So now I'm going to be going around asking these New Yorkers how much they pay for rent.

How much do you pay for rent out here?

Too much.

How much?

Too much.

How much?

I'm not saying.

And to see what these people do for a living to get some inspiration to see if maybe one day I can move to New York City without donating a kidney or two to be able to afford one month's rent.

Let's go.

How much do you pay for rent in New York?

I don't know.

You don't know?

You don't even know how much you pay?

No.

How much do you pay for rent in New York?

Rent?

Rent.

What kind of the place?

Any rent.

Your rent.

I pay $3,800.

Damn.

Why does it pay that much?

Why is it that much money?

Because the big house.

Huge house.

This guy's rich.

You rich?

Okay.

Excuse me.

Do you live in New York City?

Yeah.

How much do you pay for rent here?

For rent?

Uh-huh.

Like $2,000, $3,000?

How much?

A little bit more than that.

A little bit more than $3,000?

Yeah.

Do you think it's worth paying for it?

Greatest city in the world.

Do you live in New York?

Yeah.

How much do you pay for rent here?

Eh, $2,800. $2,800 for what?

That's what it costs to live here.

Yeah, we're trying to get like you.

Yeah.

All right.

Appreciate it, bro.

Love you, bye.

Good luck.

When did people decide to pay this much money for an apartment?

Was there like a meeting or something I wasn't invited to?

But now we got to see what these people do for a living and how much they make because I'm still trying to move here, but also not live in like a little shoebox on the corner of Lower East Side, if you know what I'm saying.

Let's go see.

You live in New York City, right?

Yep.

How much do you pay for rent over here? $3,500, unfortunately.

Is there like a one-bedroom, two-bedroom?

Studio.

Studio?

No microwave included.

I had to bring my own microwave.

No way.

What do you do for work?

You like a rocket scientist?

No, software engineering.

How much could you make working as a software engineer in New York City?

If you're at a tech company, you can make $2,000, $3,000, $4,000.

If you're not, probably max out around $2,000.

How much do you need to make in New York City to live comfortably?

Because I mean that's a whole bunch of money.

I'm sure you got to pay for outside food.

If you're willing to live with roommates, which here it's normal to live with roommates up into your 30s and beyond even, probably at least $100,000. $100,000 to live comfortably?

Yeah, with roommates.

How much do you pay right now for rent?

For rent, $2,400.

It's a studio.

Very small studio.

Studio?

Yeah, it's a very small studio.

Do you think it's worth the money that you're paying right now for where you're living?

Well, not really compared to the places I lived in before.

Before I was in Japan, it was below $1,000 per month and it was way bigger.

What do you do for a living?

I'm an academic researcher.

So what's a salary you can make doing something like that?

In my case, approximately it's $170,000 per year.

You guys bread it up then.

Do you advise if you're watching to move to New York City?

Yeah, I totally recommend it.

It's worth it.

It's worth living in a tiny little box.

I think it's worth it, yeah.

My name is Bart.

I'm a real estate agent at Highline Residential.

How much does your rent cost?

I live in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and it is $1,885.

Most apartments in Flatbush are about $2,425 for a two-bed, so I lucked out.

So for kids coming out of high school and college, how much do you think they should save up in their rent account before they move over here?

You want to move into, let's say, NYU.

Three-bedroom apartment, living with three people is going to be like $1,700 each.

The parents should be making a quarter million dollars.

And what do you think is a comfortable salary for people right now in 2023 to live in New York City today?

I'm going to say if you are one person wanting to live in a studio or a one-bedroom, $120,000 is a nice medium salary.

You pretty much just have to make over six figures to live here pretty much.

Yeah, as a standard rule, if you want to live in New York, six-figure is the way to go.

Look at this car.

All right, so what do you do for a living?

And why is this on the right-hand side?

Yeah, I'm just a student.

I mean, the wheel's on the right-hand side because it's from Japan.

It's imported from Japan, and all their cars are on the right.

So how'd you get this imported?

Like, how much did it cost?

Between $15,000 and $20,000.

That's it?

Really?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I mean, it's like a really old car.

You live in New York City, right?

How much do you pay for rent over there?

A little over $2,000.

Is it one-bedroom, studio, two-bedroom?

I live with a roommate, so it's two-bedroom.

Oh, so it's $4,000 in total?

Yeah, a little more than $4,000.

Do you think paying that rent is worth it to live in New York City?

Well, I live in a high-rise, so that's pretty good.

Well, how do you make money?

Like, how do you pay for rent?

My parents.

I'm a student.

Yeah, so...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They're sponsoring me right now, so...

Okay, so you live in New York City?

Yes, I live in Brooklyn.

How much do you pay for rent?

I mean, we own, so we pay actually only around $1,000 a month, which is kind of insane.

Yeah, because we interview people that pay over $2,000, $3,000 just for like a little studio, square feet.

I mean, I have friends in the same neighborhood that pay $12,000 a month. $12,000? $12,000 a month.

That's a nice apartment, but like, who does that?

It's just insane.

Would you recommend other people to move to New York City?

Like, do you think paying that rent is worth it?

Totally.

I would recommend everybody to move to New York City.

I think it's the best place.

My name is Baden, and I'm an innocuator.

What is that?

Like, when you die, if you're an organ donor, I'll take your eyes, hopefully for someone else.

How much do you pay for rent out here? $800.

What?

Where do you live?

Yeah, just live with a friend, and then another one of our friends like stays with us every other month, so it keeps rent low.

What advice would you give to other people trying to move to New York City today?

Don't do it.

Why not?

I don't like living here that much.

I just feel like I'm busy all the time.

I don't feel like I have very much fun.

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Ugh.

I paid $2,400 for a two-bedroom, two-bathroom, with a balcony.

That's still, that's pretty good for New York, I think.

It is kind of good, but it's still a break.

So what advice would you give to other people trying to move to New York City today?

Look at the landscape to see where it is that you want to live.

The different boroughs have different energies and different people, you want to make sure that you're in the right space.

And also, find somebody that you want to live with.

You really have to get a roommate right now to live in New York City.

The rents are upward of $3,000 and above, just for like a one-bedroom.

Even some studios are too expensive.

Come and visit first, and then move, if you like the vibe.

Uh, my name is Eva Marie.

Actually, I'm from Denmark, but right now I'm doing an internship within fashion.

You pay for rent over here right now?

Yeah, I do.

How much do you pay? $1,000. $1,000 a month, really?

Yeah.

That's cheap, though.

Yeah, it's cheap, yeah.

I'm lucky.

How'd you get, how'd you get it so cheap?

I found a guy on Facebook.

I just asked him if he had a room for me.

Right now, I have like three roommates.

So how would you advise other people wanting to move to New York City?

How would they get a cheap apartment like you?

Don't be afraid to take contact to people, asking like, if they have room for you.

So just networking, asking people around and stuff like that.

It's like everything.

No matter what you want in life, network is like the most important thing.

My name is Anna, and I am working to get my polity certificate right now.

How much do you pay for rent over here?

Um, my roommate and I pay about $4,400 a month.

Are you from here in New York?

No, I'm not.

I'm from Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

So how is the price difference for renting over there versus New York City?

I mean, I think prices are kind of going up everywhere.

It's expensive on the Cape now, too.

Yeah.

And what's your biggest living expense for living in New York City today?

Definitely rent.

Rent takes most of it.

I think the city, like you can get away with, you know, you can live cheaply in a way as well.

I got it.

I'm done with all this negative energy about how much these apartments cost.

Honestly, I had an idea.

I don't know if it's going to be creepy, but I think we're going to try to go get in somebody's apartment to try to get like an apartment tour to see if we can get something like that.