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NYC GAF |OT| We get around in a hole in the ground
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Wowfunhappy
Member
Affordability isn't an issue; I don't have any debt and about $5,000 in savings atm.
I just know that after I move, I'm going to miss work being a ten minute walk away, as opposed to a 35-40 minute train ride + walking time. It's also really cool to be right in the middle of Manhattan, although I never really go out and take advantage of it.
Edit: On the other hand, it's a direct train, so it would be easy enough to just use it as 3DS playing time.
CrocMother
Banned
The mental strain of that commute isn't something to be taken lightly. I've been able to bike to work for about a year and it's changed my life.
I personally feel that commutes are soul crushing, or rather, they are for me. I'd prefer to pay more for a studio and have a walk to work than pay half for a mortgage on a home in NJ with a 45 min commute.
Wowfunhappy
Member
How close do most of you guys live to your workplace?
A lot of my coworkers live in Brooklyn or similar—no one there can afford living right in Manhattan—but they still have 40-ish minute commutes on the subway. My logic for looking at NJ is that since my work is near Penn Station, NJTransit would be just as fast and actually more pleasant overall.
A lot of my coworkers live in Brooklyn or similar—no one there can afford living right in Manhattan—but they still have 40-ish minute commutes on the subway. My logic for looking at NJ is that since my work is near Penn Station, NJTransit would be just as fast and actually more pleasant overall.
JadedWriter
Member
I live in Brooklyn and work in Times Square.
If you work near Penn Station then yeah, living in NJ would make sense. I dated a co-worker who lived in Brooklyn while I lived in NJ. It would take her 10 mins longer to get to our office, in Manhattan, on the F train than it would for me to hop on a van/bus.
Wait where do you work?
I work at a VR company nearby.
backflip10019
Member
Dude stay with grandma and save some money. Build up a nice nest egg then move somewhere nice. Even if you do this for only a year you'll build up a good amount of savings. This is what I did and the money I saved while living at home has massively come in handy.
You guys need any help in the PR/comms department? I'm in need of a gig.
It's boring business-to-business VR. There's full marketing and sales teams.
High likelihood I switch jobs this year, so might want to hurryGonna have to start hounding more folks in this thread for lunch dates
JadedWriter
Member
You guys need any event photography done?
backflip10019
Member
B2B is my bread and butter! Ah well it was worth a shot!
There's also a full photography team.
JadedWriter
Member
God damn it.
Gaf, I finally got my apartment! Last week was crazy, an apartment management company canceled my lease the very last minute (supposibly the apartment was not even up for rent as the owner decided to do renovations) so I became homeless!
I scrambled with all my luggage to pod51 hotel after much googling. I stayed there for a night then booked 3 days at an airbnb (all the while running from lunch breaks dragging luggage from place to place). Last Friday I finally signed a lease for an apartment (only 4 blocks from work!) and even though I'm sleeping on the floor right now it feels so good!
If anything I made a friend with the airbnb host. We need another gaf reunion so I can get drunk and forget all this bs lol.
I scrambled with all my luggage to pod51 hotel after much googling. I stayed there for a night then booked 3 days at an airbnb (all the while running from lunch breaks dragging luggage from place to place). Last Friday I finally signed a lease for an apartment (only 4 blocks from work!) and even though I'm sleeping on the floor right now it feels so good!
If anything I made a friend with the airbnb host. We need another gaf reunion so I can get drunk and forget all this bs lol.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Geez, that sounds scary! At least everything worked out okay.
High likelihood I switch jobs this year, so might want to hurry
Wednesdays are always good since I like to get out to Midtown Comics anyhow
Or Friday since at this point no one is in office to really notice if take a long lunch (Clearly not this week since NYCC)
WOOO!
Go you!
Live in Brooklyn, work downtown Manhattan. Commute is probably 35 ish minutes door to door. I love my commute because it's the only chance I have to read, really. I have some coworkers who have 2+ hour commutes - yes, TWO HOURS EACH WAY. Bless their souls. One buddy of mine lives in Philly and commutes to Manhattan each day.
I only have a problem with living in NJ if the person is young. I don't think socializing is as easy living in NJ. At least that's what my NJ friends bitch about - no one wants to go to Jersey, even if the actual time to get there is the same as it is to get to, say, Prospect Heights.
JadedWriter
Member
I don't think I even want to date a woman in Jersey. I ain't driving there.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Yeah, that's my other worry. I don't really have any friends in nyc yet but I'd like to.
But I can't really invite friends over to my grandmother's apartment either, so it's not really like my current situation is much better in that respect. And this Rahway place would be right by the train station, on a direct line into Penn with two trains per hour. And I wouldn't have to deal with having a roommate or anything like that.
NYCmetsfan
Banned
This.
My friend who lives in Hoboken has to come out to Brooklyn or Manhattan to do anything.
The only time I go to Jersey is a girl or family.
NYCmetsfan
Banned
I had this thing with a girl in Hoboken. She was on the path but it still sucked.
(Hoboken's pretty cool for Jersey if it had the subway, PATH isn't the same)
JadedWriter
Member
I remember one month I had to go from Long Island to Jersey and back on two separate occasions, once for a date the other to hang out with a friend. I think the amount of trains and duration of that made me sick. It's just something I have no intention on doing again.
¡HarlequinPanic!
Member
No NYCC Here, but anyone planning on going to any of the after parties listed in the NYCC topic?
That line almost existed but Christie didn't want to pay his end so it fell apart.
¡HarlequinPanic!;218931566 said:
I might hit one or two up.
About 55 mins door-to-door why trying to find a new place or a new job or both.
And to make it even better, my train station shut down this morning until the spring.. which means will be extended slightly.
I'll be there Thurs-Sun
¡HarlequinPanic!;218931566 said:
I wanna hit up some after parties, but nothing has grabbed me.
davidwhangchoi
Member
Northern Jersey has good Korean Food! but yeah, most plp hang in the city.
Wowfunhappy
Member
Ugh, well you guys have succeeded in making me very unsure about what living situation I want.
davidwhangchoi
Member
Ugh, well you guys have succeeded in making me very unsure about what living situation I want.
i'd stay with grandma and save up.
Wowfunhappy
Member
This is probably what I should do. I just miss having more independence... my grandmother is great but she's very particular about certain things. She gets worried if I don't come home on time, wants to eat dinner together, etc.
Also, I like my job a lot and want to stay for a while, but they're also a very small company and so I don't see my pay increasing substantially.
davidwhangchoi
Member
since rent is free.. the 900 a month your saving makes you salary a bit more in the range of
someone making 52k having to pay monthly rent.
$900 X 12 months = 10,800 a year.
i think you're pretty ok to save some money and have decent situation.
if you move out... your earnings goes down to .
31200
i would save that 10k plus food is about 300-400 a month which comes out to 3600-4800 a year.
i'd save for a year or two and put a down payment on a place to own.
I'll be there Thursday and Friday. Friday in cosplay because I'm a loser.
LyleLanley
Banned
If you're a single guy there are few things better than living in your own place but having to commute to and from Jersey would suck. Assuming you go out in the city at night I imagine it would be a pain to bring a girl home too. As much as I'd want to move out I think the best thing would be to hang out for a bit longer until you can afford something that makes more sense.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
I'll be there all four days.
Our computers didn't even crash. We just got really unlucky.
We even put Friday and Saturday but that's what we were given.JadedWriter
Member
Um is it possible to take a bus from Brooklyn to Staten Island at say 2am on a Sunday? Or does the bus stop running at a certain time?
Lulubop said:
I see your tweets all the time on Twitter (I'm GeneYorkMorgan) and remember your former GAF name. I missed the MSG4 launch but remember lurking in that thread a lot since I didn't have a PS3. Also, my family is from Jarabacoa in the DR.Nostalgic Windy said:
Wanted to reply to this but got sidetracked and put it off. Go check out The Met Breuer tomorrow ASAP since you wanted to check it out in the past. There's a Diane Arbus exhibition currently that I heard is great. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head otherwise aside from Society of Illustrators and I work for a yet to launch event company lol.
I'm semi-employed (read: freelance/sell stuff on eBay) which means I work from at home or any public computer. I started a new internship last week and everything is via coordinated via Slack with the occasional in person stuff for cons to go cover.
Nice! I'm going to be quite busy this weekend (see below) but as I mentioned in the last meetup thread, I'm volunteering at the NY Craft Beer Festival weekend after next so I'm willing to entertain something after I come out my shift on that Saturday night or Halloween weekend.
I had a full time faculty professor at Hunter that commuted to the city from Philly to teach. He said that he would stay at his friend's apartment who lived in the city and commuted to Philly while she crashed at his place to teach at said city and would go back in the weekends.
I also had a professor at BMCC who came down from Buffalo to teach and would fly back in the weekends.
I'm working at the Autographing area all four days in the afternoon and will be found either roaming the Show Floor in the AM, lining up for merch, at Artist Alley, or picking up a shift. It's my 6th straight year working the show. Ask me anything. Will be there in the AM as well. I'm hard to miss considering the above group pic that David posted.
I'm probably gonna end up sitting it out personally since I never have much time considering the amount of stuff I'm carrying at the end of the day (usually swag or stuff I bought at booths). I usually hang out with my co-workers after a shift or still working. Usually end up at Skylight Diner or Tick Tick Diner as a yearly tradition. We'll see what happens this year.¡HarlequinPanic!;218931566 said:
On the topic of NYCC, I guess it would be good to get a Slack chat going for that to see what folks are doing throughout the show. There was a GAF chat during PAX East this year which worked out great.
Depends on what part, but according to google there's a way.
JadedWriter
Member
Yeah I was hired as a photographer for the TCS New York Marathon and the meet up time is redonkculous I have to be at a hotel in the area by 5 that Sunday morning. As long as the buses or trains don't stop running I should be fine, but I'm sure they're less frequent after a certain hour. Looks to be New York Ave and Battery Road.
Yea, it's like a 2 hour trip from Atlantic Terminal so you should be able to make it. If you wanted to take the ferry that's also an option.
J
Jpop
Unconfirmed Member
So I've actually been looking into Brooklyn for an apartment. Can anyone recommend some areas with a convenient commute to Union Square (I work there)
JadedWriter
Member
Google Maps never says ferry or rarely and does it even operate that late/early?