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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she really want out -- or is she just complaining as everyone in NYC does? I am the PP who moved to DC 4 weeks ago bc I just could no longer deal with a place where a washer/dryer is considered a luxury for which you pay $3500/rent rather than $2500 for a studio (meaning those "little" luxuries that everyone in suburbia are considered true luxury in Manhattan and thus landlords charge about $1000/month more for otherwise crappy apartments).

Having grown up in suburbia -- 10 yrs in an apt without wall to wall carpeting or a thermostat (meaning you have to get up in the night to turn the heat on/off) or a car -- was more than I could take. And yet my friends there think I'm nuts and don't see these "hassles" as a reason to leave the "greatest city on earth."

I think life there is way over rated unless you're making investment banking/hedge fund money you can't make in other cities -- in which case you can afford luxuries.[/quote]

I agree.  NYC is very expensive.  Housing wise comparing market rents, you'll pay 3x as much for similar housing as DC.  Also, bc there are so many people making lots of money in finance which is NYC's main economic engine - being poor (not making investment banking money) is very obvious.  Being poor in NYC sucks more than other places bc it basically means you can't really DO anything - most of the "fun" stuff there is expensive.

The only people I know who do OK on 40K a yr have rent controlled apts that they inherited from their parents:  Think Monica in Friends.[/quote]

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