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.

  • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldOP
    2·
    1 day ago

    Subleases are a good idea! Do people still use craigslist though? Thanks for recommending CUNY and SUNY, I’ll have to check that out as well. Thanks!

    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Yeah, I’m sure there are places other than Craigslist you could look. I haven’t searched for an apartment in a while, but for a sublet with roommates, you’ll generally want to find a site where the roommates would post, and not go to a broker or anything. I’m not sure of your budget, but quickly searching came up with some good hits like this.