My mortgage is $25,000/mo.
People who live by yourself...
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 FirstStrike |
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Posts: 2889 (07/22/2009 10:11 PM) |
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Ninido |
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Posts: 7081 (07/22/2009 10:19 PM) |
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lance is purralicious |
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Posts: 15377 (07/22/2009 10:23 PM) |
forever121young wrote:Yeah I saw $1200 and I'm like, that's my rent for my half of my apartment.  (I live in Brooklyn.)
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 StellaXOXOXO |
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Posts: 6229 (07/23/2009 11:05 AM) |
lance is purralicious wrote:You pay $2400?? Where is this crazy apt? Park Slope? My friend pays less than $950 for a studio in Bay Ridge. |
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magnoliam |
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Posts: 4756 (07/23/2009 11:08 AM) |
forever121young wrote:Or Queens you could maybe eat on Holidays
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Posts: 1316 (07/23/2009 11:13 AM) |
forever121young wrote: NOT. I live alone in a 2-bedroom w/ seperate dining-room 30 min from Manhattan and I pay $1,125 per month. My ex-boyfriend lives in a 3 bedroom with one roomate and the total rent for the apartment is $1650 (in west Harlem) (my exboyfriend pays extra for the 3rd empty bedroom) |
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lonely33 |
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Posts: 2441 (07/23/2009 11:16 AM) |
$1200 a month doesn't sound like enough to live on your own.
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magnoliam |
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Posts: 4759 (07/23/2009 11:19 AM) |
Sassys1745 wrote: yes 30min from Manhattan or Harlem.... |
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groovydee4 |
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Posts: 842 (07/23/2009 11:22 AM) |
Rent - $920
Cable/Internet/Electricity - $90 Student loans/Credit card - $300 Car - paid off Insurance - $90 For the next six months, I'm also paying $260 a month for my braces. I miss that money. 
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NancyOttawa |
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Posts: 6875 (07/23/2009 11:23 AM) |
lonely33 wrote:Exactly! |
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Posts: 6157 (07/23/2009 11:23 AM) |
mntwinsfan05 wrote:Where the heck in Minnesota do you live? I'm in Hopkins and I'm looking for a place. Now, are you splitting rent and you personally pay $650 or is $650 the total rent? |
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IdDoJC100Ways |
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Posts: 27162 (07/23/2009 11:25 AM) |
I don't live alone but while my daughter is in school she's not contributing to this at the moment:
Rent: $550 Car Lease: $255 Car insurance: $180 (I pay for my daughter too and until Sept the ex is still on it) Cell phones: $102 Electric: $85 Gas: $40 right now but in winter this will be about $200 Water/sewer: included in rent Internet/Cable: $125 Food: $400 Student Loan: $300 Unreimbursed prescription co-pays: $55 Gas for car: $60 |
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JenFromJersey |
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Posts: 17375 (07/23/2009 11:27 AM) Most Loyal *NSYNC Fan '08 |
Yeah $1200 a month does NOT seem like you can afford to live on your own at ALL
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AlfTheGreat |
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Posts: 30980 (07/23/2009 11:28 AM) |
JuJuIsLikeWHOA wrote: If you're going to be making about $1200/month, you're going to be living paycheck to paycheck with $600/mo for rent. That only gives you an additional $600 for all other necessities and doesn't include ANY wiggle room for emergencies you may have. Just with the figures you have above, you're looking at $260 left over to cover your utilities and other expenses. I'm not a financial whiz by any means, but that would be too close for comfort for me. |
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medora |
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Posts: 186 (07/23/2009 11:31 AM) |
My fiance pays more per month for a two bedroom/two bathroom apartment then you make a month. I'd stay with the parents until you can either make more
money or save up a lot unless you can find a super cheap place. Maybe where you live it's cheaper.
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Apies1819 |
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Posts: 2146 (07/23/2009 11:31 AM) |
I now have a house but before I paid about 525 for 600 sq ft 1bdrm in TX.
water-$15 Electric-$35-65 in the summer Cable/Internet-$100 Cell Phone-$65 Car-$380 Still have to think about gas, food, ect.. but I agree...$1200 does not sound like enough to live on your own. When I made that much I had a roommate and no car and my rent was $200 plus half the bills |
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meganmck |
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Posts: 385 (07/23/2009 11:37 AM) |
Gross Pay Per Month: $3000
Rent: $700 Electric: $100 (It's usually between 60-90, but I always budget 100 just to be on the safe side) Water: $35 Cable/Internet: $90 Car Payment: $460 Car Insurance: $75 Credit Cards (Blach!): $100 Cell Phone: $100 |
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forever121young |
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Posts: 11474 (07/23/2009 11:47 AM) |
Oh god people. There are exceptions to everything but a newbie from Bumfuck, Nebraska coming to live in nyc usually doesn't want to live in Bay Ridge or
West Harlem. I'm sorry, but as a native NYer even I wouldn't want to live out in Bay Ridge either. I'm from E. Flatbush and yes, you can find cheap
places to rent there but the neighborhood is in the middle of nowhere and chances are the apt hasn't been renovated...ever.
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DoesThatSparkle |
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Posts: 3256 (07/23/2009 11:52 AM) |
Damn, people's rents are CHEAP on here. I pay $1250/mo.
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lance is purralicious |
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Posts: 15378 (07/23/2009 11:53 AM) |
Stella, I live in Williamsburg. And I agree that if people are moving to NY they are usually anticipating something a little more glamourous than Bay Ridge.
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