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

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Anonymous wrote:I wanted to go to NYC when I graduated (and did) but I was the only one of my friends from the DMV who did. It's a tough life up there if you don't have rich parents subsidizing you.

Exactly! All starting salaries are same at big banks. Better to go elsewhere and invest, then do a NYC stint.

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Anonymous wrote:Because the parents whose kids go to T20 schools raised elitist snobs and elitist snobs think NYC is the only place to go after college. Seems pretty straight forward. They were raised to want "the best" of everything and accept no substitute.

+1

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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?

Their parents subsidize them or if they have good paying jobs, they may not be able to save much. Led my kid to Chicago instead - makes the same as those in the NYC office but has more to show for it.

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Anonymous wrote:Where can kids find roommates? Are there websites anyone can recommend?

Let go of the parental reins. They find roommates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the parents whose kids go to T20 schools raised elitist snobs and elitist snobs think NYC is the only place to go after college. Seems pretty straight forward. They were raised to want "the best" of everything and accept no substitute.

+1

I knew very few kids at T20 but know plenty who want to go/are in NYC after graduating. This is not an elitist thing. This is an adventure thing. And has been a thing for 100 years.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the parents whose kids go to T20 schools raised elitist snobs and elitist snobs think NYC is the only place to go after college. Seems pretty straight forward. They were raised to want "the best" of everything and accept no substitute.

+1

I knew very few kids at T20 but know plenty who want to go/are in NYC after graduating. This is not an elitist thing. This is an adventure thing. And has been a thing for 100 years.

+1 NYC is fun for young people just out of college. The city doesn't sleep; you can go out at all hours, and there's always something going on. You can go to Central Park for green space. You don't need a car; metro takes you everywhere.

DH, 19, said the city is fun. They went up often the past couple of years to visit a friend. They like not having to drive everywhere, and they wouldn't mind getting a job in NYC. There are so many different restaurants to try that aren't spread out. They don't dislike the DC area, but they think NYC is more fun, which it is.

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^DS not DH

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Bright lights, big city. If you can make it there, then you can make it anywhere. It isn't obvious?

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If you can handle living situation, one career path would be to get experience in NYC for a few years and then move somewhere with a more reasonable lifestyle later, when it's time to settle down.

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6 pages on why would young, educated people want to move to a nation's most vibrant, interesting, opportunity-filled urban area.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you not have a brain? Millions of people live there and tens of millions of people visit it every year. It is up there with London, Paris, and Tokyo as one of the world's greatest cities.

Nobody lives in NYC anymore; it's too crowded.

Ummmm ...

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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?

Sample size of 2?

Nice.

[Anonymous]

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

Nothing romantic abt late 1970s-80s NYC - Madonna, Debbie Harry and Kelly McGillis were all grabbed on the street and raped back then (before big fame obviously). It was awful. I did live in a building without a doorman in the late 1990s (East 54th St so basically safe) but now would subsidize my daughters to live in doorman buildings in good neighborhoods.