Yeah the average sticker price takes into the crazy outliers prices in NYC. You can find cheaper apartments uptown or downtown manhattan.

Do you not see the issue with that? I noted that i'll more likely than not be okay due to my income but I am above the median.

>75 percent of Newark are renters.

That is too high, owning a home is biggest wealth tool for americans. Newarkers effectively cannot build wealth with homes. What else can they do?

That is what I am saying! I know I was not clear but I am scared. The city is 75% renters, this is scary, people do not build equity into their homes which is the best wealth builder.

Fair, the comparison is easy to make though but fair.

You are a special case but do you feel like you are getting your money's worth?

Exactly, Newark has a prime location with being by NYC but we struggle to either be in our own city and being in nyc shadow. I think it is a good relationship, leverage the location to NYC but develop to be our own.

>I want better for Newark, not shit talking it.

You know Newark was better like 50s and 60s right? You know that it was divested for decades. Why can we not ask better for our cities? We need to ask more for it. I noted something as simple as trash cans in our streets more. That is a rather simple fix. I walk up and down streets by weequahic and broad street. I carried trash for at least half a mile to avoid not littering.

I mean people see the average rent of manhattan and get spooked. I said NYC and also I gassed it but my main argument was that Newark is too expensive for what it is worth. Newark is the one of the most expensive rent considering an average person's income.

In NYC, you have higher wages.

My argument was not cogent, my fault.

https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/07/newark-tops-us-cities-for-homeowners-severely-burdened-by-housing-costs.html

I saw a post that newark was the top 5 most expensive city in America considering the population's income.

For you, you move from more expensive to cheaper and I assume that (idk anything about you) you kept your NY income level or something comparable bc why would you move otherwise.

For you and I, newark is a good deal but for the population newark is becoming expensive.

This trend is not sustainable, something has to give. Either displacement of people, increased poverty or increased economic opportunities to name a few.

Yeah you are right, the labor costs difference are negligible but then Newark needs to either differentiate or be just as good and it is lacking in both. I want better for Newark, not shit talking it.

Roommates if JC but Newark and Harrison are good, look at apartments near the river and newark is cheaper than harrison i think. Newark also has the commuter rails along with path which is quicker than the path at most times.

Why not NYC? i feel like people say NYC is expensive but do not calculate the savings you get from no car and that you can live outside of Manhattan. Newark is cheaper than NYC but that comes at a cost, you probably would want a car so car cost, there are less things to do in newark and most of newark is quiet after like 7pm. Idk if you are single or not but more social/romantic activities if you are into than in NYC.

Also it is much easier to find roommates in nyc if you are down for that.

NJ taxes are pretty comparable to nyc taxes so you do not save there and much more job opportunities in NYC.

Really research and see if you can live in nyc. Look at brooklyn, downtown manhattan, and queens basically anywhere with good subway access. Since you are not looking to move in the high demand months (summer) it should be cheaper.

TL;DR: look at nyc, the cost might not be as bad as it seems

Good luck, make that move!

A bit unethical/not the best advice but if you do not need a good environment to perform (hard bc people need a good environment to do well) aka you can do well in any environment, you can join any school. Colleges care about your school so if they see you doing well in a "bad" school then they think you are resilient. but this is unethical bc "bad" schools are lacking resources. So go to the best school you can but if you cannot make it, it is not the end of the world.

why screw technology