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$200 is pretty low for food, the host family told me that they will have dinner prepared almost every night which was included in my $400 rent so I lowered it from my original $350. I hope to freelance and make my skills more valuable while working here in my free time as well. Thanks a lot for your advice, I really appreciate it!
No, I was currently working at around $14 an hour and when I received the offer I didn't really think twice when I could help my family pay for the house and experience life in NY for a few years. I knew the work would be great after graduating with an Associates but my main plan was to finish my Bachelors. Hopefully I can provide the value they need quickly and ask for more or something like tuition reimbursement.
Thanks for your advice and I don't mean to ask a pointless question on here. I feel like this is where I will find the most value in the response especially with people having relevant experiences as to what i'm going through. I feel like Yahoo Answers, GlassFish, outdated blogs of the cost of living in NYC, and other sites I will find through Google would be much less valuable.
I would never drive in the NYC metro area! I don't know how most people do it especially Taxi and Bus drivers. I don't plan to stay in NY because i'd like to stay with my family in the future so hopefully the company will allow me to work remotely after 1-2 years.
The house I will be staying at in NJ is very close to the PATH transit so that looks to be my best option right now. I'll be working in Lower Manhattan so the transit looks to drop off about 10 minutes walking distance away from where I need to be which will be convenient. You've been working in Manhattan for the past 5.5 years, was it with the same company and do you like it? Thanks for your input!
My numbers almost match perfectly with yours except I didn't think NY tax would be as high as 40%. My minimum goal would be to save 1K a month to start and after calculating all my expenses that doesn't seem possible unless I ask for more money in the range of 60K. Thanks for the tips!
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