Originally Posted by TrashyGirl

went to school and worked in NYC and can tell you it's easier to find a place if you have connections, not shady 'connections', but know enough people to hear about something that comes up, before it gets advertised. if you lower your square footage requirement, you might be able to get something for your price, but there will be a reason why it's that cheap. I have a friend who lived in a building where there turned out to be bedbugs, and the management company did nothing, it was the building from hell, crackheads, low water pressure, sporadic hot water, they finally bought hammocks and slept in those rather than getting chewed alive every nite. NYC is probably a 2 year dream. The first year, live in one of the outer boroughs, like (Williamsburg) Brooklyn, and then try to finesse your way into a place in Manhattan.