35k should be enough to live in Manhattan assuming your not really pick about an apartment being great quality.. If your apartment was 1700 a month or so that would be 21,000 or so in rent a year, which leaves over 1,000 a month to spend on everything else, which should be more than enough
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Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest!