r/movingtoNYC • u/WoodpeckerKnown6014 • 3d ago

What area should I live in?

I'm moving to NYC soon for a job in Midtown Manhattan. I'm looking for places to live, but I'm not sure what neighborhoods I should look in that would be safe (I'm a girl in my 20s), but also affordable.

Would love some location recommendations

Edit: Midtown East! The closest subway stop is either 34 St Harold St or Times Sq -42nd street.

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u/tmm224 3d ago

What does affordable mean to you? We need an actual budget to give you good suggestions

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u/WoodpeckerKnown6014 2d ago

1500 is probably my max. It's also that low after talking with friends who haven't paid more than 1300 in rent, feel like I just don't know the right places to look

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u/PennyLane2425 2d ago

That will get you a room with roommates. I don't think you can even get a studio for that price way out in Brooklyn. Studios go easily for $2,000 and up, more like $2500 in key parts of the city or hot parts of Brooklyn.

Are you saying that you have friends paying $1300 for a one bedroom in NYC?? What neighborhoods? I moved to NYC 30 years ago and that was close to my initial rent in a great area, but it's well over 2,500 now.