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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: nycstubble on May 30, 2014, 12:11:57 PM
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I'm graduating from college this year and after an extensive job search, I have accepted a position located in New York City's midtown area. While I am very excited about the job, I am having a very difficult time finding a reasonable apartment. Craigslist is often overpriced and filled with scams, but other websites I've found lack high volume of listings.
Has anyone here dealt with a similar problem?
Thank you for your help!
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"Split costs with an apartment mate" and/or "live in a less expensive borough" are two common tactics.
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NYC has awesome public transportation- there's no need to live in the neighborhood you work in.
Given you will be working in Midtown, check out apartments in Queens. You'll likely be able to get rents below $1,000 if you have a roommate.
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Thanks for the replies. I'm certainly planning on living with multiple roommates outside of midtown--areas I'm looking at are in Queens, Harlem, and Brooklyn. I was mostly asking about websites or listing areas that you might have found useful.
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Hey nycstubble!
We found ours on Craigslist, but had some promising leads from http://www.nybits.com/. It's poorly formatted, but has more robust content than most.
I also work in mid-town and we live in Wash Heights/Inwood - only a 30 minute commute on the express trains, and I always get a seat going into town in the morning since we're one of the first stops on the line. May want to add it to your list of potential neighborhoods.
Good luck!
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Thank you erae, that looks great--the neighborhood suggestion and website you sent are just what I was looking for. It's mystifying that I haven't found any websites that have a sort by rent/room function.