You haven t got the time to read everything there is.Best advice, come on a visit and see for yourself.Failing that, Think of the biggest city you have ever been to. Concentrate it down to the smallest land mass it could fit on, now multiply it by anywhere from 5 to 10. That s roughly it.Stay out of Washington Heights.You can go there. Nobody will bother you.The pace and style of living there isn t at all what you are used to. Ive been to Wisconsin.Queens would be the largest city in about 45 other states.The point is yes you can find something affordable in Queens, but nobody can tell you where or how much till you re here in person to see it. Its a very diverse place. Like 20 or 30 towns all right next to each other with no space between them.Cross the street, change towns like that.Cant say how it would be to get a job doing what you have a degree in, but a job ? Sure, you can make a living doing something till you get the job you want. Just don t kid yourself, we have a lot of tech schools here that turn out Computer people by the bushel. ( like that there rural reference ? told you I was there once. lol ). Seriously,come visit and test the waters its the smart thing to do before you get in way too deep.Be prepared to make sacrifices to your comfort level and even maybe change careers, but if you stick with it, you can make it. 10 million of us do it everyday.Expect to need an income of about 30-35 K a year for a single person who doesn t have expensive habits.Like living in Manhattan or going out 3-4 times a week. Thats Just making it money. Even still entire some families live on less. You get the general picture right ?Making it big here means making it really big. Not making it could mean living below the poverty line for a very long time. Most of us are somewhere in between headed in one direction or the other.
lol you can t get a good computer job even if you have a associate in manhattan you need years and years of experience it s expensive to live here 1000-1200 dollars a month for a one bedroom apt. (in city) 700-800 in certain parts in bk queens and bx or Staten island. Daily life if your not used to the fast pace commute it will be different more people tend to be angry here than from wisconsin you have to be street smart if you don t want to get robbed coming to nyc is like coming to a big state prison from a little prison
the good: Great FoodHot Womenhand jobs are only 10 bucks mostly in queens NYPizza is greatthe air is goodthe cops are cool when they find you with a prostituteThe cab driver are awesomethe nightlife is greatThe Bad:trafficrat infested cityhigh taxesMarijuana is illegal thereprostitution is illegal thereon 32nd street there is a guy named sanchez and he sells crack, he rips people off...dont trust a guy named sanchez if your into crack.thats about it.hope this info helped :)
Washington Heights is a part of Manhattan (specifically, almost the north end, which is Inwood). the manhattan landscape runs the gambit from the skyscrapers to low rise, low income brick walk ups.
Fast, very fast. If you re not careful you will get steamrolled.