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

[Anonymous]

“Now or never!”

Unless they grew up in NYC, no one pictures themself moving to NYC from somewhere else later in life, including when they’re ready to settle down with a spouse and start a family.

So starting their career in NYC makes sense. When else would they do it? Plus it’s easy to find a huge peer group of people in their 20s in NYC whatever field they may be in.

I started my law career in NYC, and my closest college friends started their banking and publishing careers there, too. Fantastic experiences, both professionally and socially, before we moved on elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fairly anecdotal, but i have pretty strong evidence with one recent grad and one senior in college. One ivy, one non-ivy T20. One econ major one hard science, both targeted consulting gigs/internships. They tell old mom that everyone wants to be in gotham, and even Bain is a bit of a letdown if you are placed in Austin. Rents / bars steer these kids to the East Village or lower East Side apparently. As a lifetime DMVer, I just don’t see the allure of NYC - but keep me in check, does just about every kid want to live/work there?

Perceived status and decades of 'greatest city in the world' media propaganda. For NYC to survive it needs hundreds of thousands of new gullible spendthrift kids moving there every single year and paying $3,000+ rent for a shoe box apt. It chews up and spits out young professionals and needs to replace them with new gullible kids.

[Anonymous]

Conservative rich kids want to be in Nashville. Or go West to the Rockies - Denver, SLC, Bozeman, Boise, et al.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Conservative rich kids want to be in Nashville. Or go West to the Rockies - Denver, SLC, Bozeman, Boise, et al.

Nashville vs NYC 🤔

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Conservative rich kids want to be in Nashville. Or go West to the Rockies - Denver, SLC, Bozeman, Boise, et al.

Barron chose NYU.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get it. NYC has never held much appeal to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing compares to NYC in your 20s.

Give me a beach town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree - NYC is wonderful in your early 20s. So much to do, some many new people to meet. Even if you're poor.

How the heck do people in their early 20’s afford to live there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid wanted to move there after he graduated from high school. Didn’t get into NYU though so that move will be delayed.

I’m probably moving there when I have an empty nest.

Can’t wait.

Really? Give me Hawaii, the Keys, or SoCal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree - NYC is wonderful in your early 20s. So much to do, some many new people to meet. Even if you're poor.

How the heck do people in their early 20’s afford to live there?

- Go to a top school and get a top job and have roommates

- or be hot, have roommates and sponsors

- bank of mom and dad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Conservative rich kids want to be in Nashville. Or go West to the Rockies - Denver, SLC, Bozeman, Boise, et al.

Barron chose NYU.

The title is GRADUATING college seniors. And Barron is a weird momma's boy, hardly a normal outgoing Conservative kid.

[Anonymous]

Of course this question comes from a false claim that *everybody* wants to live in NYC after college. But it is something that I wanted, back in the '90s, having grown up and gone to college in the Midwest. At least for Americans, it's the ultimate city in terms of culture, urban life, things to do, restaurants to try, people to meet from all over.

For those of us who weren't rich, it meant living with multiple roommates in not-so-fancy apartments, often a lengthy walk from the subway. No doormen, no elevators. Still very fun, and I'm glad I did it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree - NYC is wonderful in your early 20s. So much to do, some many new people to meet. Even if you're poor.

How the heck do people in their early 20’s afford to live there?

They are either in banking or lawyers and their parents pay.

[Anonymous]

Another factor that makes NYC enticing for young folks is that many of the companies and organizations that you can get entry-level jobs at are well-known nationally.

If you're going to start off as, like, an administrative assistant anyway, it's cool to be at a place that people in other cities have heard of. (Even if the job is functionally similar to being an AA at a little company in Iowa.) So if you eventually move elsewhere, your resumé will seem impressive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing compares to NYC in your 20s.

Give me a beach town.

Oh yes, Manhattan beach or Hermosa beach in CA. That was always my dream. I used to live in CA. No way in hell I can afford it now. Shoulda bought in the 90s like I was planning to, but then I met DH, and I never went back there.