Path =/= NYC Subways. yes you need to pay twice
Which is why I don’t want to live in NJ
That’s what I do. I get off in Newark, walk across the platform, swipe my PATH card, and get on the stuffed-to-the-gills, smells like urine, PATH train to WTC.
You can find some nice deals in FiDi if you are willing to have a roommate. I was in a high rise, luxury apt with a doorman and a roof deck. Granted, i really wasnt saving much beyond my 401k but it was a good experience. I personally moved to BK after my stunt in FiDi looking to save mula, i lived in Bay Ridge with all my other paisans but Park Slope is a good location for a working professional.
Whachu know bout public transit? We know you’re rolling black car service wherever you go.
Wow. After listening to this conversation, it’s pretty evident that I have zero desire to live in NYC. Great place to visit, but wouldn’t want to live there. I think my master bedroom is bigger than some of your whole houses.
I realize that you can have a lot of fun in NYC on $5,000 per day, but I have a feeling that if you live there, you don’t spend nearly as much time enjoying the city.
^ Don’t listen to the naysayers Greenie. Live within your means and you can enjoy life anywhere. I may live in a shanty with few possessions, but I rarely spend time at home other than to sleep and what not. These same people posting would be griping if they lived in Podunk Town, TX as they are all trying to keep up with the Joneses and put on the successful financier front. Though I hate to quote this POS movie, Fight Club had it right when Brad Pitt said in so many words, “When you work so hard to own things, soon the things will start to own you.” I believe that! Much wants more.
Like my man Thomas J. Stanley would say, “All hat, no cap(ital).”
I had some friends who moved there a couple of years back (I don’t think it was that pricey when they moved out there). It’s a nice area.
damn. you got me there.
That will change when you get married and have two kids. I spend about 95% of my time either at home or at work. But I really love my house. It’s a comfy house. And I don’t mind spending time in it.
Here’s what $2k per month will buy you in Midland, Texas. It will buy even more in San Antonio or Dallas, because house prices are lower there.
Just my main living room is 550 square feet. I also have another living room and a library and an office and three bedrooms. (Not to mention the kitchen and dining room.)
But then you are in Midland, Texas! 
^Not so bad once you get used to it.
And again, this house would cost even less in the suburbs of Dallas or San Antonio or Austin. Those aren’t bad places to live.
No state income tax, no city/county income tax. That’s why Tony Romo brings home more $$$ than Drew Brees or Joe Flacco (even though they have bigger contracts).
I know! I was just teasing:-)
What are those green things behind your house? Why is there part of the pavement that is green? Where are all the skyscrapers? I don’t see smog, must be unhealthy. All jokes aside, really nice house.
Let’s see, BBQ, Southern Belle’s, and No Snow. I dig.
I don’t think that is actually his house. Most likely, it is a real estate listing that he used as an example. Otherwise, I would be quite impressed with the ability to live without furniture.
You joke, but living in NYC is far better for the environment than living in a big house in Texas. Public transit, high density, etc.
@Ohai - You’re both right and wrong. That is the real estate listing from my house that I bought three years ago. That is my actual house. Of course I have furniture now. A La-Z-Boy recliner and a 55" TV are among my prize posessions, along with my Big Green Egg and king-size Tempur-pedic bed.
I agree. Starts with a house with more space than needed, then it follows by driving SUV or Range Rover…
As a means to both worlds, I was searching for housing in Garden City for its close proximity to the city but at the same offering some sub living, at least with respect to nyc. my fam lives in fairfield county ct and you can get really nice housing there, with land, and still be a commute away to nyc.
^Yeah, that’s the thing I don’t like about Midland. It’s a five-hour drive to Dallas or San Antonio. You can’t just day-trip it to go see a touring Broadway show. It’s an all-weekend affair.
But my house doesn’t look much different from some of the houses you’d find in the suburbs, which are less than 30 minutes from downtown Dallas. I think that would be the best of both worlds.
But the daycare provider mother-in-law lives here, not in Dallas. And that’s worth more than you’ll ever realize.