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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - rent is easier for a young man than a young woman. Women need doorman buildings, men don’t -

This is one of the more ridiculous things I’ve read on this board.

[Anonymous]

I don't know a single kid who truly wants to live in NY city, except the kids who grew up there. Every kid I know from elsewhere who thought they wanted NYC life and got jobs there, left within 3 years in spite of success. This is a big part of why NYU specifically looks for applicants who show desire and ability to live in a big city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“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.

What?! That’s definitely not true. Like many of my friends who lived in NYC when we were younger, I plan to go back and live there in retirement. I’ve watched my mom deal with the impact of living in a car-dependent area while dealing with genetic vision problems, and NYC has always been my planner solution. Fortunately I live somewhere with similar crime/homeless issues and very expensive real estate, so the downsides for most won’t be an adjustment for me.

Many of my friends are in the same boat. No way will I be dealing with a big empty house and a yard in my 70s and 80s.

DH and I are planning very carefully to make it happen. It helps that I lived in an inconvenient neighborhood while totally broke, so I have no illusions about recreating some past glamorous lifestyle funded by my parents.

[Anonymous]

My graduating senior wants nothing to do with NYC. What a strange assumption.

[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?

Lemmings.

[Anonymous]

There are always a large number of new grads who also want to move to DC for different and similar reasons. Much of the city runs on 22yo cheap labor if you haven’t noticed.

[Anonymous]

Where can kids find roommates? Are there websites anyone can recommend?

[Anonymous]

When I was in my 20s, Hoboken, NJ was a hotspot for the 20 crowd who would commute into NYC; rent was less expensive than NYC.

[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?

It is pretty traditional that kids come from wherever they grew up and of they can, go to college, get exposed to all sorts of new ideas, people and culture/food and then want to experience that further. That is why the rural areas get drained of people and population continues to grow in NYC, Boston, DC, Chicago, Atlanta, LA, SF etc.

I know plenty of children of friends who are cramming into small apartments in the village and having a blast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Spoken like someone who is dried out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - rent is easier for a young man than a young woman. Women need doorman buildings, men don’t -

Only if you’re a spoiled princess. Not one woman I know lived in a doorman building in NYC in her 20s. We were all fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Give me a beach town.

In your 20s? Good luck with your love life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know a single kid who truly wants to live in NY city, except the kids who grew up there. Every kid I know from elsewhere who thought they wanted NYC life and got jobs there, left within 3 years in spite of success. This is a big part of why NYU specifically looks for applicants who show desire and ability to live in a big city.

You must know a weird group of kids. It’s the hottest destination for this generation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You mean "every graduating senior with money" OP.

Exactly. My own kid chose a different city so he could save more $$$$$.

[Anonymous]

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