First year associate rent Forum

[uvheylaw]

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[Anonymous User]

I live in the Milwaukee area, bought a 2500 SF house for 275k, mortgage, without taxes, is about 1200 a month.

[Danger Zone]

$850/month, outer boroughs, kind of crapholish but very cheap and the saved money goes straight to the bottom line. NYC biglaw is only expensive if you make poor choices like living in manhattan.

These threads are always a shit show battle of people trying to brag about how little they pay for rent. Cool bro, you live in some shit hole apartment in an outer borough. For those of us who don't want to leave a miserable job just to come back to a miserable apartment in a miserable area of town, living in and around where things are actually happening is not a "poor choice." At some point you have to try and squeeze some ounce of happiness out of your life rather than trying to robotically cost minimize every aspect of it. Crazy world we live in man, five years from now (or even tomorrow) is not guaranteed.

Maybe they have roommates. That can get you a decent space in the outer boroughs for that price.

[stretchedtoothin]

$850/month, outer boroughs, kind of crapholish but very cheap and the saved money goes straight to the bottom line. NYC biglaw is only expensive if you make poor choices like living in manhattan.

These threads are always a shit show battle of people trying to brag about how little they pay for rent. Cool bro, you live in some shit hole apartment in an outer borough. For those of us who don't want to leave a miserable job just to come back to a miserable apartment in a miserable area of town, living in and around where things are actually happening is not a "poor choice." At some point you have to try and squeeze some ounce of happiness out of your life rather than trying to robotically cost minimize every aspect of it. Crazy world we live in man, five years from now (or even tomorrow) is not guaranteed.

why are you so angry? have you even started biglaw yet? have you started loan repayment?

[RaceJudicata]

$850/month, outer boroughs, kind of crapholish but very cheap and the saved money goes straight to the bottom line. NYC biglaw is only expensive if you make poor choices like living in manhattan.

Idk.. To me, there is a value of living in a nice-ish place, in a neighborhood that I actually enjoy, etc. Sure, not gonna save as much $$, but you only live once, right?

[Danger Zone]

$850/month, outer boroughs, kind of crapholish but very cheap and the saved money goes straight to the bottom line. NYC biglaw is only expensive if you make poor choices like living in manhattan.

Idk.. To me, there is a value of living in a nice-ish place, in a neighborhood that I actually enjoy, etc. Sure, not gonna save as much $$, but you only live once, right?

You can have all of that living in an outer borough. Just don't pick somewhere horrible like East New York.

[jess]

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[RaceJudicata]

$850/month, outer boroughs, kind of crapholish but very cheap and the saved money goes straight to the bottom line. NYC biglaw is only expensive if you make poor choices like living in manhattan.

Idk.. To me, there is a value of living in a nice-ish place, in a neighborhood that I actually enjoy, etc. Sure, not gonna save as much $$, but you only live once, right?

You can have all of that living in an outer borough. Just don't pick somewhere horrible like East New York.

Not for $850 a month in a "crapholish" place.

[Danger Zone]

$850/month, outer boroughs, kind of crapholish but very cheap and the saved money goes straight to the bottom line. NYC biglaw is only expensive if you make poor choices like living in manhattan.

Idk.. To me, there is a value of living in a nice-ish place, in a neighborhood that I actually enjoy, etc. Sure, not gonna save as much $$, but you only live once, right?

You can have all of that living in an outer borough. Just don't pick somewhere horrible like East New York.

Not for $850 a month in a "crapholish" place.

Possible with roomies.

[PvblivsScipio]

West LA is probably your best bet. Santa Monica and Venice are going to be more expensive. I guess the valley would be cheapest, but then you have to live in the valley.

I work in Pasadena and live in Los Feliz for $1750.00 (1 bedroom), which is cheap for this area .

Yeah the struggle is trying to figure out where exactly. Most people live in Culver/SM/Miracle Mile. Also trying to figure out if my girlfriend will live with me but she works in SGV. I hate finding a place to live

I would live somewhere that doesn't require taking the 405. That thing is a fucking nightmare in any direction, all hours of the day or night. Pretty much every area around Century City will be safe but kind of residential and boring. I don't know your budget, but there will likely be some apartment in every neighborhood on the west side you can afford. Just use westsiderentals.com. I personally would probably opt for WeHo if I worked in Century City and had a parking garage at work.

I currently live in Santa Monica in between Santa Monica Airport and the 10. I pay $2200 for a renovated 2br for frame of reference. I found it on Craigslist, but most of the apartments I viewed before signing a lease were found on westsiderentals. Craigslist stuff gets scooped up so fast in competitive neighborhoods like Santa Monica, so be prepared to schedule a showing asap and make a decision on the spot.

If you hate commuting, consider limiting yourself to east of the 405.

I don't think this is absolutely necessary for work in Century City since Century City is so far west. Pvb could just take side streets to skip the 405. I often do that when I am trying to go to Culver City for Target or whatever and the 405 is a hot mess. I have to drive on the 405 on Friday night during rush hour to go to San Diego and am dreading it.

Agreed: As a SA I commuted from Santa Monica to Century City everyday and took Olympic. Almost always only took 20-25 minutes (unless Obama was in town, of course). If you live west of the 405, just avoid crossing the 405 on Santa Monica Blvd.

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[Anonymous User]

West LA is probably your best bet. Santa Monica and Venice are going to be more expensive. I guess the valley would be cheapest, but then you have to live in the valley.

I work in Pasadena and live in Los Feliz for $1750.00 (1 bedroom), which is cheap for this area .

Yeah the struggle is trying to figure out where exactly. Most people live in Culver/SM/Miracle Mile. Also trying to figure out if my girlfriend will live with me but she works in SGV. I hate finding a place to live

I would live somewhere that doesn't require taking the 405. That thing is a fucking nightmare in any direction, all hours of the day or night. Pretty much every area around Century City will be safe but kind of residential and boring. I don't know your budget, but there will likely be some apartment in every neighborhood on the west side you can afford. Just use westsiderentals.com. I personally would probably opt for WeHo if I worked in Century City and had a parking garage at work.

I currently live in Santa Monica in between Santa Monica Airport and the 10. I pay $2200 for a renovated 2br for frame of reference. I found it on Craigslist, but most of the apartments I viewed before signing a lease were found on westsiderentals. Craigslist stuff gets scooped up so fast in competitive neighborhoods like Santa Monica, so be prepared to schedule a showing asap and make a decision on the spot.

If you hate commuting, consider limiting yourself to east of the 405.

I don't think this is absolutely necessary for work in Century City since Century City is so far west. Pvb could just take side streets to skip the 405. I often do that when I am trying to go to Culver City for Target or whatever and the 405 is a hot mess. I have to drive on the 405 on Friday night during rush hour to go to San Diego and am dreading it.

Agreed: As a SA I commuted from Santa Monica to Century City everyday and took Olympic. Almost always only took 20-25 minutes (unless Obama was in town, of course). If you live west of the 405, just avoid crossing the 405 on Santa Monica Blvd.

Makes sense. It's totally do-able, but because my GF works in SGV I don't think going west of the 405 would be very nice. If we end up in mid-city or miracle mile her commute will already be 45 to an hour.

The mornings wouldn't be bad getting onto the 405 for your GF but afternoons would be brutal. Your best bet is to find something around Westwood.

[Desert Fox]

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