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Describe NYC on $100k a year
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Date: September 6th, 2026 5:18 PM Author: Pope Leo XXX (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119535) |
Date: September 6th, 2026 5:22 PM Author: luke the drifter (definite and ineradicable gauge of its upward moving) Substantially worse than NYC on $80k. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119543) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 5:25 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. Right in that doughnut of maximal shittiness. NYC is good if you're poor and the city hands you everything and you couldn't get all of that elsewhere (on the UWS I noticed one of the public housing areas had both parking and a pool, both of which are rare for market apartments except for very high end buildings) or rich as fuck. $100k is just that salary where you'll get absolutely nothing but not wealthy enough that you can actually appreciate the luxury stuff either. Yet, at $100k you could live a pretty great life in a place like Cleveland or the Atlanta area or whatever.
But to answer your q - if you're smart you find a rent stabilized apartments or you live in Hoboken/Jersey City. If you're dumb you live in some apartment you can't actually afford but get roommates and deal with that drama. You feel pretty poor and are budgeting everything. |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 6:51 PM Author: DOCTOR Quintessa Hathaway At what income level does life in NYC get good? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119689) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 6:57 PM Author: luke the drifter (definite and ineradicable gauge of its upward moving) Honestly probably like $1.8-$2m per year. Taxes are high and housing is expensive so making even 7 figures won’t get you to first base anymore, but at $2m you start to have options. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119696) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 7:02 PM Author: Pope Leo XXX $1.8-$2m per year
prole tell, lol |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 8:25 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. Define your standard of "good" and describe who would be in the household. Trying to raise a family in NYC requires many times more than being a 20-something single guy on their first job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119820) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 9:25 PM Author: DOCTOR Quintessa Hathaway Single dude in 20s
Couple raising a few young children |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:29 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. Single dude in the city: ideally $250k+. That's enough to get that luxury apartment (probably an alcove studio but w/e), eat at some decent restaurants, fuck whores, whatever it is that you want to do. It isn't enough to do the Hamptons and elite restaurant thing. You need $400k+ for that.
Couple raising kids? Legit 7 figures or a lot of net worth/family money to leverage. In MFH you'll need like a 3+ bedroom and that is absurdly expensive. You're paying $10k+ just in rent. Taxes are absurd in NYC. Private school is $50k/year/kid. You're going to need a car and garage. Basically anything normal people do will be more expensive and harder in NYC. There is a reason that pretty much no one with real money attempts to raise kids in NYC. They leave and head to one of the areas around NYC or leave the area entirely. |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 7:02 PM Author: Pope Leo XXX how mnay people live in the zone of maximal shittiness
what kind of pedigree/employability does one need to have to break free out of that zone |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 8:32 PM Author: peeface i know people who work cash so they can collect benefits without falling into this trap
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:52 PM Author: cowgod You have to ace OCI (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50120014) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:54 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. Depends because that describes a lot of various people. Maybe it is some guy that works for the city and lives in Astoria or a cheap part of Brooklyn or w/e. Or maybe it is someone working for big 4 accounting and working their way up. Or maybe it is someone with a lot of family money that is making $100k doing some bs job but they used family money to by an HDFC apartment (it is all total bs because only people with family money could buy the apartment and qualify for the income limits - but $100k is generally within the limit). So you could get something like this in MFH:
https://streeteasy.com/building/46-rivington-street-new_york/1c
https://streeteasy.com/building/323-west-43-street-new_york/5r
https://streeteasy.com/building/155-west-106-street-new_york/1a
https://streeteasy.com/building/1864-adam-c-powell-blvd-new_york/64
https://streeteasy.com/building/517-west-48-street-new_york/5f
This is a great example of the type of person NYC is actually made for. I knew people like this. They were journalists or whatever and didn't make real money but came from wealthy families so they bought one of these apartments and their families covered private schools for the kids. |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:09 PM Author: Minimally acceptable, boyfriend-grade penis Worse than NYC on $10k in 1985 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119968) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:13 PM Author: Covid was a Hoax you get back in touch with your dad to ask him to cosign your lease. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119973) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:36 PM Author: 1.618 Welcome to Asbury Park, my friend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50119999) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:44 PM Author: Pope Leo XXX The average monthly rent in Asbury Park, New Jersey, ranges from about $2,950 to $3,400 depending on the real estate platform
Pricey |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 11:01 PM Author: 1.618 Welcome to South Jersey, my friend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50120025) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 11:07 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. That is CNJ not SNJ. SNJ is like Atlantic City. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50120037) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 10:38 PM Author: jew daycare small room, shared bathroom, loud neighbors, dangerous walk home/to work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50120001) |
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Date: September 6th, 2026 11:07 PM Author: Frutiger Aero Diaper. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901164&forum_id=2:#50120036) |
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