Who can give me advice on moving to New York?

Question

I need to know roughly how much it is for an apartment in New York, not necessarily in Manhattan, I need to know where the cheaper stuff is. Any good, real websites would be greatly appreciated.

I live in the UK and want to move there in a few years but I need a rough guide as to how much I need to save. If the amounts could be in GBP as well, that would be great. Thanks.

Answer 1

Apartments really can range in price.  They are cheaper outside of Manhatten and even cheaper again if you move to the Jersey suburbs.  It all depends if you want to rent a room or your own apartment.  There is a website in the USA called Craigs List.  They have apartment listing and forums where you can ask questions about specific areas. Here is the link for the New York site.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/

I am from Northern Ireland and when I moved to New York I lived in an 'irish area' in the Bronx....its basically a whole area which is just populated by Irish immigrants called Woodlawn.  It may be that there is a similar area for English/Welsh/Scottish.  Try and locate it if there is becasue it really does make life easier.  When I got to Woodlawn there were notice boards in stores and cafe's with apartments for rent/share etc and you had the confidence in that you were in a good area.

A good website for you to look at would be www.britishexpats.com.  Locate the USA forum and ask questions in there.  You should get some good response from people like yourself who have done a similar move from the UK to the USA.

Good luck

Answer 2

Here is the best guide to finding an apartment in New York City.  It includes narrated links to all the websites you will need, including an explanation of every neighborhood in the city; it even tells you how to hook up utilities and own a car.

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides.ht...