Moving to NYC

[Kevin Vega]

So I'm thinking about moving to NYC. For anybody that lives there, used to live there, or knows people that do, what's the best area to live? I'd probably be in Brooklyn a lot as pretty much all the major TV/Film studios (Broadway Stages, Silvercup, and Steiner) are there. Would like to keep rent at or below $1600 a month (including water). And if anybody knows what would electric and gas roughly run? Cable/Internet would run about $100.

 

[robmneilson]

Gas was cheap usually less than $20/mo total for myself and two other roommates. Electric ended up being $60 each or so.

$1600 is fine if you want to live alone, you should be able to get a 1BR for around $1400 in Brooklyn or Queens. Queens off the 7 train is probably the best bet in terms of price, and quick mass transit. I lived in Greenpoint Brooklyn for ten years and loved it, but since it's been encroached by "hip" williamsburgh the rent prices have gone up.