>all I want is to live in a big city
>median rent for all cities: 4000/mo for a 1br near downtown
>too stupid for college to transfer there
>parents are poor
Why was I born? Why was I born just to want the things I can't have?
That's a nice Deutz
>>37246966
u still keep trying, nigga
Most young people get roommates. I pay $700/month for one bedroom in a nice 3br in the most expensive rental market in N America.
>>37246966
4000/month
where the fuck do you live? dubai?
>>37247819
So you just make like a thousand a month (min wage) and spend 700 of it a month and just starve? I'm down to do this fuck my town.
>>37247825
Nah the land of the "free"
>>37247836
Nah I make just about $1600 so rent and utilities is a little less than half my income. It's doable.
>>37247880
Yeah but I don't have that option there's no training where I live. If I could just be a security guard or something I'd be so fucking happy but I'm gonna have to work at Burger King there.
>>37247893
All you gotta do is get some relevant experience in restaurant work and try to get your foot in the door at a high-end restaurant or catering company. I made $22/hr untipped as a catering waiter when I first moved to the city and I just lied about having service experience.
>>37246966
why the fuck you want to live the the land of normies? there is something very wrong with you
>>37246966
Why do you want to live around shitskins?
>>37246966
>4000/month
Think you got your information wrong.
And why does it have to be downtown? Living downtown isn't necessarily a good thing in a big city.
>>37247957
Tbh living in the city is not so bad as a robot. People generally don't judge you for doing shit that would be considered 'abnormal' in suburbia. Like if I want to go sit out in the park at 11PM, smoke a pack of cigarettes, and read a book I guarantee you not only will nobody give me a second glance - there will prob be some other nigga out there doing the same shit.
>>37247819
>the most expensive rental market in N America.
San Francisco or Toronto?
>>37246966
Live with roommates for a year or two , it may boost your social skills and get you out of this place
>>37248122
t. Jew York
Why would you ever want to live in the city? Fuck that. Comfy small towns are where its at.
>>37248787
>Comfy small towns are where its at.
How is that?
>>37248020
This. City air makes you free as the saying goes.
>tfw you'll never know enough robots to start a Midnight Smoke'n'Read Book Club
American cities are running out of space. We should have been building vertically like Asia, but we never did this because
>muh suburbs
Now it's too late
City people are chasing their dreams and becoming successful, while everyone else overdoses on heroin
>>37247819
>>37248750
what part of town? thinking of moving into an apartment off campus with a few friends in Manhattan but all the affordable places seem sketchy
>>37246966
I think this is going to be a big problem in the future as rural communities dry up; the young don't have anywhere to go because there's no entry-level city living.
>>37249174
Lower East Side, p much the last "affordable" neighborhood in Manhattan below 96th St. If you can find a good rent-stabilized unit, jump on it. North Brooklyn is also a good choice if you can get close to the train, also a little bit cheaper. Don't believe people when they tell you black neighborhoods like Harlem or Bed-Stuy are nice to live in, they're not.
>>37249174
Also do research on the landlord of the building before you rent. Jewish or Arab LL's are bad news, they often conceal themselves behind a management company or LLC. You can look up building documents and complaints on the NYC Dept. of Buildings website.
>>37247859
It literally says 3k a month for downtown. And even so it's desirable for a lot of people who make more than you so that's why it costs a lot. Make due living somewhere else. Whatever you think is there is not worth it
>>37249289
>>37249347
thanking you originally based anon
>>37249476
Also, fwiw, a trick a friend told me is to never look at an apartment while the weather is bad. If there are bums, drug addicts, fat dominicans blasting Bachata out of a stereo, etc. who like to chill outside of a building every day, they might not be out if it's raining.