Any good suburbs with decent connectivity where i can get 2b/2b apartment for upto $4500? Previously lived in a luxury building in JC but now every decent apartment there is over 5.5k which to me in insane. Having said that, I don’t want to comprise on quality and size of apartment. Can’t believe that even with a household income of over 450k NYC area seems unaffordable.

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“Affordable” rent for a household making $450k is $11,250. Just because you don’t want to pay $5,500 doesn’t mean it’s unaffordable.

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Practicing for the quant components of my McK interviews this Friday, haha

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5500 is not unaffordable when making half a mil. You want quality and quantity, at a discount. So does everyone.

I was in Miami for the 4th of July, and was informed a nice 2 bed is 6k. So I’m not surprised that a 2 bed/2 bath near NYC is 5.5k.

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They live in Bay House in Edgewater!

Try weehawken or port imperial, its a bit harder to get into/out of NYC, but prices were cheaper when I lived there pre pandemic

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Woah, weehawken ferry is fabulous and super accessible to get into the city. I live on the water in West New York and it’s great. I do think these area is probably the best bet for your budget OP, but maybe you get lucky with a nice building in LIC or something.

You think NYC is unaffordable because you don’t even want to spend 15% of your pretax income on rent :|

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Check out the buildings around liberty state park. Still very close to downtown JC for considerably cheaper

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Lmao… $450k income?? Gtfoh

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OP, if apartments were cheaper, you probably wouldn’t be making 450K. People make less in areas where the cost of living is less.

You don’t have to spend $11,000 for a nice apartment in or near NYC, but $4500 for what you want is too low. Why can’t you pick something in the middle?

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Your standards are just too high.

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