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Possible to get a nice apt in NYC for 1500/month?

Every other biglaw associate seems to be shelling out 2k or ...
..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,  05/10/12
you'll need a roommate to get a nice apt for that price.
..,.....,,,,,...,,,,.....,,.,.,,,,.,.,.,,,.,  05/10/12
isn't that what most 1st years do? like the guy in how i me...
..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,  05/10/12
most first years live in studios. you can get a nice apt ...
..,.....,,,,,...,,,,.....,,.,.,,,,.,.,.,,,.,  05/10/12
Define nice. Example?
.,;.,;,.;,.;,;;;,,..;.,;...,;;,.;  05/10/12
Don't mind commuting for 45 min from Brooklyn?
:D  05/10/12
NYC only. so fuck brooklyn
..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,  05/10/12
oh man this is a shitty flame it's like $2300 minimum to ...
I said RESEMBLE monkeys  05/10/12
*calls it shitty flame* *names the two areas of brooklyn ...
........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,  05/10/12
yes that describes what i did
I said RESEMBLE monkeys  05/10/12
i'm just asking, i'm not from nyc. so i need to shell out...
..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,  05/10/12
you could do harlem for that or washington heights
I said RESEMBLE monkeys  05/10/12
Not nice no
hank_scorpio  05/10/12
maybe in jersey city or bushwick
I said RESEMBLE monkeys  05/10/12
Commute not worth it in biglaw
hank_scorpio  05/10/12
yeah well it doesn't sound like he has more than $1500 mo, s...
I said RESEMBLE monkeys  05/10/12
someone suggested queens below, astoria and lic are both ver...
hank_scorpio  05/10/12
LIC can be pretty expensive, Astoria much cheaper
bubblegum  05/10/12
it can be, but I believe you can get a very nice studio (wit...
hank_scorpio  05/10/12
concur. you will end up paying a lot in LIC not because it'...
bubblegum  05/10/12
no
" " " ''  05/10/12
how much then should i expect? i dont want to pay somethi...
..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,  05/10/12
if ur fucking office is in lower MFH or even midtown the com...
AZNgirl performing oral sex on Washington Monument  05/10/12
or live in astoria.. the commute to midtown is good
AZNgirl performing oral sex on Washington Monument  05/10/12
the average 1-bedroom in MFH rented for $3,428 last month. ...
...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...  05/10/12
the average 1br in MFH is nice
........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,  05/10/12
3.5k gets you a pretty nice 1br bro.
Metta World Peace  05/10/12
not really bro. a nice studio in a nice area is still gonna ...
" " ' ' "  05/10/12
ok guess i'll go for a mediocre studio for 2k
..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,  05/10/12
yeah make sure you have a broker's fee it's like $3000
I said RESEMBLE monkeys  05/10/12
It seems best to just split a 4 BR with some cool bros. How ...
..,..,....,..,,,........,.,..,,...,.....,  05/10/12
XD love hearing about these pricing woes in MFH being a g...
.........:;;;:...:.:.::;;;........................  05/10/12
fuck my ass brother salary / type of work / expectations ...
....;.;;;::;,,..;,.;.,,;.;..,;.;.;;;  05/10/12
It's really overblown. If the guy gets 1 roommate he can hav...
........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,  05/10/12
roommates, just lol
....;.;;;::;,,..;,.;.,,;.;..,;.;.;;;  05/10/12
just do a 1 br conversion, bro
solace and wallace  05/10/12
yeah bro i don't have fucking roommates dude. I'm 25 years o...
.........:;;;:...:.:.::;;;........................  05/10/12
has anyone said the cr answer yet: no
solace and wallace  05/10/12
http://www.citi-habitats.com/media/pdf/RMA%204-12.pdf
...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...  05/10/12
you can get a ok studio on the UES, which is safe and reside...
Savage_Noble  05/10/12
Here's my <$1500 king sized bedroom in my nice one bedroo...
...........,........,,,,,,,,.,,,,  05/10/12
LOL@ pathetic strivers who MUST live in MFH or one of those ...
bubblegum  05/10/12
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/10/news/economy/economic-mobili...
...........,........,,,,,,,,.,,,,  05/10/12
yea it is retarded. these ppl act like MFH has no subway/bus...
AZNgirl performing oral sex on Washington Monument  05/10/12
If you are trying to live alone, absolutely not for $1500. ...
thaprotester  05/10/12
everyone's plans change too much for this type of arrangemen...
....;.;;;::;,,..;,.;.,,;.;..,;.;.;;;  05/10/12
If everyone is a single lawyer/banker, etc. it works. When ...
thaprotester  05/10/12
there are mediocre studios in the FIDI, Chitown, Hamilton He...
longwangpoontang  05/10/12


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Date: May 10th, 2012 8:55 PM
Author: ..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

Every other biglaw associate seems to be shelling out 2k or so. I have to live in the city obviously. 1.5k doable?

Does that limit me to shit places like financial district?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664611)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 8:59 PM
Author: ..,.....,,,,,...,,,,.....,,.,.,,,,.,.,.,,,.,

you'll need a roommate to get a nice apt for that price.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664644)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:00 PM
Author: ..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

isn't that what most 1st years do?

like the guy in how i met ur mother?

why the hell would i get a 1 bedroom to myself w/ big living room and kitchen if i'm gonna be putting in long hours at the office.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664653)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:11 PM
Author: ..,.....,,,,,...,,,,.....,,.,.,,,,.,.,.,,,.,

most first years live in studios.

you can get a nice apt if you with live roommates and pay 1500 each.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664753)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:22 PM
Author: .,;.,;,.;,.;,;;;,,..;.,;...,;;,.;

Define nice. Example?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664837)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 8:55 PM
Author: :D (handsome, sociable, charismatic, would make a good husband, dawg)

Don't mind commuting for 45 min from Brooklyn?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664616)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 8:59 PM
Author: ..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

NYC only. so fuck brooklyn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664647)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:00 PM
Author: I said RESEMBLE monkeys (13)

oh man this is a shitty flame

it's like $2300 minimum to rent in williamsburg or dumbo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664656)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:01 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,

*calls it shitty flame*

*names the two areas of brooklyn that are as expensive as Manhattan*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664664)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:05 PM
Author: I said RESEMBLE monkeys (13)

yes that describes what i did

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664701)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:01 PM
Author: ..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

i'm just asking, i'm not from nyc.

so i need to shell out 2k?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664666)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 8:57 PM
Author: I said RESEMBLE monkeys (13)

you could do harlem for that

or washington heights

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664626)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 8:57 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

Not nice no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664630)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 8:58 PM
Author: I said RESEMBLE monkeys (13)

maybe in jersey city or bushwick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664642)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:01 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

Commute not worth it in biglaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664668)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:07 PM
Author: I said RESEMBLE monkeys (13)

yeah well it doesn't sound like he has more than $1500 mo, so what do you want him to do live in east harlem?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664717)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:34 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

someone suggested queens below, astoria and lic are both very good commutes to midtown, better than large swaths of mfh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664919)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:40 PM
Author: bubblegum

LIC can be pretty expensive, Astoria much cheaper

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664958)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:41 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

it can be, but I believe you can get a very nice studio (with mfh 1 bedroom sqf) in some of those new buildings for like 1800

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664965)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:43 PM
Author: bubblegum

concur. you will end up paying a lot in LIC not because it's expensive (relating to MFH) per se, but because most housing options are recent luxury constructions. not a bad option IMH.

Roosevelt isl. good too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664984)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:01 PM
Author: " " " ''

no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664662)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:02 PM
Author: ..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

how much then should i expect?

i dont want to pay something like 2.5k a month and save almost nothing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664674)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:03 PM
Author: AZNgirl performing oral sex on Washington Monument

if ur fucking office is in lower MFH or even midtown the commute from the northern parts of brooklyn like near prospect park is not bad, even good if ur working in lower manhattan.. its 30 min to midtown, 15 min to lower MFH

u can get a studio for 1.5k if u look hard enough

dont listen to all these idiot strivers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664684)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:04 PM
Author: AZNgirl performing oral sex on Washington Monument

or live in astoria.. the commute to midtown is good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664687)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:03 PM
Author: ...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...

the average 1-bedroom in MFH rented for $3,428 last month. average is not "nice."

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/05/09/manhattan-residential-rents-set-another-record/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664681)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:12 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,

the average 1br in MFH is nice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664758)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:19 PM
Author: Metta World Peace

3.5k gets you a pretty nice 1br bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664811)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:04 PM
Author: " " ' ' "

not really bro. a nice studio in a nice area is still gonna run you $2300-$2400. 1 BR is gonna be like $3200-3300.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664688)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:07 PM
Author: ..,.,.,.,.,...,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

ok guess i'll go for a mediocre studio for 2k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664722)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:08 PM
Author: I said RESEMBLE monkeys (13)

yeah make sure you have a broker's fee it's like $3000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664738)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:11 PM
Author: ..,..,....,..,,,........,.,..,,...,.....,

It seems best to just split a 4 BR with some cool bros. How much do those go for in a nice area? 4k? 4.5k?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664752)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:12 PM
Author: .........:;;;:...:.:.::;;;........................

XD

love hearing about these pricing woes in MFH being a guy who lives in a secondary city. I live downtown and rent a luxury condo for $1000 a month. XD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664759)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:15 PM
Author: ....;.;;;::;,,..;,.;.,,;.;..,;.;.;;;

fuck my ass brother

salary / type of work / expectations 3 years out?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664779)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:16 PM
Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,

It's really overblown. If the guy gets 1 roommate he can have a decent place in Manhattan for that price. I have 2 roommates and pay 1000/month (and yes,its a nice neighborhood).

With roommates you can live quite well in Brooklyn or Queens for less than a thousand a month.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664793)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:18 PM
Author: ....;.;;;::;,,..;,.;.,,;.;..,;.;.;;;

roommates, just lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664806)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:24 PM
Author: solace and wallace

just do a 1 br conversion, bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664851)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 10:38 PM
Author: .........:;;;:...:.:.::;;;........................

yeah bro i don't have fucking roommates dude. I'm 25 years old.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20665475)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:16 PM
Author: solace and wallace

has anyone said the cr answer yet:

no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664795)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:17 PM
Author: ...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...,,,...

http://www.citi-habitats.com/media/pdf/RMA%204-12.pdf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664796)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:25 PM
Author: Savage_Noble

you can get a ok studio on the UES, which is safe and residential. No other place you can get a nice place in MFH, unless you are willing to go way up to hamilton heights, which is ghetto.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664866)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:32 PM
Author: ...........,........,,,,,,,,.,,,,

Here's my <$1500 king sized bedroom in my nice one bedroom apt:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/252/imag0448s.jpg/

But I'm just bragging here. That was a lease signed nearly two years ago, and it was a great value back then. Even in Harlem, <$1500 for a one bedroom is tough these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664905)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:34 PM
Author: bubblegum

LOL@ pathetic strivers who MUST live in MFH or one of those faggot, hipsterish locales in BRKYN.

LOL, enjoy busting your asses for your landlords

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664918)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:36 PM
Author: ...........,........,,,,,,,,.,,,,

http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/10/news/economy/economic-mobility/index.htm

we win

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664930)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:36 PM
Author: AZNgirl performing oral sex on Washington Monument

yea it is retarded. these ppl act like MFH has no subway/bus system. fucking insane morons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20664933)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:49 PM
Author: thaprotester

If you are trying to live alone, absolutely not for $1500. Your apartment will actually be unlivable.

The best bet to get that price is to get 3-4 roommates, even 5 in some instances, and live in a giant apartment that takes up the entire floor of a brownstone. You can often get $1500 per person for a very nice situation since the rent comes out to $6000-7500 total. If you get the right people, this can be a great time and make living in nyc much more palatable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20665044)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 9:51 PM
Author: ....;.;;;::;,,..;,.;.,,;.;..,;.;.;;;

everyone's plans change too much for this type of arrangement to work for any reasonable period of time, unless everyone's in enrolled in some longish, legit academic program

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20665063)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 10:36 PM
Author: thaprotester

If everyone is a single lawyer/banker, etc. it works. When people get a bit older and start to get in relationships, it gets tricky.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20665452)



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Date: May 10th, 2012 10:37 PM
Author: longwangpoontang

there are mediocre studios in the FIDI, Chitown, Hamilton Heights, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1945560&forum_id=2#20665467)