live in New York City for one year

Just the thought of NY made me smile so many options… Before i turn 25 i want to live there…

Ever since I was a little girl I wanted something bigger.. Im from a small town in KY.. I saw some pics my cousin took of the NYC sky line and thats when I decided that I had to live in NYC.. I’ve always said that before Im 30 I’ll be living there.. Well Im in Jersey now so Im really close and Im only 24.. 6 years left!!!

I am 18, and is an aspiring fashion designer with very little experience. In last minutes time after high school I continued on to my town’s community college and was possessed with an epiphany of moving to New York.
I want to attend FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology! This is very short notice and I am very committed to getting to New York. I have some starting off money but no guarantee of getting into the school. I need as much Info and advice as I can get my hands on because I am going alone.

I’m a current college student completing a degree in Graphic Design and I want to experience it all and go to the place where original design is created. Plus being home to many famous immigrated artists such as Mondrian and many others and a transplant himself Andy Warhol my goal is to have a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Art History.

I’m going back to school and really trying to stay focused on saving money to move to NYC. It’s hard but it’s what I have to do.

I’m almost thirty, guess it’s time to start saving!!!

I came here after college. Still here. (Been a long time!)

I come from the “normal” part of the US where there’s a Wal-mart, plenty of parking and people don’t pay up the butt for rent, actually most people live in nice little suburbs and subdivisions called, “Morning Glory” or “Oak Park”. But I never back down from challenges and that’s why I moved here. I wanted a good job in advertising and was told New York was the place for it. Well it’s true. Being here, you’ll make more but you’ll also spend so much more as well. The trick is NOT to live in Manhattan, at least for your first year or so. You’ll never save any money that way. I live in Astoria in a nice one bedroom. And yes, it’s a little lonely, Okay very lonely. But stick it out. If you go out, why go out to a place that serves $12 dollar drinks where women have sticks up their butts and guys just happen to blurt out their income. There are plenty of dive bars and pubs and places where drinks are cheap, you just have to know where to go. Because if you’re looking to save, you will,

Ex. You have $100 left until payday and it’s the weekend, uh oh.

Atm: Take out $40 leave the rest just in case.
Brother Jimmy’s (upper east side): $4 drinks-you drink three which gives you a pleasant buzz
Pizza around the corner: $3.00
Gyro platter on the street (it’s a lot of food): $4.50
Movie: $12 friggin dollars-that’s why you see three for the price of 1.

And look how much you have left over. Okay so maybe it’s not that easy but you get my point. Because if you’re looking to blow all of that hard earned cash, trust me, NY will gladly help you do it.

it sucks. i’m lonely. the people are tough

4.5 months here in the city so far and I’m still feeling good about it, though I am a little exhausted. The hard part is feeling unstressed about money so I can actually work on other things that matter to me.