What do you all spend on rent + groceries + utility bills a month? Also, what neighborhood do you live in? I’m not looking for an exact amount, just an estimate. I’m debating on moving out of my parents house to an apartment but would like to get a gauge of how much I might be spending. TIA.

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Rent: 4600
Groceries: 400
Delivery/Cocktails: 2000


For two of us

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We tip a LOT during COVID.

But even still

$2300 rent for large alcove studio
$150-300 total utilities depending on the month (winter vs summer)
~1000-1200 food (between deliver/dining out and groceries)

Live in cobble hill, BK

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Rent 3650 (split with SO, signed lease pre-Covid) midtown East
Groceries, 800 - 1000 for the 2 of us
Utilities range between $100-200.

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1800 rent
450 food (organic, etc)
50-140 utilities

Have two other roommates in a big apartment in fidi

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East village one roomate
$1150 rent (pandemic pricing)
$180 groceries a month on mysefl
About $75 on wifif and electric

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Greenwich village, 2 people
7K on rent
6K on groceries/ delivery/ flowers (lol)/ shopping
Probably another 1K random discretionary expenses

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I own my studio coop in Queens, I live alone and I pay:

$875 mortgage
$475 HOA fees
$200 groceries
$60 internet
$70 cell
$50 electric
Not paying student loans at this time but that’s around $375

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UWS, solo
$2000 brownstone studio
$50 utilities (ConEd)
$75 internet
$800 food (combination of groceries and DoorDash during pandemic)

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Brooklyn
Rent: $2400 (net effective COVID deal) 2bd/2ba no roommate
Utilities: $160-180 (electric+fios)
Groceries: $200-300/month

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Prior to the pandemic I was living in Hudson yards with one roommate in a flex apt
-$1400 rent
-$55 electricity+wifi
-$200 groceries (traveling mo-thu)
-$400 dining/drinks

Planning on moving back soon to Chelsea or Hells kitchen , probably going to see rent go down to $1100 and grocery spending up to $400

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Only 1/3 of my apts made me pay gas which was my current walkup (no doorman no amenities.) the other two was a full service luxury and second was very limited (no doorman but common laundry)

$4k rent, ~$800 groceries, $70-$150 utilities (more in winter/summer for heat/AC). Share 1.5 BR with husband in FIDI/battery park, so costs are 50/50.

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LIC
- $1,700 Rent (luxury building with own bathroom/shared with roommate)
- $300-400 on groceries
- $100-150 on utilities + internet

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SoHo
$1600 rent (half of a 2BR)
$50-70 electric + wifi
~$200 groceries (most weekday food is from expensed dinners)

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Bedstuy - live with my partner and another couple
My build
$1100 rent
$300-400 groceries
$200ish utilities

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Williamsburg 2 roommates

1400 rent
$250 groceries
$100 delivery
$8-12 gas
$20-30 wifi
$60 electric
$50-60 odds and ends for the house

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UWS luxury building

Rent - $2760 on net rent per month for 1bed
Groceries - $400 for two people via Whole Foods
Delivery (usually a nicer local restaurant) - $200-400 depending on the month
Utilities - $80 currently

Live with my bf and we cook a LOT and don’t drink much. Haven’t eaten out since the beginning of the pandemic

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Rent: 5000
Utilities: 300
Food: 400
Supplies: 300

Between two of us in Midtown.

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Rent $6895
Groceries $1500 monthly
Utilities 150-200
Verizon Fios (tv and wi-fi). 250

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UES with husband
-2100 1-bedroom (3rd floor walk up)
-1600 for food (eating out and groceries for two)
-200 Utilities
-200 Cable and internet

You can eat for cheaper, we just like being about to give larger tips right now.

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For two, Hell’s Kitchen :
3200 rent for 1bed in luxury high rise w in unit w/d
1000-1200 groceries and take out mix
150-200 various utilities

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