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Advice for moving to NY? (lemmy.world)
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I would like to move to NY for reasons. Doesn't have to be the city, thought in or near (or generally metropolitan) preferred, and I would like to move as soon as realistically and feasibly possible (I'm not getting rid of all my shit, hopping on a plane, and arriving in NYC, even if that is as soon as possible).

I'm not really sure how to do this. I know I need to look into apartments or places to stay in general, and also look into getting a job once I'm up there or before I arrive. I am currently in college, so I would also need to look into colleges to transfer into. The thing is, I don't know where to start looking. I mean, sure I could look up "apartments in NY" and "community colleges in NY" but the internet is AI generated nowadays and listicles and apartments.com doesn't give the whole story. When I moved into my current city, I asked for advice and suggestions on Reddit and got a lot of help (been staying in the same apartment complex for the last 4 years that someone from there recommended actually), so I figured, fuck it let me do the same here.

I guess my more solid questions would be:

  1. What apartments should I look into? Any suggestions for it?

  2. What colleges should I check out that would be covered by FAFSA and offer bachelors in Computer Science or related (tangentially or otherwise) fields?

  3. I'm aware that NY in general is a more expensive state in cost-of-living but I've heard wages there are also higher. Would I be able to exist there off a part-time or full-time retail/food-service job? Also, I do currently have an Associate's degree, would I be able to get a better paying job through that or is it not enough?

Any other advice would be very much appreciated, and if I come up with more questions I'll edit them in ig.

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[–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You would almost certainly NOT be able to survive part-time unless you had roommates and lived in a rather undesirable location. I'm a full time supervisor in a factory and if I want any kind of savings whatsoever I have to rent basements/garage "apartments." I currently live in a garage...

This is long island though, I don't have much experience with "upstate/greater NY" but from what I gather it's not much easier. Rent alone around here goes $1400/month+ and that's the "cheap" side.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    This is good insight. Thanks! I was pretty much expecting to have roommates anyways, it's not a major problem if I have them, but how undesirable of a location are you talking?

    I would have thought wages to be higher in tandem for rent, is it not?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    Undesirable as in run down and higher crime. The closest area to me I have in mind is one that pretty regularly has stories about "MS-13" members using a machete on some poor fool.

    I'll put it another way, I'm looking to get OUT of NY. This is a state for the already established, rich, or professional class.

    As far as wages to match higher costs, not sure what the going rate is elsewhere but for a low end position, something like McDonald's/Taco Bell could pay ~$18/hr here but the spread is also abysmal, going from those kinds of jobs "upward" you kinda max out at $22ish/hr starting.

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