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This of course comes with a lot of stigma attached to it. You are judged on everything in NYC, and if you're dating "the wrong type" of girl, ie one below you in social status, people will think there's something off with you. You should be dating some girl your age with an office job, or at least some young hot club tart, heaven forbid you flirt with the cute checkout girl with the heavy accent from her home country who lives at home in some far-flung neighborhood.
Never heard that before..lol
Who do you think work in the offices?
The immigrant girls are after a few years, when they get training, the chicks that make up the secretaries, Accountants, Bookeepers, paralegals, and lawyers.
The FSU, Asian, EE type girls actually do very good in school and probably make up a higher % of the professionals.
Forgetting about the health field, where it seems half of the pharmacists, dentists, and even new doctors are either Asian or FSU, the top corporations all full of immigrants.
My brother was in a top position in one of the large accountant firms...he swears over half of them were immigrants.
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Manhattan majority when you take away old money/wealth are basically immigrants(transplants) from other states in the USA , like SLUBU is lol. Like you said , they come here a few years and then leave. Or move to the suburbs.
Yes they spend A LOT of money on rent but most of them under 35 live with roommates(guys and gals).
Just like South Florida you have many guys spending everything they have to show off but the real wealthy I suspect live in the hamptons and Westchester and don't chase girls in bars.
One of the biggest spenders you will most likely see are tourists or regular office professionals who a corporate spending account. That is the big thing...thousands of guys with spending accounts.
Shows like how I met yot mom and Friends did good because it reflected a truth about the typical Manhattanite(or fake NYER as we call them). It is all about roomates. The majority of folks I knew who rented in manhattan lived with roomates.
You also keep saying BUY. NYC is a renters city. You really don't save by buying like one does in most places because:
1. Most can't afford to buy( i am rich and i can't lol)
2. The majority of apts are co ops. Co ops are terrible. You end up paying almost what you would in rent often as maintenance fees.
3. Co ops ..you get screwed in case of disaster because FEMA doesn't insure them. We had A LOT of problems after the Hurricane because of that.
4. You can't easily reverse mortgage them..so you never see your money you put in them if you are living there forever.
5. Hard to sell..because often need approval.
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Sonsowey pretty much nails it. The divide only gets bigger as people are either forced farther away from Manhattan or just decide to leave the area. We talk about New York quite a bit on this board, and for good reason; but it's still a very American city at its core. Economic opportunity is king.
Or they find subsidized housing..even in Manhattan there is a few communities that are considered moderately safe.
NYC is what you make of it... in many ways it is VERY affordable. Rent is the thing but you don't need a car and many utilities are included.
You are also forgiven for NOT having a pimped out crib as they say.In the Southwest/ SO Cali people are judged on cars and how cool there flat is. In NYC a guy can have a small cockroach invested cave and chicks will say 'cool' because they themselves have one like that and because they are only renting.
My mom and aunt lived on 57th and Lex( one of the most expensive blocks in NY). They had friggin mice and mold for crissakes but most of the apts were going C o op and many rich people lived there including a few television personalities. Probably no other place in the country would this happen. Location comes before quality it seems.
If one avoids convenience stores (3 dollar waters), supermarket prices and happy hour is probably not far off from other places .Plus so much is free.
Cheap food is the same as anywhere else( tad's steakhouse, papaya king, pinky burgers). Like any big city there will be more upscale.
Most Museums are by donation even and art gallaries and some wine tasting events are free/cheap.
Not sure how the scene is now but 20 years ago I remember being able to go out every night of the week for almost free. Clubs always had promotions or guest lists different nights. And many clubs and bars even had nights where you get free champagne , wine or even beer for a few hours. I remember I use to hang out at the Karaoke bar on the UES where they had 3 hours of free beer( preppy murderer Robert Chambers hanged out there lol). Another promoter had twice a month parties with free entry and 2 hours of wine.
I assume they still have similar deals if one knows how to look under rocks.