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Ways To Save Money As A Student in NYC?
| sadistic high-end telephone | 01/09/09 |
| Mind-boggling point coffee pot | 01/09/09 |
| sadistic high-end telephone | 01/19/09 |
| jade space | 01/19/09 |
| sadistic high-end telephone | 01/20/09 |
| jade space | 02/14/09 |
| Mischievous excitant roast beef private investor | 06/29/09 |
| Mind-boggling point coffee pot | 02/14/09 |
| sadistic high-end telephone | 02/28/09 |
| Mind-boggling point coffee pot | 03/16/09 |
| jade space | 04/13/09 |
| Mind-boggling point coffee pot | 04/22/09 |
| jade space | 04/22/09 |
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Date: January 9th, 2009 3:18 PM Author: sadistic high-end telephone Hey!
Does anyone know of any good sites or books which have tips on saving some money in NYC?
Any advice?
Thanks! |
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Date: January 9th, 2009 3:26 PM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot Ha,
That's what you get for going to grad school rather than getting a job. I hope you are not majoring in TTT "IR" like most people on this board or things will only get worse as you make 35k per year the rest of your life.
To answer your question, though, you can save money by eating at happy hours around the city, snacking on samples at places like Whole Foods, eating falafel, etc.
Doing a Google search I found a few sites about saving money in NYC and some articles and tips.
This one is a whole site dedicated to the subject:
This is an article by the New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9D0CE7DE1530F93BA35757C0A967958260
There is a book I once saw named The Cheap Bastard's Guide to NYC, which shows places which have deals to save money.
Then again, you could always take off those Birkenstocks and get a job! |
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Date: January 19th, 2009 2:57 PM Author: sadistic high-end telephone I like the Cheapinthecity site.
Any other advice? |
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Date: January 19th, 2009 4:12 PM Author: jade space get a job. just the fact that you are working will save you money since you have less free time, that's how it works for me. Teachings not like that though - it's like a part-time job.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#10749569) |
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Date: January 20th, 2009 1:05 PM Author: sadistic high-end telephone Yea, I have a part time one right now. Were you teaching in NY? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#10756198) |
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Date: February 14th, 2009 5:49 PM Author: jade space I wanted NY, but life gave me NJ first. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#10922429) |
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Date: June 29th, 2009 5:00 PM Author: Mischievous excitant roast beef private investor Post removed by moderator for violating The Law of The Land. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12116694) |
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Date: February 14th, 2009 1:52 PM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot Yes, this is the very best advice.
Get a JOB! |
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Date: February 28th, 2009 12:45 PM Author: sadistic high-end telephone On Wall Street maybe? LOL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11015932) |
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Date: March 16th, 2009 1:33 AM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot lol. Prob not. ibanking = RIP. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11157093) |
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Date: April 13th, 2009 12:16 AM Author: jade space maybe not (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11412532) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2009 2:46 AM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot Seems to be semi RIP. I know a shit ton of ibankers who lost their job and had to move back home or out of NYC. Some of the top gunners should make it through, but I think the whole models and bottles ibanker salary is over with Obama and all the middle-class being pissed about corporate salaries.
Let them hang! |
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Date: April 22nd, 2009 3:57 PM Author: jade space it is only in passing. The people who would generally move through the industry quickly are gone and people will still seek it out. Perhaps ones who are better suited to it in the first place.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11511564) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 8:56 PM Author: Mischievous excitant roast beef private investor Try the dude's MOMMY!!!!!!!!!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12338518) |
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Date: July 24th, 2009 9:02 PM Author: Mischievous excitant roast beef private investor Post removed by moderator for violating The Law of The Land. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12338551) |
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Date: April 12th, 2009 10:52 PM Author: concupiscible faggotry locus When I was in college I saved a ton by cooking my own food. I'd eat pretty darn well, considering. Just stay away from the late night delivery options. You'll regret it the next day.
Oh, and make sure you pre-game before going out to the bars on weekends. |
Date: March 16th, 2009 9:47 AM Author: Misanthropic carmine main people live with roommates in astoria. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11158599) |
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Date: March 17th, 2009 10:37 AM Author: ungodly navy trump supporter theatre SUCHEN SIE ARBEIT!
or in other words..
GET A JOB! |
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Date: April 22nd, 2009 2:44 AM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot Nein! Ich bin ein Berliner! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11506521) |
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Date: June 12th, 2009 4:25 PM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot How about, drink water from the tap and not from a bottle? NYC water from the tap is pretty darn good, as long as the pipes in your building are not 100 years old... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11977594) |
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Date: June 14th, 2009 9:36 PM Author: obsidian stimulating fortuitous meteor I constantly run into people in DC and NY that tell me "drink the tap water it's fine". At the same time I have gotten letters from the city - at two different addresses - telling me the lead content of the water is way over the federal limit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11992642) |
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Date: June 15th, 2009 9:49 AM Author: umber rehab It's a cutthroat world, buddy. Here, have a drink. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#11997393) |
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Date: June 16th, 2009 8:43 PM Author: obsidian stimulating fortuitous meteor great moniker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12010438) |
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Date: June 15th, 2009 9:40 PM Author: Passionate Transparent Ladyboy Subject: NYC tap water is fine NY actually has functioning infrastructure. It's DC that's the third-world shithole.
I second what the other poster said about moving to Astoria. Or move to Inwood. Or Sunnyside. Or Jackson Heights. |
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Date: June 24th, 2009 12:35 PM Author: heady temple idea he suggested Subject: Sunnyside Hi, I am not familiar with NY so please forgive me if this is a naive question but I was wondering if I would be able to find a studio for $1,500/month in Sunnyside. Is this relatively close to the city center where I can easily commute for work or school? Please let me know. Thanks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12073917) |
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Date: June 24th, 2009 12:41 PM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot For $1500 you could get a decent studio on the upper east side or even downtown in the village. I've seen a number of smaller studios go for $1,350 per month in the 70's on the upper east side. Very nice area.
In Sunnyside, you could get a very decent 1 bedroom for that price. Yes, you could get to work quick. There are a number of subway stops. |
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Date: June 24th, 2009 7:22 PM Author: heady temple idea he suggested Thank you for your input. Since I am from the midwest, I do not know anything about New York. Your response was detailed and informational.
Thanks again. |
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Date: June 15th, 2009 9:50 PM Author: jade space Tap in Florda is urine-like (I hear!) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12002658) |
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Date: June 17th, 2009 2:46 AM Author: Maize laughsome organic girlfriend fanboi LIVE IN A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12015025) |
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Date: June 19th, 2009 10:51 AM Author: Mind-boggling point coffee pot You can actually get a nice place if you live in Harlem. And Harlem is not that bad these days. Give it 10 more years and it will be full of yuppies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12033905) |
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Date: June 20th, 2009 3:17 AM Author: overrated institution they've been saying that forever now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12041147) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2009 10:49 PM Author: Passionate Transparent Ladyboy Subject: Harlem? Bitch, please. Don't move to Harlem. It's the most dangerous neighborhood in Manhattan.
If you want to live uptown, go to Washington Heights or Inwood. The rents are cheaper, the neighbors are less likely to mug you, and you might even find a bigger, nicer apartment (especially in Inwood.) If you're already prepared to live at 145th, another 35 blocks or whatever on the A train isn't going to kill you.
Or live in Astoria/LIC. Or Jackson Heights (if you can rent someone's co-op in one of the prewar garden buildings, you will be STYLING.) The safer, nicer parts of Brooklyn have sadly become a ghetto for trust fund douchebags in $450 ripped jeans, so skip it. To find a decent, affordable place in Brooklyn you have to schlep off to Sunset Park or someplace else that will be far, crappy, and quite probably overguidoed. |
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Date: June 24th, 2009 10:56 AM Author: Multi-colored Zippy Church Building Digit Ratio Geico. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#12073196) |
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Date: January 5th, 2010 5:52 PM Author: Sepia House Twinkling Uncleanness LOLz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=913162&forum_id=3#13729545) |