Moving to NYC without a job – how hard is it going to be?

I am moving to NYC without a job. I have a degree from college. Finance (useless now).

Don’t move to NYC without a job, trust fund, huge savings, and/or extremely generous and patient parents. It won’t be hard — it’ll be impossible.

Finding a job at McDonald’s is hard enough these days. For someone with only a college degree and grandiose thoughts of $15/hr jobs in the most expensive city in the US… you’re in for a hard (and expensive) lesson.

The NY-area is not cheap. North Jersey isn’t so much better that you could afford to live there either. You could definitely find a very dangerous part of Brooklyn and get a place in the projects but that’s usually avoidable when you’re not from the area and you have no job tying you down.

Retail shops aren’t hiring, they’re firing. With your limited set of skills and lack of credentials, you’re going to spend months (and thousands of dollars) fruitlessly trying to find a job. Let’s face it, a BA is barely enough to get a position that pays more than $8/hour.

Be honest with yourself and stay wherever you are presently. NYC isn’t just some fantasy that you can dream hard enough and turn it into reality. If you can’t afford well over $3000/month (which a job paying $15/hour would not allow) then you can’t live in the city.

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