Best photography spots in Manhattan and the city! I am a photographer myself and I know there's more to this city! I am always looking for spots to keep pumping art! Awesome Video!
I love all these people complaining that rent in NYC is way more expensive than their city. Of course, there's a reason no one is watching TH-cam videos about moving to Cleveland.
@Andrew Lynch I've lived in Manhattan for eighteen years now. I live right in midtown, and my former school was in the West Village, two places with a very high homelessness population. There definitely are some crackheads, but I promise you, a lot of these people aren't these drug addicted weirdos you're thinking of. I had so many homeless acquaintances while I was in high school, and none of them were former drug addicts or alcoholics. Please don't think of them as some useless druggies. Most of the time, the 'crackheads' that you see are just older homeless people who have developed severe mental health issues after spending so many years alone on the streets. Once you start to realize that they're not all psycho meth heads, it becomes easier to see who's genuinely struggling and needs help to get back on their feet.
Lol I don't think people consider the pay difference living/working in NYC. The average teacher salary in NYC is $72,000 a year. The average teacher salary in Texas is $57,000 a year. Minimum wage in NYC is $15 per hour! Yes it is still more expensive, but not by as much more when you compare income. Also NYC has a lot more social safety net for people that for financially struggling than Texas does.
@@1435queen What kind of social safety net? I'm looking at Marketing/Sales jobs (especially 6 months ago when the economy wasn't dead) within the area with base at 55k or 60k. I'd be tempted to move just for the public transportation alone.
@@Beatle911 I work in marketing in NY. The first job I got paid $35K. Most jobs pay $50-$55K entry level in marketing. If a job can pay you less they will. NYC or not.
Just arrived in NYC today. I found a private room for only $55 per night. Although calling it a "room" is a stretch, more like a closet. But hey it'll do for a few days. Looking forward to exploring this fascinating city.
3 years later are you still in NYC? If so, how are things going living wise? Still in Manhattan or in one of the other burroughs or have you moved across the bridge to Jersey?
@@hoodiebeats5607 I am an MBA at Google for 10 months and stockbroker at Wall Street for 2 months now my annual income has been increased to 250k per year but thats not enough for me so me and my 2 friends have been working on doing a couple of startups together mostly we are gonna open 7 to 8 companies as hungry entrepreneurs and if it's successful the first year can make me something like 5.75 million and the next year wud be even more profitable if it works Hope to hear from u soon
Look sister or brother, don’t dream! Know your worth! You can do anything with the right mindset! Who knows you could be the riches person in New York one day, very unlikely but possible
I love NYC, have lived here for about 10 years before moving to Sweden. NYC was hell a lot of fun, always things to do regardless what time it was and always have dates going on even none of us were serious. I was a manager in an accounting firm in my late 20s, paid 1800 to live in an one bedroom apt sharing with a roommate at midtown east. But you know what, my savings was like nothing and I couldn’t even afford to travel around the world or even start a family - living in NYC makes you proud and learn how to survive but looking back now in my mid 30s, if I even didn’t move to NYC I would have already bought a nice house and living with my beautiful families and even starting a business. Move before you really know what you want in your life, NYC is indeed great but you will get lost if you just throw yourself in there.
“the bronx coming in at $33,000 per year” “I know what you’re thinking.. ‘I’m making nowhere near that!’” ......that’s literally a dollar over minimum wage
Not really, he’s being realistic. Someone making less than 30K a year will find it difficult. He’s trying to convey that if you want to live comfortably you have to be able to finance it
@@fadijabo5387 Living comfortably means something different to everyone. Someone thats only seen things from a wealthy perspective is wayyy out of touch. Some people are just happy with what they have.
Marco_ R it’s not. But when you live here $1900 for a location like Hell’s Kitchen in a one bedroom is beyond coveted. That dude was lucky to find that gem and probably shares with a gf or wife and split it down the middle.
@Torian Allen San Francisco is out of control with their real estate due to the surge in Silicon Valley. But, NYC rent is no laughing matter. People can afford to own.
Watch the video instead of complaining. He showed several options for people that can't afford outrages rents, and having a roomate - which he suggested - is a very real suggestion and something a lot of New Yorkers do when starting out.
I thought the same haha. The way they ask (40x times) looks like NY is more expensive than big cities in 3rd world countries... which is not! You definitelly don't need 40x to live in NY.
@@ThiagoQuintoMartins Yeah, facts!!! No one would be living in NYC. Maybe these Stuytown sections. But, that poverty line thing is a fact. NYC pay to live & don't have money saved.
I've been to over 40 countries, but have never been to the US. I have no intention of ever living in NYC but somehow I enjoyed your videos. This one and the others about expensive apartments in NYC.
Native American Trust me, upstate and rural areas are much better than cities. Education, environment, and shelter in rural areas are much better. The city just feels like one big prison.
Stuytown is slowly renovating each and every apartment. People who bought those apartment years ago are still paying what it originally was. But new buyers now can be lookin up to 6k a month
For HIMYM, they rent in early 2000's, Lily and Ted both work in decent jobs, Marshall has maybe a little money from his family, it "kinda" is possible though far fetched.
I LOVE the fact that you're so attentive to your subscribers and creating more content about New York. I also like the way you incorporate the sponsorships in your videos, they make sense and don't bother me at all as a viewer, compared to other TH-cam channels. Anyway, that was a great video :)
I only have £6.83 will this be enough to buy.... - Plane Ticket - USA Visa/Green Card - Car - Apartment - Food - Average Home Entertainment and Tools etc - 5* Restaurant to take a Girl on a date ?????!!!!! Brilliant video Erik!
I'm so glad I lived in NY in my late teens and early 20's as a nanny cause there's no way I could afford to live there now. Those rent prices are ridiculous...And definitely not affordable unless jobs pay extremely well there. That's a video idea ... What does the average Joe get paid an hour in New York for regular jobs such as Janitor, hotel housekeepers, Retail sales, etc.
Guys, IF YOU'RE A COLLEGE GRADUATED AND/OR IN A FIELD IN HIGH DEMAND, YOU CAN AFFORD NEW YORK. The average teacher makes $72,000 here. Minimum wage is $15 per hour. So if you're a teacher, coder, engineer, construction worker, firefighter, police, or something similar, you can definitely afford to move here with the salary they are given.
I live in north of New York City but still in New York State I live in a 4 bed 3 bath and in my head I am blown away by these prices!!! Thanks mom and dad 😂
@Dankest memes Dank it is still very much the hood. You don't know what your talking about. That place he shows were not projects. They looked like projects but were not.
From the moment you start watching to the end you’re caught up in the content that as soon as it’s over you want to watch it again to see if you missed anything. So informative and engaging!
Everyone here bragging about their rent, my small-town 1-bedroom apartment is exactly $400/mo That said, living in New York sounds like a dream worth the hustle.
A 100qm apartment in the 21. district of Vienna will cost you about 500€ a month. I don't understand how people can afford to spend 3.5k month, that's more than a engineers monthly income before tax.
I’d love to live in New York, it’s an incredible city. But the financial impact would stop me seeing other places in the world and doing the things I love doing.
I’m 16 and I’m watching this and more videos just because I’m in love with this city and I hope I’ll live there in the future. I wish I could build my future life there. I’ve been in NYC once and I’m already in love.
I can get so sick of all the “career climbing” thoughts of life. But I do not like the nihilistic approach either. That’s why I could sadly never live in New York. For living in that city means that your main passion in life is to grind (and life itself gets put on the back burner) and for me living my life in New York would be just enough without the thoughts of making a name of myself! I would partake and enjoy the small things (walking the parks, people watching, admiring and expiring life) without the stress of financial success! That’s why New York is a wonderful travel destination but not a home.
Jimmy Tatresia Yes, I totally agree with you!!!, Besides if you already make 100k a year, you can live the luxury life in a state like Arizona, with space, fresh air, affordable homes and mortgages (the average house is 200k in Tucson) a nice car and spare money to visit new york city every year if I want.
Speak for yourself, thousands of people are grinding away and living their life as well. Will agree that for most we’re long term tourists in NYC and will eventually leave one day but till then party on, live in the center of the universe and enjoy so you can tell your grandkids awesome stories one day.
Just this New Year, i had an epiphany. I never wanted to work hard. New York was in my dreamscapes. But now, i realized I don't wanna be working and putting my life on the side. I wanna live normally. Tired of castles in the air, chasing pretty rainbows. I actually want a small life somewhere in seclusion. So scratch NYC. Maybe I'll just visit it soon for a 10 day tour take all pics in every spot, and then go back to my cave dwelling place, a happy man
Swing and a miss here. Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Sugar Hill, Washington Heights, and Inwood are all on the island of Manhattan and are more affordable than the locations in this video. Anyone moving to Manhattan: do your own research or you will grossly overpay. NYTimes has a real estate section. Start there.
Yes! I'm like why do these people think Manhattan is only below 125th or 96th! But then again it might be a good thing because the more people look at Northern Manhattan the higher the rents and those neighborhoods are already seeing gentrification.
Thank you for this video. I am French and I have a dream to go to New York and live there. This video inspires me even more to go there. Looking forward to meeting you Eric
loving all of your new york videos, but not sure how you did your research on this one because as a canadian who moved to new york 3 years ago and had an extremely hard time getting an apartment because of what you mentioned about 40x the rent (which they still want to check American credit and i only had canadian) / needing a guarantor (which has to be an American to all my international peeps) i found that the most affordable places in manhattan were Harlem, Lower East Side(chinatown) and Hell's Kitchen(which can run expensive). I got lucky and found a place off of craigslist that was newly renovated and 2350 for a two bedroom pre-war building mid-town/ upper east side. We answered the ad, signed, and handed in money that same night. But that was after a month of sleeping under my desk at work, and couch surfing and sometimes even staying awake in the busiest hotel lobbies... Stuy-town was an extortion (albeit nice area) and theater district was no where near affordable if we're talking a realistic budget. just my 2 cents.
@@21guitarworld her bosses live there too, and she's probably a good employee. Realistically, if you're not basically guaranteed a near 6 figure job, moving to NYC and actually enjoying it is extremely difficult, and arguably near impossible. Definitely why they say if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere
@@21guitarworld small company with an office key that works 24 hours 7 days a week! but i only did it twice cause it was obviously extremely uncomfortable and also didn't realize until 2 months into working there we fully had a couch in the office. i survived off dollar pizza... that's the good thing about NYC.. the dollar pizza and ramen noodles and my first paycheck after two weeks
I agree, I would add Harlem/ upper west side border( also known as morning side) is really good and relatively safe. You can find good deals in theatre district but its way to busy and touristy! I would avoid it. Another good "cheaper" area is by the UN building but again its loud. I also found found Stuy town to be quite expensive actually but it is close to really good bars. My favorite area was morningside because its quiet and close to the non touristy side of central park, I also find the west side is prettier because of the beautiful hudson river. I lived in the east harlem side too but I found it to be okay, not very safe and overpriced. In the end I found that manhattan is much more affordable and doable with roommates. Also to those moving here never forget that its so easy to go around the city, by bus, train or even walking. you do a lot of walking and don't even notice it! Don't worry if the location seems "far away". My best years were in NYC. If you get the chance to live there, I would say go for it.
Hahahaha I saw this and was wondering if anyone was gunna comment this. Lol red brick apartments. Lol. What a joke. The city is changing that’s for sure.
Living in NYC is super hard. That's why they say if you can make it here you can make it anywhere. I am a NYer born and bred, I currently live in GA. I couldn't afford NY. Went to college, got my degree, get a decent job but I couldn't even afford to live in Hells Kitchen. I lived in the Bronx. Yeah I had a 2 bedroom, 1 bath but my building was absolutely run down, ghetto and the neighborhood was a dump. Just to live there I had to have damn near perfect credit and make way over what I was making. Its difficult to think about having roommates if you have children. It's hard, but its also about who you know and how can you manipulate things to work in your favor. Unfortunately, some Landlords don't rent to black people or sometimes they are slum lords. If you are looking to move to NY, I wish you luck!
I think the video was for 18-30 year olds who don't have or WANT kids in the first place. I'd definitely choose to live in NY and NO kids even in my 30's and 40's... life's too short.
**Your rent shouldn't be more than 30% of your gross income** Well let's do some math then: -Manhatten avg rent: 3,800 -Manhatten avg household income: 67,000 -income required: 152,000 -Brooklyn avg rent: 2,500 -Broklyn avg household income: 45,000 -income required: 100,000 -Queens avg rent: 2,000 -Queens avg household income: 54,000 -income required: 80,000 -Bronx avg rent: 1,800 -Bronx avg household income: 33,000 -income required: 72,000 household income is not individual income. Seems impossible for most to get a 1 bedroom unless they are splitting that 2-3 ways.
Pink not true Brooklyn is more then manhattan it’s one of the most expensive places to live in that’s for certain parts. Patrick Stewart is my neighbor so your very wrong.
$2,600 to live in the projects? How is this affordable? You can live in a 5drm/5bath in my hometown and would be paying toward home ownership in an exclusive subdivision with green space.
He's analyzing New York from an upper class and a middle class perspective. I don't know if he ever became a working class or a lower class citizen of NYC. Overall, great video! New Yorker here from Brooklyn.
I moved to nyc 8 years ago and was earning around $28k for the first 2-3 years. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I don’t come from money, but I had a long term plan to pursue TH-cam and it paid off. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment
In New York checking the rental prices I think most of you are paying way too much, it’s realistic to get a property for $1200-1600s a month, try London in similar areas and I guarantee you it’s way higher
DL Black here’s one and this isn’t even in the city, it is outside: West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, Nr Canary Wharf, Docklands, E14 www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-74235541.html
One needs to familiarize themselves with the community by reading the paper, watching WPIX-11 news etc to get a feel for the crime levels, local rules about parking, transportation, grocery stores etc.
I'm in the process of escaping Arizona...a dump overlooking the freeway with nightly "ghetto bird" visits and unwelcome roommates 🪳runs about $1500, and the pay is horrendous out here. (It's also deathly hot for half the year.) NYC has real culture, lots of job and educational opportunities, and plenty to do, even stuff that is cheap or completely free. The parks are awesome, and there's good public transit. Most of the city is safer than most people think...just know your surroundings, and act as though you have business there, and people don't mess with you. I feel safer in Times Square late at night than I do in Phoenix, no lie. Thank you for talking to real people and showing real places. It's not as intimidating a city as most people make it out to be.
Hi Erik. That was a great video - showed a great deal of empathy for the ordinary person coming to New York - thank you and good for you. And thanks for mentioning the one in five - surely some kind of commitment to helping them could help to keep one's feet on the ground in New York.
i lived in Dubai 4 years paying a lot of money for rent and living in the desert ($1000 per month for 2 bedroom excluding power, internet, etc) because anywhere else you couldn't afford it and i wasn't making low money there. So i decided to come back to my home country in EU where i already have an owned property and i pay only the utility bills. Best decision i ever made.
Born and Raised in NYC. Came to Scottsdale,AZ for 5 years. Planning to go back to nyc in 2022 because I learned comfort does not equal quality of life and feeling the LIFE of a city like that!
Yes everyone in the comments. $1900 is a affordable price for a 1 bed room apartment in NYC, however there are others that go as low as $1700 that is hard to come by (you often have to find them in-person not on the internet).
That is so funny where I live (Croatia) in the city with roommates we are located pretty much in center of city and we pay $340 a month, each $113 (because there is three of us) it's 2 bedrooms, dining room and of course WC. And when looking at that $1900/month and when you say it's cheap that sounds ridiculous hahah..just a fun fact
These rents are "cheap" only in NYC. In any other place in the U.S. it would be cheaper to live, except perhaps Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. When you consider that there are a lot of apartments in NYC that are TINY but that cost $3000/month, the "$1900/month cheap" rent is relative.
StuyTown? I'll have some of whatever you're smoking. Those "buildings in the park" complexes are awful and extremely inconvenient. Imagine having lots of shopping bags or large packages and having to schlep all of it across parkland to get to your building. And it's not like you can have them conveniently delivered because StuyTown does not have doormen. Plus, many of the units are rent regulated which means most of the tenants are on the elderly side and complain about about everything. My recommendation would be to look at the Lower East Side/Chinatown or on the Upper West Side near Riverside Drive / Columbia University for cheap rents. Sure there are cheaper neighborhoods like Murray Hill and the Upper East Side (east of Third Ave.), but those are bland, almost suburban areas. The Upper West Side gives you affordable proximity to Central Park and it overall has more of a classic old school NYC vibe about it. Chinatown is a colorful vibrant neighborhood where you will always be able to find the cheapest, freshest produce in the city as well as some interesting retail spaces. Plus you are just a stone's throw from SoHo and all of the great cast iron buildings along lower Broadway.
The buildings have a lot of issues with mice, bugs, noise, partying in the hallways, people from management busting into peoples’ apartment, very poor maintenance...
I am Swiss and I know there are stereotypes, but "only 3800$" for living in the city? If you want to rent a one room apartment in Zurich City, you can get one for "only" 1000$. And that's in-town. Not outside. Jesus
@@andreiplane8380 lmao by rents in the Usa being much higher ur talking about LA NYc and sanfrancisco. Here in a 800,000 people city in texas i live in a 5 bedroom house for only $2000 month.
@@xhafts have to consider half of New Yorkers take the train so it’s cheaper. 1 month of Subway is $100-150 instead of buying a car and gas. I live in Queens 900sq feet apartment $400,000 (rent $2,200) the subway is 20 second walk away, there are 4 supermarkets 5 min walk away, the park is across from the apartment. Therefore convenience is key. It’s a pretty chill mega city like Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Japan.
The obvious downside is that you have to live in Knoxville. I'm from Tennessee lol. I know what goes on in Knoxville and it's pretty boring. Which is fine, but for a lot of people, they want something more in their life. A bigger city also leads to more opportunities for specialisations. Somebody looking to make it in film basically has to live in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
ramy tarek Its defiantly not city life. Good quiet living, lots of land for a dog to run around. Stores aren’t too busy. I’ve been NYC / CHI / LA...people are everywhere lol.
I lived W. 45th bet. 8th & 9th Ave after graduating college. Worked as a waitress in the summer and as a 1st year teacher in a public high school in September. My rent was $85.00 per month. This was 1968.
@@noice2606 For me it's the mentality. In the US it's gotta be fast, big and on demand. People are riskier and move faster. Less bs, more stuff gets done.
@@noice2606 It is extremely difficult to get around in the States without a car if you are not in big metropolitan areas like NYC. I get so used to just hop on a train in Germany to between every town, I almost got depressed for being stuck in a small town in Ohio. But things became definitely better once you get your own car to get around.
I am an artist & my husband & I moved to Merida in the Yucatán Peninsula so I could paint full time.. our rent for a 2 bedroom detached house with a backyard: $250/m 🎉🎉🎉 We are surrounded by parks, cenotes, beaches, Mayan Ruins.. although there are big bugs here but I hear NYC has cockroaches too so.. I would still love to visit NYC though for about a week.. but then I need to get back to nature & tranquility
Hey Erik, I recently found your channel and I absolutely love it! Keep up the amazing work! I was wondering how do you film with a drone in NYC? I am planning a trip this year and I really want to bring my drone, but I read that it is not allowed to fly except for some parks... Any information from locals would be of much help. Thank you in advance! Regards from Denmark! Ellie
Could be from a stock footage website, its funny since at 6:42 the shot pulling back with the books, I've used that same shot before from a website called videoblocks
Love this! I just recently binged a bunnnnch of your videos (from like 2015/16 til 2018!) and it’s so cool to see your journey through the years in NYC & you have such unique & quality content! good job & congrats on all your growth and success over the past few years 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Washington heights is my favorite neighborhood above Central Park because it’s affordable, a subway ride into midtown or downtown is only like 10 minutes, and it’s very diverse and friendly
He clearly Didn’t do any research on manhattan before he made this video, hopefully people will do more research before they are fooled into this incorrect information.
i’m 15, i already know what i want to do in the future and i’m already quite familiar with it, so i know my estimated salary, but i’m still not sure on how all of this stuff works :/ i can’t even tell what’s too expensive and what isn’t lmao- i’m british but live in germany so moving there in the first place could be an issue for me :(
As a NYer. Living here is about survival and skill acquisition. Mkae it here for 5 years and move to Austin, Asheville, SLC, Boise or any other dope truly livable city.
I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Banja Luka. I make around 26k dollars a year (around 2.2k monthly) and my rent (with bills) is around 240 dollars a month. I'm renting a ~860 square feet house flat with backyard, a balcony and parking place overlooking the city. Seeing this video i realized how big of a problem rent is around the world, even in developed countris like the USA where people make much more money then in underdeveloped third world countries like mine.
A look at what it takes to live in New York City on a realistic budget! Comment below what type of NYC content you want to see in the New Year!!
Thanks for yet another good video Erik! Whats the name of the bomber jacket you are wearing?
Yes
@@benjaminronne-petersen2014 i wan to know that too lol
Best photography spots in Manhattan and the city! I am a photographer myself and I know there's more to this city! I am always looking for spots to keep pumping art! Awesome Video!
dumpster diving finding good food and useable items in the trash in manhattan
I love all these people complaining that rent in NYC is way more expensive than their city. Of course, there's a reason no one is watching TH-cam videos about moving to Cleveland.
rnjbond Right😂
rnjbond 🤣🤣🤣🤣😩
Well logan paul lol
Yeah cause everyone lives in Cleveland right? 🙄 Funny how the people in NYC complain the most about it tho🤔
Amen!!!
New York is the only city where you can see a Wall Street Banker screaming into his phone and a homeless man smoking weed at the same bus station
@Andrew Lynch But how can homeless people afford drugs?
@Andrew Lynch But how are they surviving then? After all they have to eat and drink from time to time
@@Tastypieinyourmouth the crack keeps them from staving
@Andrew Lynch I've lived in Manhattan for eighteen years now. I live right in midtown, and my former school was in the West Village, two places with a very high homelessness population. There definitely are some crackheads, but I promise you, a lot of these people aren't these drug addicted weirdos you're thinking of. I had so many homeless acquaintances while I was in high school, and none of them were former drug addicts or alcoholics. Please don't think of them as some useless druggies. Most of the time, the 'crackheads' that you see are just older homeless people who have developed severe mental health issues after spending so many years alone on the streets. Once you start to realize that they're not all psycho meth heads, it becomes easier to see who's genuinely struggling and needs help to get back on their feet.
nah u could see that in berlin anytime as well. happened to me multiple times on my way to school lol
I'm wanting to move to NYC on a "realistic budget". So, after watching this, do I sell crack or just go the prostitution route?
Second option would be better
What do you look like? ;-)
i say you should do both
I'd do both if it'll help pay the rent. No shit it will.
Put them together, for every gram they buy one free blowey
Erik: *very affordable*
Me: *Thank god*
Erik: *Only 1900 dollars*
Me: *you for real though*
@Laura Brown YOOOOOOOOOO 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😶🌫️
thats actually considered cheap over here though
@@sushi7652 yeah, in my area we pay 2000
Thats just as expensive in Dublin, Ireland!
mine is 40$
"The rent is really affordable at $1,900"
*cries in Texas*
cries in bay area
😂😂
Lol I don't think people consider the pay difference living/working in NYC. The average teacher salary in NYC is $72,000 a year. The average teacher salary in Texas is $57,000 a year. Minimum wage in NYC is $15 per hour! Yes it is still more expensive, but not by as much more when you compare income. Also NYC has a lot more social safety net for people that for financially struggling than Texas does.
@@1435queen What kind of social safety net?
I'm looking at Marketing/Sales jobs (especially 6 months ago when the economy wasn't dead) within the area with base at 55k or 60k.
I'd be tempted to move just for the public transportation alone.
@@Beatle911 I work in marketing in NY. The first job I got paid $35K. Most jobs pay $50-$55K entry level in marketing. If a job can pay you less they will. NYC or not.
Just arrived in NYC today. I found a private room for only $55 per night. Although calling it a "room" is a stretch, more like a closet. But hey it'll do for a few days. Looking forward to exploring this fascinating city.
3 years later are you still in NYC? If so, how are things going living wise? Still in Manhattan or in one of the other burroughs or have you moved across the bridge to Jersey?
@@StephenDillardCarroll hes in india rn
Ok youtube
I finally watched it
Tanzerlaubt Hello my friend 😂😂😂
Same
"How do you live in ny with a realistic budget."
You don't.
I love your hair style
I want to live in NY so bad 😓😓
@@amyturcios8962 I live in NY alone coz I have a 140000$ per year job
Purvash Dangi damm bro what do u do
@@hoodiebeats5607 I am an MBA at Google for 10 months and stockbroker at Wall Street for 2 months now my annual income has been increased to 250k per year but thats not enough for me so me and my 2 friends have been working on doing a couple of startups together mostly we are gonna open 7 to 8 companies as hungry entrepreneurs and if it's successful the first year can make me something like 5.75 million and the next year wud be even more profitable if it works
Hope to hear from u soon
Any time I think about or visualize myself living in NYC I get emotional, am I the only one who does this?
nah man u aint alone
Not alone either
Let’s all get together and rent an apartment there
Emotional in what way? Anxious, exhilarated, frightened, etc.? Multiple answers are ok.
Look sister or brother, don’t dream! Know your worth! You can do anything with the right mindset! Who knows you could be the riches person in New York one day, very unlikely but possible
I love NYC, have lived here for about 10 years before moving to Sweden. NYC was hell a lot of fun, always things to do regardless what time it was and always have dates going on even none of us were serious. I was a manager in an accounting firm in my late 20s, paid 1800 to live in an one bedroom apt sharing with a roommate at midtown east.
But you know what, my savings was like nothing and I couldn’t even afford to travel around the world or even start a family - living in NYC makes you proud and learn how to survive but looking back now in my mid 30s, if I even didn’t move to NYC I would have already bought a nice house and living with my beautiful families and even starting a business. Move before you really know what you want in your life, NYC is indeed great but you will get lost if you just throw yourself in there.
And if you need a broker.....I know a guy ;)
one and only Fredrik Eklund!
I make 250k per year, what can I get in NYC?
@@martinklein1139 A cheap escort
Mazaker That's a cheap one? I need to move to NY I'm in the wrong city
i heard you'll be coming to my school to judge my class's business plans.
Homie said "they look pretty bland" and "they look like and institution" I think the word your lookin fo is "projects" 🤣🤣🤣
SWEAR TO GOD LMAO
Sti Town is THE OPPOSITE of the projects
clearly you've never been to Sti Town.
UncleOwen Me?
@@nataliahall236 no, I was agreeing with you. Sti Town is not the projects. It would have been had it not been in such a great location.
“the bronx coming in at $33,000 per year”
“I know what you’re thinking.. ‘I’m making nowhere near that!’” ......that’s literally a dollar over minimum wage
Think he was speaking about the higher prices.
Minimum wage where ?
@@Cameron_7127 In NYC it's 15$ an hour. And it's still not enough
Lisa Baerga lol minimum wage here is like 16k a year...
@@angelgjr1999 where?
Bro, calling stuytown a sprawling neighbourhood of redbrick apartments is the nicest way ive ever hear anyone describe projects before in my life
😂😂😂😂
I just commented something similar. I’m like that’s nothing but projects😂
You can tell he's only seen things from the perspective of a wealthy person.
Not really, he’s being realistic. Someone making less than 30K a year will find it difficult. He’s trying to convey that if you want to live comfortably you have to be able to finance it
Sounds crazy, but if you don’t have a car it’s possible to live there.
@@fadijabo5387 Living comfortably means something different to everyone. Someone thats only seen things from a wealthy perspective is wayyy out of touch. Some people are just happy with what they have.
@@champ1114 Easy for you to say SuperMan, you could just fly to work.
You don't have to worry about insurance premiums.
@@SlingerMarshall Got me there Slinger!
in wich universe is 1900 (for one bedroom!!!) per month affordable?
Marco_ R they offer special price for students. My friend at NYU used to get 2b apt for $2000 shared with another student.
Marco_ R it’s not. But when you live here $1900 for a location like Hell’s Kitchen in a one bedroom is beyond coveted. That dude was lucky to find that gem and probably shares with a gf or wife and split it down the middle.
I pay that much for a studio in La 🤦🏽♀️
CA
Have you ever lived in SF, that be cheap on a place in a 1st tier city
How to live in nyc on a realistic budget: Hahahahahahaha, good luck
it's pretty easy, you can just live in queens
Live in the projects
build a wooden cage for just 1 rent and live homeless life like a king
@Torian Allen San Francisco is out of control with their real estate due to the surge in Silicon Valley. But, NYC rent is no laughing matter. People can afford to own.
Watch the video instead of complaining. He showed several options for people that can't afford outrages rents, and having a roomate - which he suggested - is a very real suggestion and something a lot of New Yorkers do when starting out.
I don't get it..
Median households income 67 and landlords ask for 150k yearly income?!
Something's off.
Jazagivid people have been living in the buildings for a while
Gentrification
I thought the same haha. The way they ask (40x times) looks like NY is more expensive than big cities in 3rd world countries... which is not! You definitelly don't need 40x to live in NY.
This is an exaggeration, I have gotten multiple apartments in 3 boroughs without that requirement and got offered lease contracts.
@@ThiagoQuintoMartins Yeah, facts!!! No one would be living in NYC. Maybe these Stuytown sections. But, that poverty line thing is a fact. NYC pay to live & don't have money saved.
I've been to over 40 countries, but have never been to the US. I have no intention of ever living in NYC but somehow I enjoyed your videos. This one and the others about expensive apartments in NYC.
I like how the guy wouldn’t even venture into Harlem or Chinatown
next video: LIVING IN NEW YORK on a UNREALISTIC BUDGET
Could be a good idea
ikr!
Jed Len Hahahaha that would be DOPE!!
Pick anyone on the street, 90% are living in NYC on an unrealistic budget LOL! :-D
Jed Len Hint: its the same video lol
As someone who lives in the country side of NC, this low-key gives me anxiety...
fr. I don't plan on ever living in a big city, much less NY. I'm ok with being close to a city though
Shit i live in the exact opposite environment. I got me a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house and my mortgage is less than 800
I'm in nc to i just don't live in a big city or town i just live in the country side but kinda wanna move
Native American Trust me, upstate and rural areas are much better than cities. Education, environment, and shelter in rural areas are much better. The city just feels like one big prison.
@@Andy-hz2ef in which state are you talking about
Been to NY 4 times, currently living in Sydney, Australia, moved here from Germany and totally no Regrets. No Comparision!!!!!
Stuytown is slowly renovating each and every apartment. People who bought those apartment years ago are still paying what it originally was. But new buyers now can be lookin up to 6k a month
I wonder how HIMYM and Friends characters could afford livings by always hanging out at bar and cafe.
Especially friends Lmaoo they all had mediocre paying jobs in the beginning (Excluding Ross)
In the one episode, Monica admits that the apartment is rent-controlled for $400/month, it was her grandmother's passed down.
For HIMYM, they rent in early 2000's, Lily and Ted both work in decent jobs, Marshall has maybe a little money from his family, it "kinda" is possible though far fetched.
I LOVE the fact that you're so attentive to your subscribers and creating more content about New York. I also like the way you incorporate the sponsorships in your videos, they make sense and don't bother me at all as a viewer, compared to other TH-cam channels. Anyway, that was a great video :)
Great courses is very legit, thanks for the positivity 🤙🏼
I only have £6.83 will this be enough to buy....
- Plane Ticket
- USA Visa/Green Card
- Car
- Apartment
- Food
- Average Home Entertainment and Tools etc
- 5* Restaurant to take a Girl on a date
?????!!!!!
Brilliant video Erik!
6 pounds will get you all of this, as long as you spend it at the Steam sale and you're fine with it all happening inside The Sims.
you wont need an car an NYC
there are no 5 star restaurants
It’s enough for nothing
It’s enough for maybe food for a day and that’s it
I'm so glad I lived in NY in my late teens and early 20's as a nanny cause there's no way I could afford to live there now. Those rent prices are ridiculous...And definitely not affordable unless jobs pay extremely well there. That's a video idea ... What does the average Joe get paid an hour in New York for regular jobs such as Janitor, hotel housekeepers, Retail sales, etc.
those folks get paid fine. they just can't live in the city. gotta live way out on the end of the train and buslines
Guys, IF YOU'RE A COLLEGE GRADUATED AND/OR IN A FIELD IN HIGH DEMAND, YOU CAN AFFORD NEW YORK. The average teacher makes $72,000 here. Minimum wage is $15 per hour. So if you're a teacher, coder, engineer, construction worker, firefighter, police, or something similar, you can definitely afford to move here with the salary they are given.
I live in north of New York City but still in New York State I live in a 4 bed 3 bath and in my head I am blown away by these prices!!! Thanks mom and dad 😂
Red brick buildings?
You mean the projects
Mohammed Siddique Hasan wait what’s the projects ?
@@suheidirodriguez6881 its the hood
It's stuy town. Not the projects
@Dankest memes Dank it is still very much the hood. You don't know what your talking about. That place he shows were not projects. They looked like projects but were not.
What's wrong with the projects anyway ? (honest question)
From the moment you start watching to the end you’re caught up in the content that as soon as it’s over you want to watch it again to see if you missed anything. So informative and engaging!
🐶🤙🏼
Thanks, Mom!
You out here lookin like a lvl 35 boss
Compulsive Winner he was cracking a joke and you just came off as a douche- the only loser here is you.
@Compulsive Winner everyone has their hobbies dude. You out here tryna be "cool" and real ppl out here just bein themselves enjoying life
Thanks for this excellent NYC clip. I lived in NYC for 6 years in the early 2000, and believe me rental price haven’t gone up so dramatically
Everyone here bragging about their rent, my small-town 1-bedroom apartment is exactly $400/mo
That said, living in New York sounds like a dream worth the hustle.
A 100qm apartment in the 21. district of Vienna will cost you about 500€ a month. I don't understand how people can afford to spend 3.5k month, that's more than a engineers monthly income before tax.
I’d love to live in New York, it’s an incredible city. But the financial impact would stop me seeing other places in the world and doing the things I love doing.
If you actually have an M5, just sell that, youll have rent for 2 years in nyc
I’m 16 and I’m watching this and more videos just because I’m in love with this city and I hope I’ll live there in the future. I wish I could build my future life there. I’ve been in NYC once and I’m already in love.
I'm 13, and I wanna live there too lol
@@feet4life155 d o n t
Laura Anderson same lol
same ahhhh
@@feet4life155 let us rent apartment together
I can get so sick of all the “career climbing” thoughts of life. But I do not like the nihilistic approach either. That’s why I could sadly never live in New York. For living in that city means that your main passion in life is to grind (and life itself gets put on the back burner) and for me living my life in New York would be just enough without the thoughts of making a name of myself! I would partake and enjoy the small things (walking the parks, people watching, admiring and expiring life) without the stress of financial success! That’s why New York is a wonderful travel destination but not a home.
Jimmy Tatresia Yes, I totally agree with you!!!, Besides if you already make 100k a year, you can live the luxury life in a state like Arizona, with space, fresh air, affordable homes and mortgages (the average house is 200k in Tucson) a nice car and spare money to visit new york city every year if I want.
Speak for yourself, thousands of people are grinding away and living their life as well. Will agree that for most we’re long term tourists in NYC and will eventually leave one day but till then party on, live in the center of the universe and enjoy so you can tell your grandkids awesome stories one day.
Just this New Year, i had an epiphany. I never wanted to work hard. New York was in my dreamscapes. But now, i realized I don't wanna be working and putting my life on the side. I wanna live normally. Tired of castles in the air, chasing pretty rainbows. I actually want a small life somewhere in seclusion. So scratch NYC. Maybe I'll just visit it soon for a 10 day tour take all pics in every spot, and then go back to my cave dwelling place, a happy man
You can get a normal salary job and live here. You don’t have to grind it out.
@@AtomicBoo For the same job you don't necessarily make the same everywhere. 100K job in NY might be 50K in Arizona.
Born in NYC in 1977 and still in NYC. The rents are higher!!! GOOD LUCK!
Your explanation is simple and says it all type , that's the best description to explain
"I've never been to stuytown, but my first reaction is it's so peaceful and quiet" yeah uh you might wanna check again after the sun goes down buddy
Josh Greenberg is Marcy projects in stuytown?
I think so
Josh Greenberg
Is it dangerous once it gets dark?
@@edaz3946 nah bro that's in brooklyn
Why, is it dangerous after dark?
Swing and a miss here. Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Sugar Hill, Washington Heights, and Inwood are all on the island of Manhattan and are more affordable than the locations in this video. Anyone moving to Manhattan: do your own research or you will grossly overpay. NYTimes has a real estate section. Start there.
Yes! I'm like why do these people think Manhattan is only below 125th or 96th! But then again it might be a good thing because the more people look at Northern Manhattan the higher the rents and those neighborhoods are already seeing gentrification.
The reason is crime my friend, he doesn’t want to be responsible for some midwestern kid getting hurt😕 btw I am a New Yorker .
who tf wants to live in harlem lmao
People only look at 125th and below, I'm okay with that! Don't tell people about these other locations because they can do their own research.
@@ixamxmsright Manhattan has crime from top to bottom.
This makes me wanna become a soundcloud rapper to afford living in New York
Thank you for this video. I am French and I have a dream to go to New York and live there. This video inspires me even more to go there. Looking forward to meeting you Eric
I often watch Nelson’s videos. New York was so different in the 80’s and 90’s. I liked the artist and creative vibe of Old New York. .
Yes, I love Nelson Sullivan Videos,Nelson Home (West Village)Cafe and Friends (Liz Lizzard,Eric others)East Village-Tompkins Square Park
Do you know what ever happened to Liz?
loving all of your new york videos, but not sure how you did your research on this one because as a canadian who moved to new york 3 years ago and had an extremely hard time getting an apartment because of what you mentioned about 40x the rent (which they still want to check American credit and i only had canadian) / needing a guarantor (which has to be an American to all my international peeps) i found that the most affordable places in manhattan were Harlem, Lower East Side(chinatown) and Hell's Kitchen(which can run expensive). I got lucky and found a place off of craigslist that was newly renovated and 2350 for a two bedroom pre-war building mid-town/ upper east side. We answered the ad, signed, and handed in money that same night. But that was after a month of sleeping under my desk at work, and couch surfing and sometimes even staying awake in the busiest hotel lobbies... Stuy-town was an extortion (albeit nice area) and theater district was no where near affordable if we're talking a realistic budget. just my 2 cents.
you slept at work? How did you get away with that? How did you even survive? Jeezus
@@21guitarworld her bosses live there too, and she's probably a good employee. Realistically, if you're not basically guaranteed a near 6 figure job, moving to NYC and actually enjoying it is extremely difficult, and arguably near impossible. Definitely why they say if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere
@@21guitarworld small company with an office key that works 24 hours 7 days a week! but i only did it twice cause it was obviously extremely uncomfortable and also didn't realize until 2 months into working there we fully had a couch in the office. i survived off dollar pizza... that's the good thing about NYC.. the dollar pizza and ramen noodles and my first paycheck after two weeks
@@dbstewart86 nooo my bosses definitely did not live there they had no idea lol but yes if you can make it there you can make it anywhereeeee
I agree, I would add Harlem/ upper west side border( also known as morning side) is really good and relatively safe. You can find good deals in theatre district but its way to busy and touristy! I would avoid it. Another good "cheaper" area is by the UN building but again its loud. I also found found Stuy town to be quite expensive actually but it is close to really good bars. My favorite area was morningside because its quiet and close to the non touristy side of central park, I also find the west side is prettier because of the beautiful hudson river. I lived in the east harlem side too but I found it to be okay, not very safe and overpriced. In the end I found that manhattan is much more affordable and doable with roommates. Also to those moving here never forget that its so easy to go around the city, by bus, train or even walking. you do a lot of walking and don't even notice it! Don't worry if the location seems "far away". My best years were in NYC. If you get the chance to live there, I would say go for it.
Red brick apartment buildings aka projects
Deadass, I dont think this dudes from ny
haha yes "converted projects"
Hahahaha I saw this and was wondering if anyone was gunna comment this. Lol red brick apartments. Lol. What a joke. The city is changing that’s for sure.
He was referring to Stuy Town. They are private. Their building looks exactly the same as project.
It’s not projects
Living in NYC is super hard. That's why they say if you can make it here you can make it anywhere. I am a NYer born and bred, I currently live in GA. I couldn't afford NY. Went to college, got my degree, get a decent job but I couldn't even afford to live in Hells Kitchen. I lived in the Bronx. Yeah I had a 2 bedroom, 1 bath but my building was absolutely run down, ghetto and the neighborhood was a dump. Just to live there I had to have damn near perfect credit and make way over what I was making. Its difficult to think about having roommates if you have children. It's hard, but its also about who you know and how can you manipulate things to work in your favor. Unfortunately, some Landlords don't rent to black people or sometimes they are slum lords. If you are looking to move to NY, I wish you luck!
I think the video was for 18-30 year olds who don't have or WANT kids in the first place. I'd definitely choose to live in NY and NO kids even in my 30's and 40's... life's too short.
Living in NY is not hard 😭😭😭 shittin me?
Well, cause you have kids?? If you choose to have kids, upgrade your job. Or else you have do so what you did, move.
@@lovemoviesful2 You are so right, thanks for your feedback
lovemoviesful2 be quiet
**Your rent shouldn't be more than 30% of your gross income**
Well let's do some math then:
-Manhatten avg rent: 3,800
-Manhatten avg household income: 67,000
-income required: 152,000
-Brooklyn avg rent: 2,500
-Broklyn avg household income: 45,000
-income required: 100,000
-Queens avg rent: 2,000
-Queens avg household income: 54,000
-income required: 80,000
-Bronx avg rent: 1,800
-Bronx avg household income: 33,000
-income required: 72,000
household income is not individual income. Seems impossible for most to get a 1 bedroom unless they are splitting that 2-3 ways.
Pretty much answered every question I had in a simple to the point non theatrical video. Thanks dude!
So just like Seattle rents range from unaffordable to unaffordable.
Ethan Davenport hahahah
From slightly unaffordable to ridiculously unaffordable
Ethan Davenport I'm gonna quote that!
Is Tacoma not a viable alternative there?
@@bitronicc1887 Rents are rising fast in Pierce county.
Realistic apartment in Queens, BK and BX would be nice...there more to NYC than Manhattan.
U realize Brooklyn can cost more then nyc
@@hayeslord3277 First of all, Brooklyn is apart of NYC. Second, apartment in Brooklyn cost around $700 a month.
Pink not true Brooklyn is more then manhattan it’s one of the most expensive places to live in that’s for certain parts. Patrick Stewart is my neighbor so your very wrong.
I have the same name as you
@@cutienerdgirl 700 where??
Stuytown is what a projects would be if they didn’t have a bad rep and were actually well maintained.
$2,600 to live in the projects? How is this affordable? You can live in a 5drm/5bath in my hometown and would be paying toward home ownership in an exclusive subdivision with green space.
stuy town is nice. it was built as public housing for military vets after the war.
@@glynnhebert7573 Functionally, not cost of living. Projects have great assets outside for community.
He's analyzing New York from an upper class and a middle class perspective.
I don't know if he ever became a working class or a lower class citizen of NYC.
Overall, great video! New Yorker here from Brooklyn.
I moved to nyc 8 years ago and was earning around $28k for the first 2-3 years. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I don’t come from money, but I had a long term plan to pursue TH-cam and it paid off. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment
@@erikvanconover Thank you for replying! Stay safe always!
I lived in New York in 2011, there are so many memories!
1900 for one bedroom??? He found a unicorn. Studio sure but not one bedroom.
I have an bedroom for 2100.. i think i did pretty well
In New York checking the rental prices I think most of you are paying way too much, it’s realistic to get a property for $1200-1600s a month, try London in similar areas and I guarantee you it’s way higher
@@c3realK1ll4h Lol, upstate NY possibly. Please post some links to these $1200 apartments in Manhattan!
DL Black here’s one and this isn’t even in the city, it is outside:
West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, Nr Canary Wharf, Docklands, E14
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-74235541.html
DL Black check this one out in the same area:
Sailmakers, Canary Wharf, E14
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-84918428.html
One needs to familiarize themselves with the community by reading the paper, watching WPIX-11 news etc to get a feel for the crime levels, local rules about parking, transportation, grocery stores etc.
From The luxury to the "simplicity"
As you said:
Budget is the ordering!
Thanks again
I'm in the process of escaping Arizona...a dump overlooking the freeway with nightly "ghetto bird" visits and unwelcome roommates 🪳runs about $1500, and the pay is horrendous out here. (It's also deathly hot for half the year.) NYC has real culture, lots of job and educational opportunities, and plenty to do, even stuff that is cheap or completely free. The parks are awesome, and there's good public transit. Most of the city is safer than most people think...just know your surroundings, and act as though you have business there, and people don't mess with you. I feel safer in Times Square late at night than I do in Phoenix, no lie. Thank you for talking to real people and showing real places. It's not as intimidating a city as most people make it out to be.
Hi Erik. That was a great video - showed a great deal of empathy for the ordinary person coming to New York - thank you and good for you. And thanks for mentioning the one in five - surely some kind of commitment to helping them could help to keep one's feet on the ground in New York.
This came out so great Erik !
thank you for the help Gabe!
Why am I watching this? I live in NYC.
So what's it like?
Ken A it’s nice
hahaha i felt the same, "What am I doing here, I already live here" LOL
Tamara Mattos woahsame :00
Same here... lol!
Lived in queens and long island fo 26 yrs this yeas 2019 I left for texas and I love Texas!!!
all the exes live in TX...
@Rezky Jamil i was paying 1450 rent in byside queens now i gota a house and my mortgage is 1016
@TheLegend 37 you betcha, and i thrive in the blazing heat!!!
i lived in Dubai 4 years paying a lot of money for rent and living in the desert ($1000 per month for 2 bedroom excluding power, internet, etc) because anywhere else you couldn't afford it and i wasn't making low money there. So i decided to come back to my home country in EU where i already have an owned property and i pay only the utility bills. Best decision i ever made.
Born and Raised in NYC. Came to Scottsdale,AZ for 5 years. Planning to go back to nyc in 2022 because I learned comfort does not equal quality of life and feeling the LIFE of a city like that!
I live in utah and have a 3 STORY HOUSE for 1500 a month.
Mr SteezyOctopus who wants to live in Utah lmao
@@ominous450 its actually nice here man
lmao utah's gau
Nobody wants to live in Utah, that's why it's cheap.
Pink
Tell that to Post Malone lol
The red buildings are THE PROJECTS
Fleur the hood
No they are not. Stuytown is mostly a student housing area. Not projects.
@@andrewthompson5609 yes but they were originally projects
@@andrewthompson5609 Gentrification at its finest.
They were originally built as middle income housing.
You are incredible Erik. Do a video of you talking about your past life and growing up!!!
Yes everyone in the comments. $1900 is a affordable price for a 1 bed room apartment in NYC, however there are others that go as low as $1700 that is hard to come by (you often have to find them in-person not on the internet).
Everyone of us defines "realistic" or "affordable" in our own way but thanks for the tips. I am sure it will be of help to a lot of people .
Dude, seriously well done. You give big city dreamers like me a realistic gleam of hope.
That is so funny where I live (Croatia) in the city with roommates we are located pretty much in center of city and we pay $340 a month, each $113 (because there is three of us) it's 2 bedrooms, dining room and of course WC. And when looking at that $1900/month and when you say it's cheap that sounds ridiculous hahah..just a fun fact
same. i live in austria it`s a bit more expensive than croatia, but still pretty cheap in comparison.
These rents are "cheap" only in NYC. In any other place in the U.S. it would be cheaper to live, except perhaps Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. When you consider that there are a lot of apartments in NYC that are TINY but that cost $3000/month, the "$1900/month cheap" rent is relative.
what city in croatia
@@exb7009i love pula and the region around it! Lucky you that you live there!
340 for a whole apartment? now thats cheap.
StuyTown? I'll have some of whatever you're smoking. Those "buildings in the park" complexes are awful and extremely inconvenient. Imagine having lots of shopping bags or large packages and having to schlep all of it across parkland to get to your building. And it's not like you can have them conveniently delivered because StuyTown does not have doormen. Plus, many of the units are rent regulated which means most of the tenants are on the elderly side and complain about about everything. My recommendation would be to look at the Lower East Side/Chinatown or on the Upper West Side near Riverside Drive / Columbia University for cheap rents. Sure there are cheaper neighborhoods like Murray Hill and the Upper East Side (east of Third Ave.), but those are bland, almost suburban areas. The Upper West Side gives you affordable proximity to Central Park and it overall has more of a classic old school NYC vibe about it. Chinatown is a colorful vibrant neighborhood where you will always be able to find the cheapest, freshest produce in the city as well as some interesting retail spaces. Plus you are just a stone's throw from SoHo and all of the great cast iron buildings along lower Broadway.
agreed!! you should make a video.
The buildings have a lot of issues with mice, bugs, noise, partying in the hallways, people from management busting into peoples’ apartment, very poor maintenance...
I am Swiss and I know there are stereotypes, but "only 3800$" for living in the city? If you want to rent a one room apartment in Zurich City, you can get one for "only" 1000$. And that's in-town. Not outside. Jesus
I've noticed rents in the USA are far higher than in Europe although if you want to purchase an apartment it's cheaper.
That’s bc it’s Europe ... Not the same
@@andreiplane8380 lmao by rents in the Usa being much higher ur talking about LA NYc and sanfrancisco. Here in a 800,000 people city in texas i live in a 5 bedroom house for only $2000 month.
@@xhafts have to consider half of New Yorkers take the train so it’s cheaper. 1 month of Subway is $100-150 instead of buying a car and gas.
I live in Queens 900sq feet apartment $400,000 (rent $2,200) the subway is 20 second walk away, there are 4 supermarkets 5 min walk away, the park is across from the apartment. Therefore convenience is key.
It’s a pretty chill mega city like Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Japan.
What? Where you can get a 1000 place in Zurich? More like 2000...
There's nothin you can do... (with small budget)...now you're in New York ~~ New York ~~ New York
It’s been a while since i watch ur vids and I’m missing the remember to smile more worry less and live ur passion 💔
Yeahh I miss it too 😔
Same 😢
All videos are better than TH-cam Rewind, but your content is better than all other videos
I pay $550/mo for a mortgage right outside Knoxville, TN. Thinking of paying $2,000 for rent makes my rear side quiver.
utseay can you please tell me more about how its like to live in TN?
Location, location, location
The obvious downside is that you have to live in Knoxville. I'm from Tennessee lol. I know what goes on in Knoxville and it's pretty boring. Which is fine, but for a lot of people, they want something more in their life. A bigger city also leads to more opportunities for specialisations. Somebody looking to make it in film basically has to live in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
ramy tarek Its defiantly not city life. Good quiet living, lots of land for a dog to run around. Stores aren’t too busy. I’ve been NYC / CHI / LA...people are everywhere lol.
alan liu - is that why new yorkers are so miserable and rude all the time? seems like they are not very happy in their city
I love how you gotta be strapped in everything in NYC when buying an apartment.
I lived W. 45th bet. 8th & 9th Ave after graduating college. Worked as a waitress in the summer and as a 1st year teacher in a public high school in September.
My rent was $85.00 per month. This was 1968.
Making sure your coins are in order is a 🔑 pre-requisite for ANY move, especially in an expensive city like NY. -Akeiva
You’re totally forgetting upper manhattan! Harlem and Washington heights! Uptown is awesome. Next video? I’ll be your Co host :)
Emmy Girl harlem and washing heights are sketchy tho.... id stay under 100th st
Alex Kim that’s barely even Harlem 😂Harlem not even scary no more
@@alexkim2337 I've lived in wash heights for 7 years and I'm alive to tell the tale
Alex Kim harlems not even that bad
Anita Ahr you live/congregate above 110th st?
There are so many differences between USA and Europe ...
From the USA, which features of the U.S stands out to you the most?
big cities and skyscrapers
@@noice2606 For me it's the mentality. In the US it's gotta be fast, big and on demand. People are riskier and move faster. Less bs, more stuff gets done.
@@noice2606 It is extremely difficult to get around in the States without a car if you are not in big metropolitan areas like NYC. I get so used to just hop on a train in Germany to between every town, I almost got depressed for being stuck in a small town in Ohio. But things became definitely better once you get your own car to get around.
Yep america is not islamic
"lets say you're between the ages of 18 and 30.." i'm 16 and planning the next 20 years of my life, don't know if that's good or just crazy
Yo same. I can't stop stressing out about my future too
Bro I wish I had that mindset at 16
Im 14, talk about crazy 1
Ananya Dweevedy same
i’m 13 not even in highschool yet and i’m planning the next 20 years of my life as well LMAO
Dude I appreciate you acknowledging the large wage gap in nyc. This is really helpful - much love
This video if going to help so many people 🙌🏽
Stuy Town is basically living in an expensive project building.
basically but the apartments are nice too
I am an artist & my husband & I moved to Merida in the Yucatán Peninsula so I could paint full time.. our rent for a 2 bedroom detached house with a backyard: $250/m 🎉🎉🎉
We are surrounded by parks, cenotes, beaches, Mayan Ruins.. although there are big bugs here but I hear NYC has cockroaches too so..
I would still love to visit NYC though for about a week.. but then I need to get back to nature & tranquility
Great video ... I've seen a video of y before and your videos are always very good ! :)
So for Erik, Manhattan exists only below Central Park... ok, cool...
Hey Erik, I recently found your channel and I absolutely love it! Keep up the amazing work! I was wondering how do you film with a drone in NYC? I am planning a trip this year and I really want to bring my drone, but I read that it is not allowed to fly except for some parks... Any information from locals would be of much help.
Thank you in advance!
Regards from Denmark!
Ellie
MakeUpButHow I’m 75% sure that drone footage was borrowed by a different channel. I believe it’s the channel that films 8K fly overs or whatever.
@@gashi8363 Thank you so much! I will google it :)
@@MakeUpButHowYT This is the channel/video i was referencing - th-cam.com/video/UN3uF3990Q0/w-d-xo.html
Could be from a stock footage website, its funny since at 6:42 the shot pulling back with the books, I've used that same shot before from a website called videoblocks
MakeUpButHow I watch your videos and got excited that you commented haha
Love this! I just recently binged a bunnnnch of your videos (from like 2015/16 til 2018!) and it’s so cool to see your journey through the years in NYC & you have such unique & quality content! good job & congrats on all your growth and success over the past few years 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
here in the netherlands where i live the rent is about 600 euros per month that is about 590 dollars
netherlands is not comparable with nyc. Here they pay around 5k x month in netherlands maybe 1500euros
LOL my house rent is 2k a month and it’s 2800 sq ft, 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a huge backyard... I love Texas
You can also try Harlem, Washington Hgts, and Inwood. All within the borough of Manhattan.
Loni of NYC facts! People always try to be downtown but uptown isn’t all that bad! Much respect my guy
Washington heights is my favorite neighborhood above Central Park because it’s affordable, a subway ride into midtown or downtown is only like 10 minutes, and it’s very diverse and friendly
Washington Heights, Morningside Heights, East Harlem aren’t in Manhattan? Surely those count among the less expensive neighborhoods in the borough.
3ls4g4c10us not enough suit wearing white folks for this dude.
He clearly Didn’t do any research on manhattan before he made this video, hopefully people will do more research before they are fooled into this incorrect information.
him: 'your probably the ages between 18 and 30'
me: nope im 13 XD
Me too & I already live in nyc so ion even know why I’m here 😭
Your humor shows that
let’s rent together
@@Fantaaa1 probably to make sure you stay there
i’m 15, i already know what i want to do in the future and i’m already quite familiar with it, so i know my estimated salary, but i’m still not sure on how all of this stuff works :/ i can’t even tell what’s too expensive and what isn’t lmao- i’m british but live in germany so moving there in the first place could be an issue for me :(
As a NYer. Living here is about survival and skill acquisition. Mkae it here for 5 years and move to Austin, Asheville, SLC, Boise or any other dope truly livable city.
I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Banja Luka. I make around 26k dollars a year (around 2.2k monthly) and my rent (with bills) is around 240 dollars a month. I'm renting a ~860 square feet house flat with backyard, a balcony and parking place overlooking the city. Seeing this video i realized how big of a problem rent is around the world, even in developed countris like the USA where people make much more money then in underdeveloped third world countries like mine.