New York

manhattan....?

i am planning to live in manhattan after i graduate highschool.. is it ok living there?

Public Comments

1. Manhattan is quite expensive, my friend.
2. If you can handle the 24*7 noise and can afford it, yes.
3. 5,000 dollars a month for a place that you would pay 700 dollars per month in any other place. But i guess you pay so much because of all the tenants that will live with you. I mean the cockroaches.
4. Just forget what grass and open space is. I can't remember what the population is off hand, but there are so many people crammed on that little island.
5. Average rent for an apartment in Manhattan is $2,000. My brother lives there and pays $3,000 a month rent for a small, one-bedroom apartment. Average cost to buy an apartment is $1 million. If you are going to live there I would suggest going to college there so you at least have dormitory housing. If not, then you may want to consider living in Queens or someplace outside of the city like Far Rockaway or Pellum just to name a few places. Manhattan is also very noisy. If you don't mind being awoken at 3 am because someone is playing their music in the street loudly than you may not mind it. Thursday though Saturday nights are the worst in terms of noise. Good luck with your move. I am planning to move to NYC soon too.
6. NYC is wonderful. I love it there. BUT Manhattan is expensive. Try finding rent in the other boroughs, like Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, or Staten Island. It may be cheaper. Good luck to you.
7. Manhattan in a wonderful place to live. Granted the cost of living is very expenive, you have to remember that NYC is the highest paying city in the country, with the highest minimum wage and a ton of opportunity. There are so many experiences, and places in Manhattan, you will never be bored. People can complain about the traffic, and the noise and pollution..but if its so terrible, and so expensive then why are there millions of people living there."If you can make it there...you can make it anywhere"(-frank sinatra)
8. If you move to the West Village, Soho, and Tribeca, you might move near a celebrity. Plenty of famous folks in those neighborhoods. Who knows you might be next door neighbors with Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie. Good luck.
9. Manhattan covers something like fifty square miles, so there are okay areas and areas that suck. The northern end, Inwood and Washington Heights, are okay (Inwood is better), and do not have Donald Trump sized prices for apartments. Much of the rest of the island is either ridiculously expensive, or dangerous enough that you would not want to live there. Flatbush in Brooklyn is a relatively short ride into Manhattan, and mostly reasonably inexpensive. Almost any community along the #7 IRT subway in Queens is a reasonable choice.
10. Unless you plan to have a roommate or two you have to be very, very rich to live in Manhattan, unless you really have to live in Manhattan you should start off in one of the Outer Boroughs, because it's less expensive, and it's well connected to Manhattan (except for Staten Island unless you like ferries).