tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post116611651486548863..comments2024-03-24T03:19:18.249-04:00Comments on An English Major's Money: The First Financial New Year's Resolution: Putting My Money Where My Mouth IsEnglish Majorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00276582833751319518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post-1166195008093596932006-12-15T10:03:00.000-05:002006-12-15T10:03:00.000-05:00Oh, wow! I'm so happy for you! Congratulations on ...Oh, wow! I'm so happy for you! Congratulations on your decision — I am sure it will bring you plenty of satisfaction and joy. Really. Its so empowering to feel that you are taking an active role in making a corner of the world better. (And not just once a year!) I find that its the best money I spend during the week. This isn't to say its always easy to feel like giving but I can assure you that in the act you will feel very rich, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post-1166123028428622642006-12-14T14:03:00.000-05:002006-12-14T14:03:00.000-05:00I've got it pretty much as low as it goes in Manat...I've got it pretty much as low as it goes in Manattan, Wanda. I live with two other people in a two-bedroom apartment, which works because my boyfriend and I share a bedroom (the bigger of the two, which makes the even three-way rent split sensible). I also live in East Harlem, a neighborhood that scary real-estate types call "pre-gentrification" (it's perfectly safe, and I really like it). My friends live or are looking to live mostly in my neighborhood, or in West Harlem, or in neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens that haven't yet become trendy (places like Bushwick, Astoria, Flatbush, Jackson Heights, &c.). Word of mouth is really powerful when you're apartment-hunting in New York, which is really why you have to <I>be</I> here to do it effectively.<BR/><BR/>It's funny--even as a native New Yorker, I got sticker shock when I started apartment-hunting. Back in Portland, I shared a <I>three</I>-bedroom with <I>one</I> other person and paid $350.English Majorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276582833751319518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476114.post-1166122398422327082006-12-14T13:53:00.000-05:002006-12-14T13:53:00.000-05:00I'm curious how did you manage to find $600 rent i...I'm curious how did you manage to find $600 rent in NYC?! Do you live in Manhattan? When I was considering moving to NYC for a job, I looked at the rent prices and got scared. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com