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0 pointsilaksh12y ago0 comments

Its quite difficult to live "very well" in NYC on $2000/month. It was several years ago when I lived there, worse now. Where exactly in NYC do you live? In Staten Island, which is pretty far from Manhattan, it was more than $800 for a decent 1 bedroom apartment in 2001. The was just a normal apartment, not a big one or anything.

So that leaves around $1000 for everything else and any savings.. which means I think you are exaggerating when you say you live very well.

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akgerber12y ago

I have a roommate, which is pretty essential to affordable living in a place with expensive real estate. I live in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, which is a very different neighborhood from what it was in 2001. I eat out a lot, travel reasonably often, ride bikes on the regular, attend events regularly, and so on— it's certainly possible to spend more on lifestyle, but I don't think it would make me much happier.

Tech job benefits certainly help keep expenses reasonable, too.

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