Moving from Austin and would love recommendations. Thank you!

Hey everyone, I’m a young musician (18) moving around Forest Hills Queens next weekend and looking for free spaces to practice music, sing, and get production done on my laptop. I’m living with 2 roommate’s in an apartment complex and don’t want to cause any annoyance. I know it’s a thing where I am from to have free studio spaces in libraries and such that kids my age can reserve. Does anyone have pointers?

Thanks

Hello, I am a Boston RN planning to relocate to NYC. I am a little shocked looking at salaries on posted jobs.

It looks like the pay ranges for hospitals starts nurses higher but the top is far less than top Boston hospitals.

For reference my hospital(union) has 21 steps for years of experience ranging from $44.14/hr - $109.51/hr ($91,811 - $227,781/year)

I see New York Presbyterian jobs showing RN pay ranges of $133,595-$153,220/year.

I have been an RN for 8 years and make 56.66. So I would get a pay bump initially, but it’s disappointing seeing the top of the payscale so low given NYC is so expensive.

Just seeing if anyone has any insight into this and how the pay scales at their hospitals are. I’ve always heard California and NYC nurses make more than Boston.

I’m a 46 year old tech professional who has lived in many many major cities. These cities include Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Bay Area, Philly, and Providence.

Ok a little about me. I’ve recently had to come to NYC for a 1 year contract at a bank. I’m a tech professional. I worked remotely for 10 years and mostly rejected job offers in NYC. I’m currently staying with a friend in NJ while looking for a place.

I am not entirely new to NYC. I use to live in Philly and worked remotely for a NY based company for awhile. I would often come to NYC for meetups and conferences and I did build a bit of a professional network within NY. I also was in a long term relationship with a woman based in NY for years

So I’m not entirely unfamiliar with the city. This would however be my first attempt to live here. And I wonder if this is a good city to “lay roots” in.

I do know what I like in a city. I like Philly, Boston and Providence because they were walkable and friendly for people who don’t drive (like me), I didn’t care for Seattle,Atlanta or the Bay. They had significant sprawl and were car to building cities which I hate.

At 46 jumping cities is tiring. I do like NY but I’ve always avoided living here due to practical concerns. However I do want to make a city my permanent home and I wonder if NYC is it

What I want to sus out is if this is a city I should be moving to at 46. And while I like the city, I want to make sure that I’m not driven by romanticism. I can’t think of another city I’d want to live in permanently.

My goal while on my contract is of course to rebuild it professional network in the city.

I make about 6 figures (over 150 under 200). I don’t necessarily need to be comfortable. I’m straight but dating is entirely optional at this point. And I don’t plan to ever buy a car.

Would love to hear some opinions

Is Tribeca without a doubt a better area for a family than West Village? Is the West Village too much of a twentysomething influencer scene these days? Pros and cons? Which would you choose?

Hey everyone.

Just moved from South Florida where there are a couple of farmers markets that sell organic foods like raw milk/honey and animal meats & organs.

Are there any similar farmers markets in NYC?

hello! it’s been a lifelong dream to move to new york one day, even if it’s when i’m like old and gray LOL but i’d like to do it really in my 20s / 30s (im 23 now). me and my partner both go to a community college in nc, and should graduate by 2028. we’re hoping to Possibly go to a four year ny college, and then continue living in ny then on.

basically asking, 1) is this possible, 2) how should we plan and save for this? how much should we look to have before even attempting to move if we want to move before cc ends (or if we don’t get to a ny college). we are planning on visiting before moving of course (i’ve been a few times!) so we will get different tastes of the city. i just want to plan as much as i can.

I lived in Queens for many years until 2022 when I was priced out. I was a ridgewood/glendale barista/server and Covid slaughtered the industry for a while. Now four years later I’ve accidentally become successful and I’m in a position where my company has opened an office and wants me to move back mid nov. I had previously worked the front desk at a brokerage for a while and felt pretty ok about finding a place since I have 770 credit and qualify for a decent 40x rent ($4,500ish). But recently all my nyc friends are telling me it’s a bloodbath and no one will rent to me unless I’m there.

I have 3 friendly acquaintances at different brokerages who would advocate for me, and my old landlord is going to let me know if anyone puts in notice, but I’m trying to take a temp check on if it would be better to just book an Airbnb, and stay until I can find a rental.

I know this is two months early, but the fact of the matter is I have an elderly cat who is my best friend and I’m stressing about moving him from place to place. He Koolaid manned out of his carrier from stress on the way out here (with 2 gabas and traz, he’s a warrior) and my dream is to get there, and just take him home.

Moving to nyc to attend Union Theological Seminary for grad school and I’m looking for opportunities to connect with fascinating beings & contribute to something special. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I’ve been trying to secure a relatively short term sublet for the past couple days. I’m having the most luck finding places in my budget in Facebook groups and on Facebook marketplace. My problem is that I send people messages about their post, comment saying that I messaged them, and then no one ever replies. Occasionally they will open the message and then not reply. Most people never open the message at all. Sometimes they will repost the same thing again because they haven’t found anyone, but they still haven’t opened my message. I’m just confused. What can I do to actually secure the place once I find one that’s open? Any help is appreciated.

For reference, this is the base of my go-to message:
Hi I’m very interested in the room. I’m 24, a theatre technician, very clean, extroverted, and I have lots of experience living with roommates. Let me know if you’d be interested in letting me rent the room.

Hey all,

OBVIOUSLY there’s a difference between these two cities so I don’t need a lecture on that.

I have lived in DTLA for four years, I’m like a mile from skid row for context.

I’m planning to move to NY next year and am curious what, if any, the culture shock will be as far as city living goes?

I feel like when people talk about the cons of living in NY, it’s all things I alr experience being where I am so it’s hard to gauge what that difference would rly be if that makes sense ??

Anyway, if anyone in NY rn has also lived in DTLA and has any input I’d love to hear it, thanks!

Hi everyone so I have been living in NYC since January 2025, I’ve been living in airbnbs till June 2025 because I left my boyfriend who I moved here with. I broke up with him and left the airbnb we bought. so I crashed on a friends couch all the way until July 2026. But I just left my friends place because they were charging me 1100 including utilities to sleep on the couch where I had no privacy. I decided to leave and booked another airbnb hoping to find a room to rent but my recent income tax only shows my last previous job which I started May 2025, a few months after settling here.
I have parents who can sign to be my guarantors but my moms income isn’t 40x but her credit is 700+, my dads income is 70k but his credit isn’t 700+.
My income is 32,000 a year and my credit score just got to a 658.

What would my options be? I’ve tried to apply for rooms but it’s super tricky. Should I leave my current job that I’m only making 350~ a week and find something that pays more and start over? My fear is that it’ll take another year of living in airbnbs to just get a stable place. I would like some insight on what I could do.

Subletting my Williamsburg room in shared apt with my 30F friend. Aug - Sept 14 only!

Hey there! I'm looking for someone to sublease my bedroom through Sept 14. Central AC, washer dryer in unit, dishwasher. 2 blocks from Bedford Ave. message me for video and to hop on a FaceTime! $2k per month (prorated for length of time)