How I did it: In 2007, I was hired as an intern for a job in Manhattan. For my apartment hunt, I used Craigslist. I was unfamiliar with the neighborhood names and it was also a challenge physically getting to each apartment by train/foot.

I visited at apartments in Queens, Harlem, and Brooklyn. I decided on an apartment in Brooklyn (35 minutes away from my job) because it was clean, the room was relatively large, and it fit my price range, $600. The trade-off was that it was a commute, the area I lived in was a little rough, and there was no night life.

Lessons & tips: New York is a very expensive city, but there are some affordable things to do - "getting lost" in Manhattan by-foot, Central Park (winter in the park is really nice), and Yankee games. Some of the museums also have free admission days.

Resources: MapQuest and the New York subway system's online trip planner helped me get to the apartments I was looking at.

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Feb 12, 12:41AM PST | 0 comments | 8 cheers