[stevenking86l]

Lived in Manhattan for 6 years 2011-2017 in The East Village. Made about half that. 1 roommate. 2 bedroom. Occasionally worked a side job (tutoring) but was for extra cash more than necessity. I was working in the live music industry so I had free access to a lot of live shows around town which allowed me to save money but still do the things that make living in NYC Great.

It’s very possible.

Was kind to my landlord, and tried to fix whatever I could rather than calling her when I needed something. The goal was to have her forget I existed. Rent was raised $50 every other year which was completely manageable.

[throwaway_80bf3]

Good for you for locking in a 2011 rent, but that was 7 years ago.

[WingH]

Tons of people live in the Lower East Side with affordable rent. Think Chinatown, etc.

Of course that is not where people usually associate with Manhanttan..

[acomjean]

I did a walking tour of the lower east side last year. It was run by the "tenement museum" (which is much more interesting than I expected.).

http://www.tenement.org

It turned into a talk about housing, and housing prices (we had a california developer on the walk and some english people adding perspective).

[MisterTea]

> "Lived in Manhattan for 6 years 2011-2017 in The East Village. Made about half that. 1 roommate. 2 bedroom." "It’s very possible."

Did you pay the rent yourself on that ~75k? Of course not. You paid half and your roomate the other half. Your answer is not really valid as you proved your income at the time was not enough to afford the apartment.

[jonknee]

Well it was a two bedroom apartment...