Rent in NYC | Moving from Non-NYC City

What's up everybody -- need some help understanding rent prices here in NYC. Is it safe to say any livable 1bdr / 1ba place on the west side is 4k+? Just so hard to fathom I'll be paying roughly ~40% of my post-tax $s on rent if making ~$190k salary w/ total OTE of ~$380k. Just want to make sure I'm not being irrational here and figure it'd be worth checking with others in same comp bucket. 

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Yeah, assuming your definition of livable is laundry in building / has been renovated in your lifetime, $4k is even on the low end depending on where on the west side. I would try to get a doorman as packages get stolen all the time in non-doorman buildings.

Not sure where your office is or how old you are, but you can do better on UWS price wise. It's a quieter, more family-oriented area but it's a very quick subway to anywhere downtown on west side.

I pay $5.5k for a 1 bedroom. NYC is nuts.

 

5.5k for a 1br? Can someone who has lived in both London and NY explain to me why people keep comparing London and NY rent prices? Genuinely London a 1br in a nice neighbourhood will only be like 1.8-2.2k if that? 5.5k you'll be living like a King over here in London. 

 

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