204
But he's poor as well anon

>>77587198
>>77587204
Can I walk then

There aren't many homeless people there is there

>>77587260
Just take the subway.

>>77587260
Take the bus/subway. Everyone in NYC does it, even people with money

Go down the 4 train to wall st and you'll see dudes wearing gucci suits

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>>77587260
>There aren't many homeless people there is there

>>77587299
>>77587300
I hate the subway I always fall over when it starts moving in London

>>77587322
Do they not have rails/poles for you to hold onto in the UK?

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>>77587331
Ofc they do, he's just a bit of a mong.

>>77587322
Place your feet like your skateboarding.

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>>77587331
Not everywhere

>>77586282
Dont listen to the tards. You'll have to have roommates and you wont be able to save much but 40k is absolutely livable

>>77587331
>touching subway poles that homeless people cummed on
gross desu

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>>77587322
iktf my man

Hit my head on the pole today on the tube

>>77587373
Does everyone in the US earn like 100k or something

40k dollars is like £30k that's a decent wage

>>77587384
Is this common

>>77587384
>Falling onto the floor where they shart on

even worse senpai

>>77587416
NYC is expensive man. The cheapest STUDIO apartment you will find is at least $1000

>>77587438
wtf burgers here were saying that they rent for $300

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>>77587464
>rent for $300
>In NYC

>>77587464
In flyovers or really shitty city areas

>>77587482
America's really big though. more space for houses

>>77587438
>The cheapest STUDIO apartment you will find is at least $1000
You will not find a studio for $1000, you don't live in NYC and please don't try to give people advice about it.

>>77587492
>The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.[9] With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673[7] distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2),[10][11] New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.[12]

>>77587522
What about long island though

>>77586647
my point of references
-lived in ecuador (third world country)
-lived in flushing(an asia town)
-lived in south ozone (pretty nice, safest bet)
-live rn in south jamaica (crime is up in these parts)
I haven't had any trouble growing up in any of these places but idk you sound pretty coddled and worried, it may be more comforting to know it's not all that bad my only real advice is if you walk past those garbage piles hold your breath for as long as you can, the wind pushes the stink around

>>77587553
>With a Census-estimated population of 7,838,722 in 2015, constituting nearly 40% of the state's population,[7][8][9][10][11] Long Island is the most populated island in any U.S. state or territory, and the 18th-most populous island in the world (ahead of Ireland, Jamaica, and Hokkaidō). Its population density is 5,595.1 inhabitants per square mile (2,160.3/km2). If Long Island geographically constituted an independent metropolitan statistical area, it would rank fourth most populous in the United States; while if it were a U.S. state, Long Island would rank 13th in population and first in population density.

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>>77587584
stop it

At least I will able to buy a machine gun

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>>77587513
>>77587513
>At least

Also I do, here is an image from my college's website up in the Bronx

>>77587553
If you live in Long Island, you have to pay like $300 a month for commuter rail on top of your metro pass.

>>77587641
Again, only sub $1,000 studios are either rent stabilized units where tenants have been in there for decades or NYCHA projects. Good luck, outsider. But honestly just go back, we are full.

>>77587553
it's pretty suburban and campusy, though geopolitically separate from the actual city which is important to remember when turning on red and simple zoning stuff i'm neglecting to remember right now

>>77587625
You know full well New York won't let you do that. Stop playing dumb, redcoat

>>77587678
I never said sub $1000 though

>all this help for our britbro
Americans are lovely people

>>77587689
WILL NO BE INFRINGED

If I have the option for a position in Long island, Delaware or Oregon which should I take

>>77587901
Welcome to New York.

>>77586175
What this anon said.

NYC cost of living is so ridiculously expensive that you will work all day and still be poor. Only millionaires and celebs live comfortably there.

>>77586282
Yikes.

You're going to be poor as shit in that city. I hope for your sake your job is providing housing otherwise you might as well just be homeless.

>>77587952
Oregon looks comfy, and will be cheaper than NYC.

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From all I've gathered here NY seems pretty similar the UK

>>77587121
40K a year in NYC is homeless tier. Don't do it.

>>77588011
Basically. A New Yorker still has more freedom than a Londoner, but far less than the average American

>>77587952
Oregon. Easily.

Long Island is too expensive, and what the fuck is Delaware? Do people even live there? Oregon is gorgeous though. Literally paradise.

>>77587464
I lived in a trailer in bumfuck nowhere Georgia and it cost 450 a month.

The only way you're paying 300 is if you're only renting a single room or if that's your portion after splitting it with roommates.

>>77587952
Oregon > Delaware > NYC

If you're making $40k, that is. NYC should really be out of the question at that salary. Oregon isn't cheap either but it isn't New York. Delaware is probably real cheap and real boring. If you just don't really care, you could go there and save some money, but I think Oregon is where you'd be most likely to enjoy your life.

>>77588469
Delaware looks pretty sweet

Hey burgers, most of the expenditures in NY are rent, right?
Suppose I was a richfag and managed to buy myself an apartment in middowntown, not a penthouse just a nice apartment near midtown.
How much of utilities would I spend monthly? Also how much would the parking cost be for one car (I mean the condominium parking that every apartment has not some other parking place).

>>77588490
What looks sweet about it? If it appeals to you then maybe get some opinions from some Delaware burgers but hell, go for it.

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>>77586282
LOL
LOL
LOL
LOL
LOL

>>77588508
Dunno, seems like the quintessential American town

>>77587416
>Does everyone in the US earn like 100k or something
everyone that lives in NYC, yes

>>77588491
No idea about the other things, but every apartment complex I've ever heard of in America includes at least one free parking spot that is usually dedicated to you. There may be other spots that are a free-for-all but you never pay to park in your own complex

>>77588591
Not all urban apartments are like that. There are plenty where I live with just street parking, no lot or garage, and plenty of others where you have to pay like $200 more a month for a space.

>>77588630
Christ. Fuck that noise

>>77588524
Delaware is hot garbage.

Friend, stay home. Seriously. If you're going to be making 40k in NYC, you may as well leave your company and work at a takeaway because unless you're living in most parts of London your quality of life will be so much better in the latter scenario. And Delaware, seriously? It's more or less a huge retirement home. Only move to America if you hate the UK or have the opportunity to move to New England, the PNW, Colorado, or Santa Fe. Chances are you're taking your life very much for granted. I'll gladly trade places with you if you wanna live in Seattle tho; got my degree at Warwick and would kill to move back.

>>77588642
Yeah I agree wholeheartedly. I get my space for free but I'm a decent ways outside of downtown. This is Seattle, by the way. I bet NYC is worse as far as that. Then again, though, it's easy not to drive there.

I think most of these anons are over blowing things here.

>>77588660
I live near Warwick actually at Royal Leamington Spa

>>77588727
I'm not too sure about that. NYC is infamous for being the most ruthless city in America for how far you can stretch a dollar.

>>77589000
First and foremost. I cant find a long beach city in new york. Theres one in California. There is a long beach new york but it isn't in the city. Second you can live in any city for 40 thousand. You just do some stupid shit like live by yourself in the heart of Manhattan

>>77589089
Never mind that first part i read his part wrong. But everyone here should know that gentrification means that the niggers are being pushed out of the area

>>77589089
Long Island city

>>77589126
See
>>77589122

>>77586096
>>77586282
Do you have roommates? Where are you staying? Honestly, it's doable if you have roommates with you. You won't live a sheltered life but, it can work.

>>77589122
And onto the streets instead. And honestly it's affecting everbody, Manhattan is filled with homeless people on the streets of every color. It's sad

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>>77588897
Whereabouts in Leam? I lived there for two years. God I miss it so much. I'd do anything to reverse time and choose to stay in Englan instead of moving to fucking Canada.

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>>77589186
Near regent court

I would like to live in seattle, I heard it rains a lot and I like that

>>77589234
Different fag here but also Seattle. It actually rains less here than it does in the east, but it's very grey like in the UK.

>>77588491
You will pay like $2000 in maintenance/HOA fees.

>>77589234
>wants to live in a city full of curryniggers where the mayor is a gay pedophile
>that flag
Yep, checks out. Also, it hasn't rained in like 2 weeks+. Also, fuck off we're full.

>>77589186
>Near regent court
Goddamn, that's right where I used to live. I'm tearing up.

>I would like to live in seattle, I heard it rains a lot and I like that
I live there right now! It's a pretty nice place, probably one of the better places you can live in terms of well-roundedness, and there are thousands of jobs rolling in within the next few years. The only problem is that the cost of living is skyrocketing and the place has basically turned into Silicon Valley 2.0 in terms of living expenses. The culture is dying as well due to the high volume of California transplants responsible for the other aspects of the ruination of Seattle. Then again, this is true of every half-'cool' american city. I would say that there are better options, but they're running out pretty fast.

Also, do you know what opened up in place of the Willoughby? I used to go there every weekend for karaoke.

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>>77589286
perfect

>>77589293
too late get ready to be culturally enriched anglo style

Oops, >>77589298
meant for >>77589234

Also, it does rain a lot, but it's really not so bad until it hits winter. The climate is basically like Leam's but with a few months of constant rain and a little bit of ice rather than moderate rain.

>>77589293
Why don't you fuck off racist? He can have your spot. :^)

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>>77589298
Dunno just think it's nothing atm I've never been in there

Seattle is pretty close to Oregon isn't it?

>>77589368
Strike a nerve?

>>77589383
>Dunno just think it's nothing atm I've never been in there
Aw man, this picture hurts. I spent my 21st there. My alcoholic Irish landlord co-owned it.

>Seattle is pretty close to Oregon isn't it?
It takes about 3 hrs to get there. Portland is more reckt by the Californian infestation, but that's only because it had more culture to begin with. Still, Portland and Eugene are much better places to live if you can actually find a job. Unfortunately they don't have much unless you're IT or wanna settle for a job that just requires a degree.

>>77589417
Yeah I guess so. I hate /pol/ autism. So does most of this city.

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>>77589449
>not going to shades

I'm an r&d engineer, thinking I could take this years move just to see if I like living the the states

What happened to the pub anyway

>>77589494
>So does most of this city
Then why do they keep shooting black people?

>>77589519
Most of us don't.

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>>77589089

>Any tips that Americans know about living in your country?

I'm not sure if I would even really consider NYC part of America.

They make London look like a libertarian wet dream.

>>77589495
I'm an r&d engineer, thinking I could take this years move just to see if I like living the the states

You're going to be miserable because you'll be living way under your regular quality of life at way below your paygrade. Living in poverty isn't fun or romantic. I took that jump by moving to Vancouver and it ruined my life.

>What happened to the pub anyway

I think my friends and I were the only ones keeping it in business tbqhwy. Which clubs are still around?

>>77589682
I also wanted to add that life at 40k in NYC isn't representative of life in the US at large, but you'll get to have a taste of the worst offered.

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>>77589682
Murphy's bar

I'll probably end up going to NY but Delaware is definitely an option

What happened in vancouver