I would like to move to NY for reasons. Doesn’t have to be the city, thought in or near (or generally metropolitan) preferred, and I would like to move as soon as realistically and feasibly possible (I’m not getting rid of all my shit, hopping on a plane, and arriving in NYC, even if that is as soon as possible).

I’m not really sure how to do this. I know I need to look into apartments or places to stay in general, and also look into getting a job once I’m up there or before I arrive. I am currently in college, so I would also need to look into colleges to transfer into. The thing is, I don’t know where to start looking. I mean, sure I could look up “apartments in NY” and “community colleges in NY” but the internet is AI generated nowadays and listicles and apartments.com doesn’t give the whole story. When I moved into my current city, I asked for advice and suggestions on Reddit and got a lot of help (been staying in the same apartment complex for the last 4 years that someone from there recommended actually), so I figured, fuck it let me do the same here.

I guess my more solid questions would be:

  1. What apartments should I look into? Any suggestions for it?

  2. What colleges should I check out that would be covered by FAFSA and offer bachelors in Computer Science or related (tangentially or otherwise) fields?

  3. I’m aware that NY in general is a more expensive state in cost-of-living but I’ve heard wages there are also higher. Would I be able to exist there off a part-time or full-time retail/food-service job? Also, I do currently have an Associate’s degree, would I be able to get a better paying job through that or is it not enough?

Any other advice would be very much appreciated, and if I come up with more questions I’ll edit them in ig.

  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    My wife and I have been trying to move back for years now, NYC Metro is way too expensive for us, my family comes from Queens and mostly lives on LI, it’s been difficult because of costs, but also because every time we think we’ve got a house we want another buyer swoops in with cash or way more than we can match.

    My wife’s family is from the Buffalo Metro area and I’m trying to sell her on moving to Michigan or Canada and just cutting across to see her fam when we need to, I spent a couple of years living in the Detroit Metro area and loved it, and it’s much more affordable.

    Overall I’m sure you could find a job, part time or otherwise there’s always work in the city, but you probably wouldn’t be able to afford to live in the city without public assistance or living in public housing, or having a shit load of roommates. The best thing to do is finish school and find a job there that pays well, then move, but even then probably should consider moving to an area that is an easy commute into the city instead.