<p>I agree that the UES or anything close to midtown is unrealistic unless the starting salary is close to six figures. If it has to be the east side, the closer you get to E. 96th at Lexington heading towards the East River, the cheaper the apartment, relatively speaking. Especially the “no elevator” walk ups.</p>
<p>Best for a young person to find a crib elsewhere in Manhattan and commute. In Manhattan no job is more than about 20 minutes away by subway, UNLESS you live in Spuytin Dyvil or Bowling Green. More than a few young people are renting (sharing) apartments in the Wall Street area, which can be much cheaper because of the lack of amenities. Safe, clean but dead as a door knob after 6PM, relatively speaking.</p>
<p>gourmetmom, where did your D end up? I have been searching old threads and came upon this one. My S is moving to NY and considering studios either UES or UWS. He wants to live alone and there seem to be a good number of listings (online anyway) that will fit under the 40X salary limit. Having no familiarity with NY it is a daunting prospect for us.</p>
<p>My niece, a new grad working in NYC just moved into a studio in an elevator bldg around Lex/91st for $1900/month. She will live alone and her parents are helping with rent.</p>
<p>Thats not a bad price, providing the studio is big enough to turn around in.
The tiny house with no yard on the corner is renting the main floor( basement apt is separate) for$2,500.
Of course its been for rent for months.
It does have a pretty amazing sequioadendron in the planting strip though.</p>