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3 things you need to survive NYC

🏠 decent living situation — awful roommates, deadbeat landlords, or psycho neighbors will make you super miserable so try to get this one locked down! 🫂 homies — making new friends can take a long time, but if you commit to putting yourself out there over and over you’ll connect with some truly inspiring and amazing people 🤑 income (even a little) — yes you can get by on dumplings, no Ubers, no bars, etc. but being broke here feels particularly like a prison because most things are stupid expensive. Be on your grind and then blissfully spend it all away If you end up getting all 3 of these you’re probably gonna be hopelessly addicted to being here just like me. Welcome to NYC :)

@gabe

Feb 21, 2024

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nyc is unforgiving, but if you can survive, you can thrive

Moved here whilst going through a breakup and I’d just gotten laid off. It was really difficult the first couple years, but I put my head down, worked hard, made a lot of inevitably important connections and managed to move past the “surviving” status. I don’t regret it. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my adult life, and that’s after going through A Lot of trauma during peak COVID years.

@ener

Mar 23, 2024

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Move to new york if / when you’re ready

(grew up in astoria, did school in jersey, currently in seattle) if you’re serious about being an entertainer / artist i do think you should probably eventually end up in new york or la (at some point, not necessarily forever) new york is just unforgiving; it’s cold and wet, half your paycheck is going to your landlord, and even though there’s an active and vibrant art scene there’s zero handholding if you’re just getting started - “getting started” in nyc means you’ve been at it for 5+ years and are finally getting your flowers. it’s harder to build community bc it’s kind of like going to la and introducing yourself by going “i moved here bc i wanna be famous!” yeah, you and everyone else here - too many people have that in common for it to be something to meaningfully connect on, there has to be something more substantive there moving to seattle put this in perspective for me (and i’m sure I’ll move back to new york bc it’s home for me, but) the smaller the scene, the more excited they’ll be for newcomers, the more support you’ll get on your first project, booking your first gig, etc. if it’s in the cards for you to move to the city, you will, and it’ll be incredible - if you’re not at that point yet you’re living in the most expensive city in the world to be proximal to other artists, but there are already artists in your city, and they’re not necessarily gonna penalize you for being new to it recently a lot of people move to new york to be consumers or to be adjacent to the “the scene” for their socials which is borderline malicious while there’s a housing shortage; it’s literally taking someone else’s spot, whether they’re *from* there, or at least there for a *reason*. new york has always had transplants so it’s not becoming to say “no one should move there!” but you just gotta ask yourself what you’re gonna get out of it, if it’s worth the bill you’re gonna foot, whether you’ll really be able to give back in a way that’s commensurate with what you’re getting

@alaiyo

Mar 22, 2024

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FIRST DAY YOU CAN OPEN YOUR WINDOWS

When it's finally warm enough to open those windows and let the spring air in, allergies be damned

@anya348

Apr 6, 2025

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Talk to yourself like someone you love

If the voice in your head is being too mean ask it if it would talk to someone you love this way. My internal monologue can be a 💩 and this sometimes can help it be more constructive

@anya348

Nov 13, 2024

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Sleeping in a freshly made bed

Something about getting into those fresh sheets that smell like laundry detergent just feels better

@anya348

Aug 25, 2024