also, try to do the math for places quickly if you can. varying on neighborhoods you can go, for a cheap place, at a range of roughly 800 to 1600 in manhattan.
meaning 9600 - 19200 a year.
not including con ed, which you can assume ranges from 150 to 300 depending on your usage. so 1800 - 3600 on top of that.
that will be your basic living expense to just have a roof over your head. the range of 11400 to 22800.
personally i'd shoot for something in between on both figures as you can get to decent areas.
food, i assume you're cooking and/or getting dollar pizza when you go out. depending on where you go and what you get - and DO explore because it is absolutely vital that you know where to go for cheap groceries - it's gonna set you back from around $150 to $500. keep in mind that low number is gonna involve a lot of eating of rice and pasta and very little meat.
however, the workaround to this is to buy in bulk from places that sell in that, such as BJ's. it helps a lot. you'll be able to pull off a $300 grocery list in one go that will last you a couple months if you ration it out well. except for the meat, that's pretty much Western Beef's turf.
the rest of your expenditures are your own at that point.
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