I think you may have priced yourself out of 1-br/2-br apartments. You might have better luck finding a room or share in that range.
Check out the housing ads on http://newyork.craigslist.org . For all its faults, Craigslist does provide a barometer of what rent actually costs these days.
Don't want to be snarky. Just giving you realistic numbers.ivichJuly 8 2010, 21:37:29 UTC
My 2 bedroom (which is unavailable - but just to give you an idea) is around 1,400 in Brooklyn.
My friend created his room (walls and all) in a HUGE studio in bushwick, which he shares w/ 4-5 other people and he's paying $400 including no utilities.
You might realistically like rob_t_firefly said, find a room for $600 somewhere. Probably outside of Manhattan.
Even a railroad room in chelsea with no kitchen and communal bathrooms went to $1000.
As for a job, there is already an oversaturation of photographers in NYC. Most are freelancers / self-employed. Unless you have connections in the modeling or news industries, it is going to be extremely difficult to find a job where someone pays you a steady salary for taking photographs. And freelancing is going to be hard to do without studio space, which you won't get if you're renting a room for $600 a month.
Also, probably not a good idea to post your phone number on the internet.
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Check out the housing ads on http://newyork.craigslist.org . For all its faults, Craigslist does provide a barometer of what rent actually costs these days.
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My friend created his room (walls and all) in a HUGE studio in bushwick, which he shares w/ 4-5 other people and he's paying $400 including no utilities.
You might realistically like rob_t_firefly said, find a room for $600 somewhere. Probably outside of Manhattan.
Even a railroad room in chelsea with no kitchen and communal bathrooms went to $1000.
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Also, probably not a good idea to post your phone number on the internet.
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