Is 60k a livable salary in New York City?

[brooklyn_boulevard]

The top pics aren't even renting now adays.

What are they doing??

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Before I got that job, I had stretches of unemployment and freelance gigs. My money is just starting to look good. You see one thing without actually knowing my background or responsibilities.

Even with all that bullshyt you just stated, making 90k a year, you should be doing very well living in NY. So either you need to budget better or you're lying about your salary.

 

[Rell Lauren]

Even with all that bullshyt you just stated, making 90k a year, you should be doing very well living in NY. So either you need to budget better or you're lying about your salary.

I can post my weekly paystubs since pocket watching is a past time on this forum. I don't know any of you and don't intend meeting you. I have zero reason to lie.

 

[frush11]

I make just around that and live in the Bx by myself. And I have disposable income to blow.



How the fukk are you making that much and still struggling . Your budget or financial decisions must be trash.

Exactly, the posts in this thread are ridiculous. Its easy as fukk to live on that. Unless you treat money like its disposable.

Shiit my sis lived on less than that in Harlem paying 1200 a month, and still took trips and whatnot.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Yes you can stop listening or reading shyt from out of towners or boujie new Yorkers who think Manhattan or Brooklyn is the end all be all. You not gonna be living in some wack ass luxury apartment that they over hyping but there are parts where it is working class neighborhoods where rent for a 1bd doesn't go over 1500

you can also get a 1 bedroom most of BK for under 1500 and i know this for a fact. We obviously not talking about fort greene, williamsburg, park slope

 

[Neuromancer]

What are they doing??

nothing. Money for their construction is being decreased.

 

[Collateral]

Where in Jersey is this? How long is your commute? JC and Hoboken aren't cheap.

Literally everywhere. Spots in Hudson county (Jc, Hoboken, West NY, etc) are going to be expensive, naturally, because of the proximity to to the city and gentrification. But if you’re willing to live more inland like Essex county (Newark, East Orange, Montclair) you can definitely find a nice 1-2 bedroom apartment/house in a good neighborhood under 1500. Where I stay in Passaic it takes me no more than 35 minutes to get to Times Square via bus. Traffic changes everything of course.

 

[brooklyn_boulevard]

I don’t know why people think Hoboken is cheap. I live in Jersey and everyone I know would love to live there but to spend $2300 per month on rent?? hell no

 

[ig88]

I'm 30. I work in Marketing for a financial institution.

Where is ya job located. What streets? If it was downtown id live in north stat and take ferry. You can roundtrip to work for 5 bucks a day at 45 min a clip.

Midtown and up, jersey.

I say this based on speed to get to work. Even if you lived in brook or queens ya lookin at an hour commute no matter what so jersey is really ya best option based on price/speed or staten island if you work downtown.

 

[Black Cher]

Where is ya job located. What streets? If it was downtown id live in north stat and take ferry. You can roundtrip to work for 5 bucks a day at 45 min a clip.

Midtown and up, jersey.

I say this based on speed to get to work. Even if you lived in brook or queens ya lookin at an hour commute no matter what so jersey is really ya best option based on price/speed or staten island if you work downtown.

The job is in Turtle Bay Area, I haven’t taken it yet, I’m still deciding.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Exactly, the posts in this thread are ridiculous. Its easy as fukk to live on that. Unless you treat money like its disposable.

Shiit my sis lived on less than that in Harlem paying 1200 a month, and still took trips and whatnot.

Fam that's what I'm saying. Either 1) people lying about how much they make or 2) they're living beyond their means.

For 1 person per month, you figure rent $1300, Con Ed $80, TV/internet $75, food/grocery $300, cell phone $80, transportation $200. That's a little over $2k a month. For anyone making over 60k a year, I don't see how they can't manage.


Plus people have this romanticized idea that living in NY means living on the upper west or east sides or some gentrified area of Bk or Harlem. Cats better get to doing some research and find a home in other parts of Brooklyn, Queens & the Bronx.

 

[ig88]

The job is in Turtle Bay Area, I haven’t taken it yet, I’m still deciding.

My bad thought he was OP

Thats right cross from queens/brook

My cousin got a spot with his friends in astoria for cheap.

Find a studio in queens and take it month by month til you find a better place.

Like i said breh. I did it on 55k and had 600 a month to pay for my car/insurance.

I think i was bringing home 700 a week then so 2 weeks of my pay went to my car and my 1000 a month rent (i had a 1 bedroom)

That left me with 1300 a month/350 a week.

Takeout Food actually cheaper in nyc than a lot of places

I lived off chinesof lunch and halal carts never spent more than ten a day on food. It can be done.

All things out together youd prolly have 200 a week spending money (thats with a 600 dolla car bill which ya prolly wont bave so even more) which aint a lot but thats the world...im sure youll make more after awhile too. Maybe if ya had a side hustle uberin a weekend a month or sell some trees lol. Idk.

It CAN be done. And it ya get a girl it gets easier.

Worse thing for me was being alone a lot.

 

[Da King]

60K if you're in the Bronx or Staten Island

 

[OneManGang]

Fam that's what I'm saying. Either 1) people lying about how much they make or 2) they're living beyond their means.

For 1 person per month, you figure rent $1300, Con Ed $80, TV/internet $75, food/grocery $300, cell phone $80, transportation $200. That's a little over $2k a month. For anyone making over 60k a year, I don't see how they can't manage.


Plus people have this romanticized idea that living in NY means living on the upper west or east sides or some gentrified area of Bk or Harlem. Cats better get to doing some research and find a home in other parts of Brooklyn, Queens & the Bronx.

Facts, but it gets more complicated for out of towners who not trying to live away from the nice areas and people with kids. If you have debt added to those expenses as well. People want to ball til they fall while in NYC but you just can't make your money spread here as well as you can other places.

 

[Rell Lauren]

Literally everywhere. Spots in Hudson county (Jc, Hoboken, West NY, etc) are going to be expensive, naturally, because of the proximity to to the city and gentrification. But if you’re willing to live more inland like Essex county (Newark, East Orange, Montclair) you can definitely find a nice 1-2 bedroom apartment/house in a good neighborhood under 1500. Where I stay in Passaic it takes me no more than 35 minutes to get to Times Square via bus. Traffic changes everything of course.

Newark and East Orange aren't cities I personally would live in. Newark hasn't been cleaned up enough despite the development Downtown and near Irvington. I've been to Newark multiple times for work and I don't feel comfortable living there.

Where is ya job located. What streets? If it was downtown id live in north stat and take ferry. You can roundtrip to work for 5 bucks a day at 45 min a clip.

Midtown and up, jersey.

I say this based on speed to get to work. Even if you lived in brook or queens ya lookin at an hour commute no matter what so jersey is really ya best option based on price/speed or staten island if you work downtown.

I work by Rockefeller Center. At minimum it takes an hour from Crown Heights not counting for MTA issues.