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re: Moving to New York in your 20s
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:24 am to Eurocat
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:24 am to Eurocat
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She should do it but if she wants to live well
Plan on 2000 a month for an apartment.
Best advice I could give is 100% move where the young people are! East Williamsburg to Ridgewood or Bedstuy
Don't try to move to Jersey City or Bensonhurst becuase you'll be surrounded by office workers in their 30s-40s.
You will get the connections -- especially in film production -- by being in the hipper neighborhoods where the other younger people in similar fields are living and going out and about. Not to mention that you'll be working in Brooklyn and not Manhattan if you get a job with a studio/production company.
You can live in those areas easily for $2000/mo. Most that work in my shop or that I just know from local bands etc are paying $1500 total for apartments with roommates in the "happening" neighborhoods.
This post was edited on 12/28/25 at 10:31 am
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Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:24 am to 777Tiger
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well then congratulate her! don't trivialize it!
Not trivializing it.
She had dreams of acting and singing. She did the Chromebook spots in theaters, was on several TV shows (one of which was Quntico) VX overs.
She majored in Genetics at A&M and used to sell for Glaxo-Smith-Klein and servaral others.
Also does swing trading on the side.
She knew she'd starve on acting alone.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:25 am to Prominentwon
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Ok? And?
And then everyone found out you were gay so the story ended.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:29 am to Prominentwon
I’ve got a friend who went to LA right after graduating college. He was into graphic design. He started working at Nickelodeon doing graphic design in art department. Made his way up to production and is now a producer for kid’s animated shows. He is not generational rich but definitely successful thru a lot of hard work. He is now 41 finally “making it”.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:30 am to Tempratt
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Not trivializing it.
was just punning on your spelling error, baw, good for her
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:32 am to Prominentwon
Id never live there. Its a fetid shithole
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:35 am to TigersHuskers
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Id never live there. Its a fetid shithole
It’s certainly no Nebraska.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:35 am to Prominentwon
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Have you or anyone you know ever made that jump? Someone close to me has been talking about moving to NYC after college. It’s that early- to mid-20s “let’s go try to make it” kind of move. And by make it, I mean actually being able to live there and build a life…..not just scrape by for a few months. She’d be starting mostly from scratch, picking up smaller jobs at first. There will be a little help getting her started, but she understands that it’ll be a struggle for a little while. She’ll be looking to get her foot into production….behind-the-scenes work for TV, radio, theater, that kind of thing. Just curious if anyone here has tried it themselves or knows someone who did and how it did, or didn’t, work out for them.
Yes, she (no pics) became a stripper and an escort. Not sure if this is the career path you’re looking for.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:37 am to DonJuanDaMiles
This response actually took longer than I expected. OT is slipping.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:38 am to Prominentwon
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This response actually took longer than I expected. OT is slipping.
low hanging fruit too low
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:44 am to Prominentwon
A few more thoughts:
1) nepotism tends to work against you in the business unless you’re actually good at what you do. One of the most prolific director’s kids can’t nail down a gig to save their life. I considered hiring them just to have a very famous last name replying to my emails but don’t want the baggage I assume comes with them.
2) there are a lot of Louisiana kids cutting their teeth behind the scenes up there right now. I’m old and considered corporate scum to most of the youths now, but I’m sure there’s some sort of social circle they have up there.
1) nepotism tends to work against you in the business unless you’re actually good at what you do. One of the most prolific director’s kids can’t nail down a gig to save their life. I considered hiring them just to have a very famous last name replying to my emails but don’t want the baggage I assume comes with them.
2) there are a lot of Louisiana kids cutting their teeth behind the scenes up there right now. I’m old and considered corporate scum to most of the youths now, but I’m sure there’s some sort of social circle they have up there.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 10:57 am to Gee Grenouille
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it. I say this in the nicest way possible, but she did it the hard way for a while then married into a nice Jewish family.
What sort of work are you implying that she did?
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:12 am to Prominentwon
A buddy of mine moved there in his late 20’s and he’s still there 10+ years later.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:13 am to 777Tiger
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love NYC, if you've got the money to live in NYC the way it's meant to be
It’s great if you are rich or poor and young. It’s hard on everyone else.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:15 am to Prominentwon
I know 3 different people who moved their after college and all 3 are still there living what appear to be successful lives. Married, kids, etc. 1 graduated from SCAD and is a broadway set designer so it was a natural move. The other two are in the insurance world so plenty of opportunity. Doesn’t seem like it would be for the faint of heart, but if you have some sort of plan it could pay off bigly.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:22 am to Prominentwon
There’s definitely
This mystique of moving ti the big city and struggling and meeting zany characters for a weird friend group
Like in popular tv shows . I think that’s definitely a big part of it
This mystique of moving ti the big city and struggling and meeting zany characters for a weird friend group
Like in popular tv shows . I think that’s definitely a big part of it
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:23 am to Prominentwon
My niece and nephew both moved there after college. Niece is an overachiever and works for JP Morgan in some executive assistant job making six figures. She still has roommates, but loves the city.
Nephew had a good logistics job, but lived somewhere pretty scratchy. Lost a roommate and couldn’t afford it anymore. Moved back to Bham making good money, but can’t wait to go back to NYC and struggle again. Oh, well.
Nephew had a good logistics job, but lived somewhere pretty scratchy. Lost a roommate and couldn’t afford it anymore. Moved back to Bham making good money, but can’t wait to go back to NYC and struggle again. Oh, well.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:32 am to Prominentwon
I do. Moved there right out of college and worked for a marketing magazine. Worked her way up. Eventually left and now runs a non-profit with healthcare in Africa.
I say go for it.
Suggestion. Sell car. Use it to help fund your start. Won’t need one up there.
I say go for it.
Suggestion. Sell car. Use it to help fund your start. Won’t need one up there.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:32 am to Prominentwon
Two of my nieces lived in NYC and/or its burbs
1st one moved to NY after graduating from ConnColl with an artsy fartsy degree. She had 3 or 4 roommates in Brooklyn or the Bronx. Times were tough. She eventually went to grad school in DC and stayed there. Works in education now.
2nd was in Columbia grad school and stayed there after graduation. She has a Masters in social work and has worked her way up the SW ladder and is a state employee and works with high school kids.
1st one moved to NY after graduating from ConnColl with an artsy fartsy degree. She had 3 or 4 roommates in Brooklyn or the Bronx. Times were tough. She eventually went to grad school in DC and stayed there. Works in education now.
2nd was in Columbia grad school and stayed there after graduation. She has a Masters in social work and has worked her way up the SW ladder and is a state employee and works with high school kids.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 11:40 am to Prominentwon
Went there 1 year after graduating college. Everything in that city is grind, over priced, over “valued” etc.
Lucky for me every time I had to work there the company covered housing/car etc. left a job in 2015 when they required moving back to home office was like Thanks NO THANKS!
It’s still a cesspool and over priced. A nice (meaning non infested rat hole apartment 2Bedroom/2Bath if you can find it) will run a minimum $5-7K a month plus parking. Then everything else is overpriced to fund all the handout programs to keep the voters happy and paid. It’s a scam.
Go visit, stay at a nice hotel, do a nice dinner/show etc and then get the hell out of there!
Lucky for me every time I had to work there the company covered housing/car etc. left a job in 2015 when they required moving back to home office was like Thanks NO THANKS!
It’s still a cesspool and over priced. A nice (meaning non infested rat hole apartment 2Bedroom/2Bath if you can find it) will run a minimum $5-7K a month plus parking. Then everything else is overpriced to fund all the handout programs to keep the voters happy and paid. It’s a scam.
Go visit, stay at a nice hotel, do a nice dinner/show etc and then get the hell out of there!
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