Job offer in NYC

[marc at getty.net (Marc Getty)]

I'm in Philly which is much cheaper then NYC but if you play your cards
right $45k can be okay, even in NYC. If you can get a discounted living
arrangement through family/friend/roommate that one hell of a start.

One thing to consider is that working for an electrical contractor may
require you to drive to sites which can be *VERY* expensive. Paying for a
regular parking spot in Manhattan can be $300+ a month and parking in a
single different each day could easily run $600+, two sites a day could
double that. Insurance can easily be $4000+ a year too. 

A commentator at the Argentinean summit said last week that free trade makes
the poor better off and rich *MUCH* better off. NYC is very much an example
of this. There is so much to do an never enough money to do it. If you can
live with this you will be okay.

-Marc


 
-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces+marc=getty.net@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+marc=getty.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Bennett
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:16 PM
To: Scirocco List
Subject: OT: Job offer in NYC

Anyone live in or close to NYC... As most of you know I am getting kicked
out of the Navy for knee problems.

(Didn't invest in kneepads early enough I guess.  ROFLMAO)

ANYWAY...  Got a job offer with a company that installs lighting control
systems (Did lighting for the Eagles Stadium)  It will be based in NYC,
with travel 50% of the time, medical, dental, laptop, cell, gas and car
allowance, storage facility allowance, independent work, little supervision.

Starting at $45k to $50k a year.  I know that would be awesome money in NC
where the cost of living is relatively low.  It would be comfortable in
Ohio, but I know that Jersey is out of my price range to live (at least
around Woodstown and the Cowtown Rodeo)

So would I be starving in NYC or living decently on that kind of money.
Obviously it isn't going to be Park Ave, but I am thinking seriously about
it.

Any thoughts?  Suggestions?

I gotta go practice "Ay! I'm Waaalkin' Heyere"

Thanks in Advance...
Chris

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