quadro2000

Depends. Most studio apartments are between $1000 - $2000, 1 bedrooms from $1400 - $3000, etc. depending on the neighborhood you live in. You can get a cheaper rent if you live on the Lower East Side (where there is no close access to subway) or way uptown, in Harlem or Washington Heights or Inwood...but your commute is longer and you have safety issues.

I live in Queens, I pay $1600 for a 2 bedroom. It's more than I wanted to spend but we have a good amount of space. One of my friends was paying for a studio apartment on 42nd and 3rd Ave for $1600, and thank God he had a murphy bed otherwise he wouldn't have had any room at all. I like having my space, and so unless I get a really nice salary increase, I'll be staying in the outer boroughs. I need things like a hallway between a living room and a bedroom, and having separate spaces is essential if you live with a significant other. I would DIE in a studio.

Eventually I would like to buy an apartment or a house in Queens and rent it out while Quadrette and I go travel and live in other areas. I can see myself renting for another few years and that'll be it. No sense in paying someone else's mortgage.

We used to live in Buffalo when we were in college. We lived in a 2 bedroom on a nice suburban street with garage parking, free laundry and a backyard for $400 a month. Unbelievable.

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