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re: Moving to New York in your 20s
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:23 pm to Paul Allen
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:23 pm to Paul Allen
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Most everywhere was. What are some places better post pandemic?
Anywhere but Las Vegas by a long margin. You could literally go out to Times Square in a car and park anywhere. Where did everyone go? In confined places. That’s why.
This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 7:25 pm
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:26 pm to Prominentwon
How long until she starts an OF to make ends meet?
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:35 pm to GetmorewithLes
quote:I actually meant the basement closet, not the 1 bedroom apartment dummy. Those would go for me like 6k these days.
try $3000...
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:37 pm to Prominentwon
To OP: your best bet is dumping this naiive girl (and you growing out of it) and finding a remote job. Once you have remote job, move to Thailand and work during the night.
You made it.
You made it.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:16 pm to Prominentwon
My 29 y/o daughter moved to Brooklyn from Austin in August. Her job is remote but her company was planning to start an office there. $3600/mo for a 400 sq ft 1BR apartment. Austin was about $2500/mo for 800 sq ft. She’ll live there for a couple of years then find a new city to try. Kid has more guts than me. My first job out of school was in Alexandria. 
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:09 pm to Motownsix
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Always felt safer in NYC than in NOLA and BRLA.
The cops were actually friendly and helpful last time I was there. Granted it was a long time ago.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:32 pm to 777Tiger
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now I dig me some Hamptons
It was fun. I saw Billy Joel waiting at a stop sign while we were both stuck in traffic in East Hampton. I saw Alec Baldwin strolling down a sidewalk in Westhampton Beach. I worked at Christie Brinkley's next door neighbor's house. I worked at a playmate's house that had her centerfold spread on a canvas in one of her living rooms.
Paying $5 for a 20 oz coke in 2001 wasn't fun. Gas was twice as much as it was in north Louisiana. I paid $1,000/month for a basement apt on my own after splitting $350/month with my brother while I was in trade school. I got a discount on my 2nd apt because I'd started on my first fire dept by then and signed the new lease about 6 weeks after 9/11.
I miss going to the beach whenever I wanted. I don't miss the winters.
I follow recruiting pretty closely, and sometimes a kid doesn't pick LSU simply because he wants to get out of the state. That was me. I wanted to go somewhere that seemed like a 180 degree change from Louisiana.
This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:49 pm to Lou Loomis
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Always felt safer in NYC than in NOLA and BRLA.
The cops were actually friendly and helpful last time I was there.
I did some cross-training with FDNY and NYPD at a national conference a couple years ago. The officers for the most part were pretty vocal about frustrations over what they can and can't do. Yeah, they're friendly and helpful, but that's also about all they're allowed to do most of the time. They're handcuffed by NY state laws, no pun intended.
They couldn't believe firefighters and ems are allowed to carry on duty in TX. Even if NY state allowed them to, FDNY agency policies would prevent it.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:40 pm to Prominentwon
My daughter lived in NYC - Brooklyn, to be exact - in 2019 and first part of 2020. We/she couldn’t swing Manhattan for apartments, even with a roommate. She was there on a modeling contract (no pics). Lived there about a year and a half before Covid shut everything down and she came home for a while. She was 23.
Agency moved her to LA in 2022. She met a young man from Seattle while in LA and they married in June 2024. They live in Seattle where multiple generations of his family are from. She’s my wandering child, lol.
I went to visit her in December 2019 and I’ll never forget riding the train with her to her apartment the last time before I left. This daddy was crying and I was scared for her. But it was her dream.
For those who may remember, this is my daughter who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer the same week I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer back in June. She’s doing fairly well. So far.
Agency moved her to LA in 2022. She met a young man from Seattle while in LA and they married in June 2024. They live in Seattle where multiple generations of his family are from. She’s my wandering child, lol.
I went to visit her in December 2019 and I’ll never forget riding the train with her to her apartment the last time before I left. This daddy was crying and I was scared for her. But it was her dream.
For those who may remember, this is my daughter who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer the same week I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer back in June. She’s doing fairly well. So far.
This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 12/30/25 at 5:49 am to 777Tiger
Banks have already moved headquarters out of NYC.
Financial Institutions the same.
You know nothing about the high cost of living in NY as a whole.
But you dream of the city that never closes. I had much better sense and desire of my future life and style than you fantasy of a party town where few climb the ladder to succeed.
Financial Institutions the same.
You know nothing about the high cost of living in NY as a whole.
But you dream of the city that never closes. I had much better sense and desire of my future life and style than you fantasy of a party town where few climb the ladder to succeed.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:54 am to Prominentwon
My daughter (no pics) is doing that now. Graduated in 2024 from college, lives in Manhattan, and is piecing it together. We still provide support given her career is dance but 2025 was a step forward. She absolutely loves it.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:56 am to bluedragon
quote:mo, not really
Banks have already moved headquarters out of NYC. Financial Institutions the same
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:01 am to 777Tiger
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waitress
Apparently that's the stepping stone to national politics
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:05 am to Chucktown_Badger
quote:yeah Chicago has way more crime, worse weather, less opportunity, and uglier people
Chicago and NYC have very little in common. Do better.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:11 am to GetmorewithLes
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If $1500/mo for a broom closet is “making it” then I’m happy to not have “made it” try $3000...
You can get a one bedroom in the upper east side in the $2000s. NYC can be very expensive but people overestimate l
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:14 am to VooDude
I went to the U.S. Open in August 2023 and stayed in midtown. NYC seemed 100% back to me at the time, there was no post-COVID hangover whatsoever.
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:19 am to DustyDinkleman
quote:she might happier in a broom closet in new york than a 1 bedroom apartment in Louisiana.
If $1500/mo for a broom closet is “making it” then I’m happy to not have “made it”
This post was edited on 12/30/25 at 8:21 am
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:21 am to VooDude
quote:what’s miserable about great weather, lots of job opportunities, and being 50 miles to San Diego.
You’re right, but LA is even more miserable. The best option if living in LA is moving to Houston or Atlanta. NY-ish opportunities and the low COL/space.
With all its flaws, LA is a huge place and the riff raft is easy to avoid… just like Houston and Atlanta
But I guess if you live in Houston you can be in Galveston beach in an hour
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:25 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Chicago is borderline in the unlivable category for me.
yeah Chicago has way more crime, worse weather, less opportunity, and uglier people
Enjoy your upvote
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:38 am to bluedragon
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bluedragon
Sorry you got turned down from the NYC finance programs that you wanted to get into. Was it for IB?
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