I remember when I was young that I thought I wanted to get out of the small town I was living in so that I could move to the big city. I didn’t care which one, but several crossed my mind. I did leave, but I never ended up where I thought I would be, though that is usually how things go. One of the first places I thought of was the Big Apple, but when I found out about the prices of New York apartments, I knew that I would probably not be going there any time soon.

What I didn’t realize was that though New York apartments are expensive, I didn’t have to carry the burden on my own. I could have had a roommate if I really wanted to go. I could have had a few roommates, even. I also didn’t realize that many jobs in the city pay more and though I wouldn’t be rich, I probably could have afforded one of the smaller New York apartments anyway. I just knew I didn’t have anything close to what I would have needed to move there, so I quickly crossed that off my list.

I ended up in a smaller city, but I did come to know many in my college that knew a lot about New York apartments. They had lived in the city for a long time, and they knew all about them. From what they told me about New York apartments, I would not have been happy in one that might have been affordable to me. The ones on the lower end of the scale are usually unbearably tiny and are not in the best neighborhoods. They had lived in many of them throughout their lives, and though those things are all true, they say they wouldn’t want to live anywhere else permanently.

If you are looking for New York apartments in the city, and are going there for the first time, you might want to go the roommate route the first time you go. That way you know how much you will have to spend, and you also know that you won’t be alone. If you are going to school there, your college should be able to help you find New York apartments if they don’t have accommodations for you. It can be wildly exciting to live in New York City, but make sure you are aware of what you are doing, and that you know you’ll be okay.