Quote:
Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
The great thing about New York City is that there are many different neighborhoods with different price ranges. These are prices for neighborhoods in Manhattan in 2003.
Upper East Side: An average studio monthly rent is $1,700, while an average one-bedroom goes for $2,500.
Upper West Side: The average studio went for $1,800 in 2003 and a one-bedroom for $2,900
Midtown between 34th and 58th Streets: a one-bedroom rented for $2,600 and a studio rented for $1,800.
There are neighborhoods outside of Manhattan that are less expensive.
I don't know the price of the average starter home or average salary. I know people who have paid over $500,000 for a house in White Plains in Westchester.
|
See, this is what I was wondering though, and why I was asking about salary in with the question. What you pay for a studio is more than I make in a month, and I have a fairly decent job. Are the salaries in NY just that much higher ie. does an entry level job pay 50k in NY that would pay 25k in Wisconsin? Or are you just suppoed to "make do" and devote 90% of your paycheck to rent?