Why does every graduating senior want to work/live in NYC?

[Anonymous]

I’ve lived in nyc for the last 4 years after graduating and then spending time in DC and Boston. It is just such a spectacularly fun and electric environment for someone in their 20s (and beyond). The availability of nightlife, jobs, arts and music, food, and events combined with the ease of navigation without a car make it unlike anywhere else in America. Nowhere is it easier to create and maintain a strong social circle, and the dating scene is great for those looking for it.

I haven’t lived everywhere, but from my experiences and those of others I know, I do think it’s a premier destination for recent graduates who are are looking for excitement and flexibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did NYC starting at 18 for college and left when I was 28. Amazing experience, but it sucked not having much money.

I'd tell my kid to go for it only if they were in finance, consulting, or tech making $$$$.

The kids I know who love living in NYC are being subsidized by their wealthy parents. Even when they have good jobs, monthly stipends from parents help them pay rent or have more spending money.

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Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

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And while NYC is overall much safer than late 80s/early 90s, everyone I know who lived there for a few years has been mugged, many near/in the entryway to non-doorman buildings.
I wouldn't want my kid living in any major city in a building without a doorman/24 hour security or concierge.

Yep, just yesterday a 25 yr old woman living her post-college dream had her throat slashed in the middle of the afternoon in Soho. By a career criminal of course, who just a few yrs ago broke the eye socket of a female MTA employee by shoving her face into a pole. Yay bail reform! Go Democrats!

It's so bizarre how MAGAs live in a constant state of fear. Maybe you should talk to someone...

Speaking of constant state of fear, are you still wearing a mask??

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

I don’t need to Google it. I go there all the time. It’s fine. You sound like a suburbanite who comes to the Big City clutching your handbag, eyes darting around nervously. It makes you a mark.

Except I live here too, I know. Don’t pretend that everyone waiting for subways doesn’t have their backs plastered against the wall so they don’t get shoved in front of a train. Or that very familiar look of tension when a disgusting homeless creep comes onto the car ranting and raving.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to live in nyc. Why wouldnt a 20 year old?

Because there's no nature, sun, or beach.

Are you nuts? You can literally take the subway to Far Rockaway and go surfing.

I once rode a subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan and saw a fellow passenger with wet hair and a Chanel surfboard.

Another reasonably easy beach to access from the city is Sandy Hook (NJ) via ferry.

There is this other place that NYers actually go to called the Hamptons in case you haven’t heard of it.

DP. 50 year old successful NYers go to the Hamptons.

24 year old broke NYers without a car typically find someplace a bit closer and less expensive for summer weekend beach time. While there's a train, that's a long way to go.

Often times the under 25 set will get a house together in the Hamptons with like 6-8 people and live like they are in college again.

Can’t do that anymore, there are all kind of rental/real estate restrictions. If a friend’s family has a house people will crash there for a weekend. You see roaming packs of 20 somethings most weekends.

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Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

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And while NYC is overall much safer than late 80s/early 90s, everyone I know who lived there for a few years has been mugged, many near/in the entryway to non-doorman buildings.
I wouldn't want my kid living in any major city in a building without a doorman/24 hour security or concierge.

Yep, just yesterday a 25 yr old woman living her post-college dream had her throat slashed in the middle of the afternoon in Soho. By a career criminal of course, who just a few yrs ago broke the eye socket of a female MTA employee by shoving her face into a pole. Yay bail reform! Go Democrats!

It's so bizarre how MAGAs live in a constant state of fear. Maybe you should talk to someone...

I am sure the theater designer also derided MAGA and lauded homeless felons before she had her throat slashed as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

+1

And while NYC is overall much safer than late 80s/early 90s, everyone I know who lived there for a few years has been mugged, many near/in the entryway to non-doorman buildings.
I wouldn't want my kid living in any major city in a building without a doorman/24 hour security or concierge.

Yep, just yesterday a 25 yr old woman living her post-college dream had her throat slashed in the middle of the afternoon in Soho. By a career criminal of course, who just a few yrs ago broke the eye socket of a female MTA employee by shoving her face into a pole. Yay bail reform! Go Democrats!

It's so bizarre how MAGAs live in a constant state of fear. Maybe you should talk to someone...

I am sure the theater designer also derided MAGA and lauded homeless felons before she had her throat slashed as well.

gmafb red cities also have murders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

I don’t need to Google it. I go there all the time. It’s fine. You sound like a suburbanite who comes to the Big City clutching your handbag, eyes darting around nervously. It makes you a mark.

Except I live here too, I know. Don’t pretend that everyone waiting for subways doesn’t have their backs plastered against the wall so they don’t get shoved in front of a train. Or that very familiar look of tension when a disgusting homeless creep comes onto the car ranting and raving.

I think that is crazy, to be sure. But, I think most young people are willing to live with having to be more careful to live in NYC.

It's like how most parents are willing to send their kids to public school even though there is a risk of a mass shooting.

[Anonymous]

No one I know is interested in NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:Your premise is flawed. They don’t. I know lots of kids, DC included, excited about working in Washington. My kid hates NYC.

Kids excited about DC over NYC are

1. Not hot enough for nyc
2. Not “locked in” enough for nyc
3. Not interesting enough for nyc

I do think nyc is overrated but to compare it to Washington is crazy

Wow, how nasty to insult young people instead of recognizing that not everyone loves NYC. Are you like this in person or just online? Reread the title of the thread. Clearly, not every graduating senior wants to work/live in NYC. My college grad has danced professionally and modeled in NYC and doesn't want to live there either.

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Anonymous wrote:Your premise is flawed. They don’t. I know lots of kids, DC included, excited about working in Washington. My kid hates NYC.

My kids grew up in NYC. They are over it.

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Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

+1

And while NYC is overall much safer than late 80s/early 90s, everyone I know who lived there for a few years has been mugged, many near/in the entryway to non-doorman buildings.
I wouldn't want my kid living in any major city in a building without a doorman/24 hour security or concierge.

Yep, just yesterday a 25 yr old woman living her post-college dream had her throat slashed in the middle of the afternoon in Soho. By a career criminal of course, who just a few yrs ago broke the eye socket of a female MTA employee by shoving her face into a pole. Yay bail reform! Go Democrats!

It's so bizarre how MAGAs live in a constant state of fear. Maybe you should talk to someone...

Speaking of constant state of fear, are you still wearing a mask??

No. ??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

+1

And while NYC is overall much safer than late 80s/early 90s, everyone I know who lived there for a few years has been mugged, many near/in the entryway to non-doorman buildings.
I wouldn't want my kid living in any major city in a building without a doorman/24 hour security or concierge.

Yep, just yesterday a 25 yr old woman living her post-college dream had her throat slashed in the middle of the afternoon in Soho. By a career criminal of course, who just a few yrs ago broke the eye socket of a female MTA employee by shoving her face into a pole. Yay bail reform! Go Democrats!

It's so bizarre how MAGAs live in a constant state of fear. Maybe you should talk to someone...

I am sure the theater designer also derided MAGA and lauded homeless felons before she had her throat slashed as well.

Too bad we can’t direct the crazies to slash MAGA throats. That would solve a lot of problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:the doorman thing for women is pretty accurate - and the bank of mom and dad will subsidize to get that safety for my daughter

60 year old women romanticizing their 5 story walk up from the 80s is an antiquated trope - walk around the east village on any night and once you cut through the haze of weed, tell me you would want your daughter entering a building alone - pass

You are a complete nutter. I live and work in NYC and hire 22-25 year old women all the time for entry level positions on my team. None of them live in doorman buildings. All of them are fine. The East Village is crazy expensive and not dangerous.

East Village esp at night isn’t great in terms of safety. Google it and you’ll see.

+1

And while NYC is overall much safer than late 80s/early 90s, everyone I know who lived there for a few years has been mugged, many near/in the entryway to non-doorman buildings.
I wouldn't want my kid living in any major city in a building without a doorman/24 hour security or concierge.

Yep, just yesterday a 25 yr old woman living her post-college dream had her throat slashed in the middle of the afternoon in Soho. By a career criminal of course, who just a few yrs ago broke the eye socket of a female MTA employee by shoving her face into a pole. Yay bail reform! Go Democrats!

It's so bizarre how MAGAs live in a constant state of fear. Maybe you should talk to someone...

I am sure the theater designer also derided MAGA and lauded homeless felons before she had her throat slashed as well.

MAGAs are all fcked in the head. It’s hard to ignore how broken they are because they are irrationally lashing out at everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine did not. They found urban environments that made them happier than NYC would have. All good!

I think there is a fascination with so many things to do and so much activity in one space —Manhattan. Then they realize that quality of living changes for them and so many other grown up lessons. But that usually happens later on in life.

We have a friend whose daughter recently matriculated to a NYC college. Loved the excitement since not from a big city. But did not realize how expensive it was to afford their lifestyle, with no job prospects in sight.

Now they are full of regret.


I told my kids that they can visit NYC however many times they’d like for work or play, but to save and invest somewhere else.

They listened and now have decent inheritances.

You based their inheritances on whether they live in NYC or not?

Nutters.